So, as anyone who looks at my profile knows, I'm a double major: I'm majoring in psychology and Japanese studies. And, as most college students know, the question "What is your major" gets asked so often that I've considered just wearing a shirt that answers all of the questions or responds to all the comments below.

1. Wow, what made you choose that combination?

Well, I want to teach English in Japan after my experience in the Sister Cities organization between my undergraduate work and my graduate work for psychology, which I need a Ph.D in to succeed. But do I want to have the long conversation that ensues from that answer? Usually not.

2. That's a lot! Wow!

Yes, I hate myself. I am sacrificing my sanity for credits. However, am I going to go into my deep-seated insecurity about not doing enough in the academic sphere that prompts me to take on too much for a random stranger? Nope.

3. Ooh, psychology! So you've got me all analyzed.

See, I never get this question from women, for some reason, which automatically weirds me out just a little bit. Surprisingly, it's easily the most common response I get when I mention my psychology major, and I would really prefer that it not be. How am I supposed to answer that?

If I was brave, I could sit there and say "Well, your assumption that I have devoted my mental energy to understanding you, a stranger, when I could focus on anything of any significance, demonstrates a propensity for at least a little bit of narcissism and potential desire for attention." But in reality, I usually just kind of chuckle and don't answer because that question makes me super uncomfortable. So please stop.

4. So what are you gonna do with a psychology degree?

For your information, there are plenty of things to do with a psychology degree if you go into graduate school, which I plan to. Psychology is considered a kind of useless major, but only if you just get a bachelor's. If you get a masters or Ph.D, there are plenty of possibilities.

5. So you're gonna do psychology on Japanese people?

I mean, my two majors don't have to both go into my career, but the psychological climate in Japan isn't amazing, so there are certainly worse things I could do. However, that isn't really my plan, so...

6. Japanese? So you're majoring in weeb.

For those unfamiliar, the word "weeb" is a shortening of "weeaboo," which is slang for someone who is obsessed with anime and manga. I actually never watched anime or really read manga until I started the major, and then it was only because my friends in my major wanted to. And there's so much more to a Japanese major than just anime and manga.

(That being said a good percentage of us are, in fact, weebs. There are less accurate stereotypes out there.)

Honestly, I could go on, but I'll stop here. So, for general reference, here are the answers to commonly asked questions. Here's to saving all of us psychology and/or Japanese majors a little bit of grief.