Summer Updates

Considering we're almost into August, I thought I might post some Tommy's-Life updates.  I tend to do these in bullet-point form to make separate thoughts clearer. 

If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know that I did the Leaving Cert., the Irish second-level graduation/college entry exams, in June. Along with the SATs (the American college entry exams), the Leaving Cert. was required by American colleges when they consider you for admission. Touch wood, I'll be starting at New York University in September, most likely studying "journalism and something else". NYU has a rule that journalism majors must complete a second major, and I haven't yet decided what that second major will be. I'm leaning towards economics, which I loved in secondary school, or politics, which I'd have a huge interest in. Luckily, the American college system is quite general in these respects; I don't have to declare any major until the end of my second year. As always, you can keep up with what I'm reading via my reading log. I really, really enjoyed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It's currently $1.52 on the Amazon Kindle store, so I recommend you check it out.I'm moving out of my parent's house in a little over three weeks, which is an exciting and daunting prospect. Both of my parents are fairly technologically literate, so I'm happy that we'll still be in contact when I'm over in New York. It's nice that I'm doing as my older brothers did (going to college in the USA) in that I know what to expect, and have people to go to for advice. On the subject of moving to the USA, I'll be keeping up this blog, Collision Course, alive and updated when I'm over there. I'm envisaging a sort of Irishman's diary-type thing; news and updates and such from the perspective of an Irishman living in 2013 New York City. Expect pictures.