Thoughts

It's been raining since last night.  Mostly a slow drizzle.  After class today I ran into a guy who recognized me and I didn't recognize him.  What was strange is that the last time I met him I felt intimidated and didn't talk much.  This time though he was engaging me and I engaged in conversation back with him. 

I've been agonizing over my future plans and feel like I have crystallized my sense of urgent need to act.  I need to apply for grants and scholarships for studying abroad next year.  I should talk to my counselors and prepare for graduation.


1) Talk to counselor about extending my stay at UCLA
2) Talk to some more grad students about extending my stay at UCLA
3) Find and apply for scholarships for studying a language next year
4) Find language programs for next year

My current plan: Apply for Grad School Fall 2013, Go to grad school 2014 - 2016.  I will be 27 years old. 

Prepare for this weekend:

Study Chinese
Prepare Sentences
Prepare My Chinese Presentation
Prepare My Philosophy Presentation

Final thoughts,  I was thinking earlier.  Can we ever really express ourselves through langauge?  Why are people so obsessed with hearing stories?  Our mind is exploring the facts and collecting the information incase it is ever important.  Will it ever be important?  When my teeth fall out and I'm old, I will still have stories to think about.  I will want to tell stories. 

Do stories exist outside of ourselves?  Perhaps stories are not part of our world but can only be seen in this world.  For example, they pass through our world and we act around them. 

If I tell a story, what is it?  emotions and ideas?  if I translate it will it stay the same?  If I tell it to someone who does not understand it in the same way I did, does that mean he has a different story?  Maybe there is a universe that exists for each individual.  Not an infinite number but finite.