Macro, micro, metrics...

So I should inform the general blogging public who read this fine piece of internet literature that I have passed the Macro qualifier, but not the Micro.
I am severely disappointed.

But this does give me an opportunity. I will still be able to take the PhD level courses that I want (according to one professor anyway), and finish up with a master's degree. From this I can get my MA GPA up (from a solid 3.1, with nothing but PhD courses so far), and hopefully apply to a school as good, if not better, and get financial aid. As Prof. el-Hodiri told me a year back, "it's win/win." "Quijote," he said to me, "if you're going to go to graduate school, get into a PhD program. If you fail, the worst case is you get a master's and from there, you can decide. If you succeed though..." And so it has come to pass. Mohammed, you are also a prophet. ... hehehe... get it? Prophet? okay... sorry.

So I have a general idea for a thesis. I would like to work on immigration and/or urban migration (the two of which I believe -as do many around the world- are linked), but I can't think of the specific idea that I had two weeks ago. Hopefully I can add my own sick, twisted outlook on that.

There are things that I got from this year that transcend classwork and school. Things so beautiful and wonderful that I can't really find the words to describe them. Things that have definite squirrel like properties... but you see where I'm going with this.
The department can say what it wants, and decide what it wants. I've gotten the most out of Dallas and this school that I can (and I will continue to next year in the MA). And I will move on, and get more out of what is to come. So :P to y'all. This okie is going north!