Trends in Capriciousness

I found something more capricious than me!  Unfortunately it is my mp3 player.  The battery keeps "dying", so I just unscrew the back off, take out the battery and put it back in.  Then it works fine again.  Though after dying like 3 times today, I noticed that my mp3 player was burning hot.  Talking about burning hot, the damn weather is above 90F again!  AHHH maybe I should move to Canada.  I mean, they have the U-20 World Cup going on right now!  But their soccer team sucks, but I have no problem rooting for the U.S.!  I hope they do well.  I haven't gotten to watch Spain play yet, so I hope I see them play Brazil!  But I did see Argentina v. Czech Republic so I got to see Sergio Aguero.  I wish him the best, and not to get injured like Bruno Gama.

So what I really was going to rant about is not knowing what the hell I'm going to do next year.  As in next summer.  I always think I have an idea what I would do after college, aka grad school, but I have no idea what grad school to go to!  My dad keeps confusing me...  All I know is that I'm not going to Med. school or dentistry school (or obvious things like business school or engineering or law school or beauty school, haha).  Biochem?  Med. chem?  Biophys?  Chem. Biology?  Sometimes it sucks to have too many choices.  But I just want a Ph.D. in something that can take me to an industry job, since I don't want to post-doc for the rest of my life.  The things I know I want: time to watch sports on TV, enough money to afford my own space and be able to take a vacation, not having to work on weekends.  I'm already working weekends as an undergrad...no way I can't as a Ph. D. or a post-doc.

Anyway, I noticed trends in my capriciousness.

1) I change my mind about what I want to do in my life because I'm worried about how comfortable I'm going to live my life (or if I'll even get a job).  That's why I listen to my parents too much about what to do with my life.  But at least they haven't given up hope on me as a human being and don't tell me to "just get married".  Because I think it'll be easier for me to change my major/career than to find someone to marry.

2) I change my favorite athletes for a few reasons.  Firstly, because I love to root for newcomers/challengers/up and coming people.  I get "bored" too easily.  Secondly, I pick people to support too quickly and don't really evaluate them, so I can drop them just as easily when I dig up the dirt.  Thirdly, I have this rebel streak in me that makes it hard for me to root for the most popular or the most dominant of athletes.  I'm getting better with this last one...after all I can root for UCLA men's soccer and USWNT soccer and those teams are rarely underdogs, if ever.

3) I like people pretty easily.  I somehow manage to remember the things I like about a person, especially athletes, rather than things I dislike about them.  If I get mad at someone, it usually goes over pretty quickly.  That is why if I "hate" someone for over 3 months, that means I really do dislike them.

4) I already mentioned the "rebelling against popular trends" thingy so it's just repeated for emphasis.

Anyway I just watched Mexico destroy a very sad Paraguay side (after they lost their goalkeeper in the 2nd minute to a red card).  Nery Castillo!  Wow, he's amazing and doing crazy shit!  Can't wait to watch Mexico v. Argentina!  Also, Robinho is always amazing, and he's leading the Golden Boot race!