Sitting in the sun makes one kinda lethargic.
But then you realise - you're not sitting in the sun, or else you would be well dead.
THE SUN IS PRETTY DAMN HOT YA'LL, I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU ACTUALLY TRY SITTING IN IT.
So I'm taking a GenEd paper on Astronomy at uni - just for shits and giggles really. It's pretty fun and interesting. Except for the physics part at the beginning that I am being tested on tomorrow. Which consequently also makes one feel rather lethargic.
Things have changed since the last entry, no way am I taking Law anymore, but I'm certainly sticking with the Arts. Sociology and Psychology, that's me - and I'm looking at a potential future in forensic psychology (clinical).*
I started out in the first place wanting to change the world (doesn't everyone?) by giving a voice to people who find it hard to have one. I found them right under my nose, in the media every day of my life, being hounded by the public for accidents or things they did when they were young and stupid and are now sorry for, being told to reintegrate back into society otherwise they're a failure on one hand, and on the other hand being told at the same time that they'll never fit in because they're sick and evil. Sure people do terrible things, but that doesn't make them not human. Some people are never sorry, that means they must have a twisted perception of reality - and why is that? Nobody just decides to be evil. Nobody wants to be rejected by all of society. There are obviously problems there, whether with their mental state or with society... and I want to be able to put people on the right track, have them prove the public wrong, let them have the great life that everyone deserves.
Because nobody stops being human.
rant over
Love, Pip xx
*P.S. When I say clinical psychology I do NOT mean the kind of psychology which relies on the strict DSM (Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders) criteria and hands out blanket medication to everyone who fits under the label of needing it. I mean talking therapy (not just about mental state but also about personal/societal problems) aimed at helping people who FEEL LIKE THEY NEED HELP (I am NOT going to turn a depressed person away because they didn't "experience symptoms for over two weeks." Bullshit) . Drugs can be helpful too, but rarely by themselves.
P.P.S. I should probably get back to studying now. Um. Sunspots. Gravitational Radiation. Yes.