I'm at it again!

This time I'm making myself a deadline and really forcing myself to jump into it! No putting it off or focusing on other things this time! I feel truly excited and motivated this time. I MUST do this! I am going to register to take the GRE at the end of August or beginning of September. I have so much to do before then! For my own sake, I am going to create a little calendar and plan some things out right here right now. Let's begin.

• May 20, 2010: Register for the expensive Princeton Review GRE prep course
• May 21, 2010: Go to Kennestone Hospital to interview exercise physiologists and examine program
• June 5, 2010: My own deadline to register for a GRE exam date of August 23, 2010
• July 6, 2010: Begin Princeton Review GRE prep course at Emory
• August 17, 2010: Course ends
• August 23, 2010: Take GRE
• October 1, 2010: GSU Graduate Degree Programs Application Completion Deadline for Spring Semester

I pray I can do it all. But I have faith in myself. I just hope that I'm not trying to squeeze in too much in too little time! We'll see I guess. Three months seems like ample time to prepare for the GRE. The LSAT recommends at least 3 months and that is probably a more difficult exam.

Here is a link to the checklist for my application: http://education.gsu.edu/oaa/master_check.htm

So now to use my free time for study time! Wooh! GRE, here I come!

Update

I would like to update you with a bit of information. I am pausing my GRE preparation because I truly have no idea what graduate program I want to pursue therefore it would be silly for me to focus on the GRE if in the end I choose a business program. I do not want to prepare for the GRE and take it to just realize later, "oh I really want to do a marketing masters and now I have to prepare for the GMAT." Or what if I decide law school? I don't know. So lost. So for now I'm going to try out a number of different things to see if I realize something I'm passionate about. Thanks and goodbye.

I keep forgetting to continue with the vocab book

So I will continue with the GRE book. I have completed 4 chapters of the Princeton Review GRE book which really just means I have completed 1 chapter because the first 3 are simply introductory chapters to the concept of GRE and how to take it efficiently. I'm hoping tomorrow I can get through chapter 5 since I do not plan on going to the gym tomorrow; my body needs rest. Anyways, on to vocab and sentences!

capricious - adj. - inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

"A common assumption is that women as a whole are capricious; but I think youth in general are capricious as they do not fully know themselves yet."

convoluted - adj. - complex or complicated

"I fear that the math portion of the GRE will be quite convoluted for me because it has been years since I have taken a math course."

equivocate - verb - to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

"The politician equivocated many of his fellow law makers in passing a law that would increase his profit immensely."

exculpate - verb - exonerate; to clear of blame

"I would never allow anyone to go down for something I did. I will always make sure the right people are exculpated if it is within my power."

exigent - adj. - urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

"When a claimant settles in workers' compensation, it is nearly exigent that we get the Stipulation out before the claimant changes his or her mind."

extemporaneous - adj. - improvised; done without preparation

"The acting on 'Whose Line Is It Anyways?' is quite extemporaneous!"

fulminate - verb - to loudly attack or denounce

"The recent tea party that took place in the U.S. fulminated high taxes."

inured - adj. - accustomed to accepting something undesirable

"The victim in Tool's song 'Prison Sex' is inured to sodomy."

irascible - adj. - easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

"I used to work with an irascible woman who would quickly yell vulgarities to copy machines and fax machines when they did not perform."

laud - verb - to praise highly

"I need to laud God more."


Guess I'll start reading chapter 5 now.

Time to get back on the horse

Gerrit scolded me when I fell off the O'Bloggins horse. Well, Gerrit, I'm getting back on. I've officially started reading my Princeton Review GRE Prep book, thanks to my Matt, and will update on how that goes, as well. For now let's do a bit of vocab that is in the GRE book rather than the strictly GRE Vocab book.

aberrant - adj. - deviating from the norm

"I would like to claim that many parts of my personality and who I am are aberrant but that in it's self is quite tpical."

approbation - noun - an expression of approval or praise

"My boyfriend showed approbation in a very cryptic way today when he told me I made him happy." :)

canonical - adj. - following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

"Marrying a black man would not be a canonical practice in the eyes of my great grandmother who grew up in Nicaragua. She made the most disgusted face when I told her that one day I could end up with one."

chicanery - noun - trickery or subterfuge

"More than one of my uncles practices chicanery by keeping cash hidden and locked away in his home."

disparate - adj. - fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

"Wheels and boxes are disparate."

effrontery - noun - extreme boldness; presumptuousness

"I can't say that I possess an effrontery at all times. Such an effrontery could be used in difficult situtations such as telling dumb bitches off or standing up for what I believe in."

enervate - verb - to weaken; to reduce in vitality

"It's sad to see a man enervated abundantly by a common cold. Oh yeah, maybe because he has AIDS."

ennui - noun - dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

"Do you think Albert Einstein experienced ennui quite often while speaking with common folk?"

erudite - adj. - very learned; scholarly

"Although Will Hunting appeared to be a common South Boston thug, he was quite erudite."

filibuster - noun - "I once learned this word in history or social studies many years ago but I forgot it so let's do it! A group of senators planned to filibuster a measure that would permit the 117th bail out to pass."

Back to learning some cool facts about the GRE!!!

Vocabulary Entry 4

20. familiar - eulogy - noun - speech in praise of someone.

20. familiar - euphemism - noun - use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.

20. familiar - explicit - adjective - clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression.

21. fallow - noun - dormant; unused.

