Perhaps a new direction

Though it has only been a month and a half since I graduated college, I am starting to wonder if I should change my focus. Job-hunting has been less than easy. I am sure anyone looking for a job in this economy will agree with me when I say: It's rough out there. I am strongly considering going back to school in the fall (or winter most likely) to start studying forensic psychology. I am not a huge people-person so I think counseling psychology would not be the best field for me. There are a lot of branches in Psychology, but most of which will only lead to writing articles, research and teaching. Those are all great endeavors, and I do indeed hope to take part in them in the future, but I also would enjoy a career where I can apply psychological concepts in the pursuit of miscreants and criminals. This is of course not the only job a forensic psychologist does, but certainly a large part of it. They work closely with law enforcement to help profile and anticipate the actions of fugitives etc.

Anyway, I will spare you the details. Suffice it to say: Forensic Psychology is a terribly interesting field, which I am very interested in. So to that end, I am keeping my options open and am taking the GRE (graduate something examination) in order to get into a good graduate school. It is quite possible I would need a doctorate in order to pursue the type of career I have envisioned, but I will cross that bridge when it is presented. I am continuing to look for positions, hopefully one which I will be able to do while attending graduate school.

A quick snippet from my WoW life now. My guild finally got through the bugged Mimiron encounter (ironically, they fixed the first bug which only created a second bug in its place which has since been fixed as well *crosses fingers*). The next boss was not a pushover, but certainly not terribly difficult. On our first General Vezax kill, I plucked an amazing spear: Lotrafen, Spear of the Damned. Is it of course not the best weapon in the entire instance for me, but it is close enough. Plus, spear animations are really cool.

Anyway, we have been working on Yogg-saron; and are getting very close to a kill. Unfortunately, another guild managed to do what we could not last night and claimed the realm first. I am not discouraged, however, because I am still having a blast and realm first or not, it will be a great thrill when we take him down this week. On a side note, I seem to have stumbled upon some very good arena teams. I found a Restoration Shaman to play 2v2 with and it is goign swimmingly. We have played about 120 games together and are at 2003 rating. This is the highest I have ever played arena, but this is only the 2nd week of the season! I see great things in our future, of which I hope the Gladiator's Frostwyrm is one. I also was invited to a 3v3 team and we are at about 1840. The numbers are relative and the 3v3 is perhaps the higher ranked team at the moment. 3v3 is not my favorite because there is 50% more things to pay attention to compared to 2v2. 2v2 is usually slower and easier to keep up with. In 3v3 people just get blown up if youre not careful.

Anyway, that is all for now. I am going to get back to studying for the GRE. So far, it seems a lot like the SAT in that it is testing logic and critical thinking as opposed to actual knowledge. However it may sound, this is a good thing for me :). Not to say I lack knowledge, but I think I am more of a critical thinker and a logical person rather than a cold, hard facts memorizing person. See ya later, alligator (in a while, crocodile).