Hey, Everyone! I’m Tatyana, and I’m an Art History and Psychology double major. This is my senior year, and even though I graduate in December, I’m already starting to get separation anxiety from this amazing university. Seriously, I love college! Sometimes, when it’s 3 in the morning and I’ve been doing homework since the previous afternoon, I might think differently, but overall I really do love college. I decided to double major for several reasons. Initially, I wanted to have an Art History degree but wanted something to go along with it so that I would have more options in terms of jobs. For this reason I decided to get a second major in Business Management. After getting a 43 on my first exam in Microeconomics, I decided that maybe I should choose a second major that I was more interested in. Growing up with a mom that’s a therapist made the decision easy, and that is why I’m getting my second degree in Psychology.
(Me in a peach orchard in Oregon, taken summer 2014)
I’m a person of many interests, which probably has something to do with the fact that I’m curious about basically anything. This is also why I wanted to be pretty much everything when I was growing up. When I was about 10, I saw a man blowing glass in Mexico. Seeing him blow glass and making it look so easy made me decide that after getting my high school diploma, I would buy a shack on the beach in Mexico and blow glass for a living. Around that time, I also saw my mom’s caterer friend make a gorgeous cake, which made me want to be a baker. I went to Silver Dollar City in middle school and saw the furniture they made and sold there, and, you guessed it, I wanted to be a furniture builder. Being curious sure has made life interesting, though. Seeing the world as being chock-full of things to discover means that there is absolutely no room for boredom.
Something I’m very interested in is reading. If you’ve ever seen Gilmore Girls, you know that Rory is an intense bookworm. I like to think that she and I are kindred spirits in that sense. You can always find a stack of books in my room consisting of books I want to read or reread. I also always have a book in my purse, and my car has a little crate in the back seat just for books that I might want to replace the book in my purse with.
(Photo taken by me of last summer's
reading stack)
Another thing I’m interested in is photography. My godmother gave me her Nikon D50 as a graduation gift, which has inspired me to work on my photography skills. I’m not a professional by any means, but I do like experimenting with techniques and capturing moments that are dear to me. I really love photographing nature. Something about looking at a photo of God’s creation makes time slow down and helps me realize that I live in a beautiful world.
(Photo I took of Mt. Hood, OR, summer 2014)
Anywho, this is just a little bit about me. If you have any questions or anything, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! :)