"I don't see how any man can allow his unit to go fallow... no wonder priests molest little boys."

21. familiar - fanatical - adjective - acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion.

21. familiar - frugality - noun - tending to be thrifty or cheap.

21. familiar - gestation - noun - growth process from conception to birth.

22. gregarious - adjective - outgoing; sociable.

"I once knew this word but forgot so I will do a sentence. My mother often tells me I am too gregarious of a person. I have too many friends and go out too much she says."

22. familiar - grievous - adjective - causing grief or sorrow; serious or distressing.

23. grovel - verb - to humble oneself in a demeaning way.

"Although a man groveling to me that previously upset me could be somewhat amusing, it is not flattering."

23. familiar - gullible - adjective - easily deceived.

24. hegemony - noun - the domination of one state or group over its allies.

"I am having a hard time coming up with a sentence for hegemony. Oh, there, I just did."

25. hermetic - adjective - tightly sealed.

"My junk is hermetically sealed. Hahahaha JK."

25. familiar - heterogenous - composed of unlike parts; different; diverse.

25. familiar - homogenous - of a similar kind.

26. hyperbole - noun - purposeful exaggeration for effect.

"The president utilized a hyperbole in his speech and called the man "the nation's superhero" to emphasize the good deeds he accomplished."

27. imbue - verb - to infuse.

"Sometimes my mother imbues a bit of her Latin cooking knowledge into American dishes."

28. impasse - noun - blocked path; dilemma with no solution.

"I really do not like running into an impasse. It makes me feel as if I have failed because I tend to believe most every problem has a solution."

29. ingenuous - adjective - showing innocence or childlike simplicity.

"A friend of mine can sometimes be ingenuous because she has not experienced nearly as much as most people our age."

29. familiar - ingrate - noun - ungrateful person.

30. ingratiate - verb - to gain favor with another by deliberate efforts; to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage.

"My friend says that his sister-in-law ingratiates so much that she will suffocate if she doesn't pull her nose out of everyone's asses."

Vocabulary Entry 3 I suppose

10. familiar - convoluted - adjective - intricate and complicated.

10. familiar - crescendo - noun - steadily increasing in volume or force.

10. familiar - debutante - noun - young woman making debut in high society.

10. familiar - deface - verb - to mar the appearance of; vandalize.

11. deference - noun - respect; courtesy.

"I find it funny I was not familiar with this word. I especially find it funny I barely have the deference to look my mother's friend in the eye when said person visits. Fuck him."

12. demagogue - noun - a rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice.

"Edward Norton's character in American History X was quite the demagogue, don't you think?"

12. familiar - verb - to make larger; expand.

13. dilettante - noun - someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic.

"I suppose most would consider me a dilettante for my interest in Boston and the Red Sox but I truly do want to go to graduate school up there."

14. dirge - noun - a funeral hymn or mournful speech.

"I am not fond of the sound of dirges played by organs."

14. familiar - verb - to perceive or recognize.

15. disparate - adjective - fundamentally different; entirely unlike.

"Although my breasts appear quite identical, there are some differences on the nipples which make them entirely disparate."

16. dither - verb - to act confusedly or without clear purpose.

"I often do not dither in the mall for, most of the time, I prefer to go in and out as quickly as possible."

16. familiar - noun - dogma - a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief.

17. dogmatic - adjective - dogmatic - dictatorial in one's opinions.

"You'd think I'd know 'dogmatic' if I was familiar with dogma." "Hitler was dogmatic in his speeches which probably made him so successful for some time."

18. elegy - noun - a sorrowful poem or speech.

"I suppose this word is different from eulogy because it does not have to be heard at a funeral. They sure are similar!"

19. eloquent - adjective - persuasive and moving, especially in speech.

"Wow, I thought this word was a synonym for fancy... yes, I'm retarded."

19. familiar - embellish - verb - to add ornamental or fictitious details.

"Many men tend to embellish a certain physical feature." (I know this breaks the pattern but I just had to!)

19. familiar - enigma - noun - a puzzle; a mystery.

19. familiar - erratic - adjective - wandering and unpredictable.

19. familiar - esoteric - adjective - known or understood only by a few.

20. ethos - noun - beliefs or character of a group.

"The ethos of Christian Scientists seem quite crazy to most outsiders when in reality, their ethos are truly fucked."

Vocabulary Entry 2, fuck it

6. axiom - noun - premise; postulate; self-evident truth.

"It's an axiom that my boobs are big. BAM!"

7. banal - adjective - predictable; clichéd; boring.

"I like when guys start sentences like so, 'See... you're different, I'm used to girls that are banal in bed...'"

8. belfry - noun - bell tower; room in which a bell is hung.

"I can't believe I didn't fucking know what a belfry was."

8. familiar - bombastic - adjective - pompous in speech and manner.

8. familiar - boor - noun - crude person; one lacking manners or taste.

9. burnish - verb - to polish.

(Hmm, let's hope this can be used figuratively, as well).

"I totally need to burnish my Dr. Mario skills because that's all Matt does and it's embarrassing to suck so hard in front of him."

9. familiar - catalyst - noun - something that brings about a change in something else.

9. familiar - chaos - noun - great disorder; confused situation. (Really?)

10. coalesce - verb - to grow together to form a single whole.

"It was so weird! The other day I read in the news that two healthy, 'normal' twins coalesced into Siamese twins!" (Yeah, I know. It's quite the retarded sentence.)

10. familiar - connoisseur - noun - a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes.