Thursday, November 22, 2007
T-Day
Happy Tofurky Day!
That's one fiiiine bean curd bird.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
this tickles me
www.questionablecontent.net
Sunday, November 18, 2007
so many thoughts...
I've spent the past six months with this plan:"I will take a year off to travel and read. I will take my exams
and prepare my application package to apply for graduate programs.
In Fall 2008 I will go into a graduate program."
and prepare my application package to apply for graduate programs.
In Fall 2008 I will go into a graduate program."
Now I'm not so sure. I received my results from the Literature in English Subject GRE in the mail the two days before my General GRE. In all honesty, I did unbelievably bad on the Subject test. This isn't me being modest...I nagasakai'd it. For sure. I did better on the general test--I'm pretty comfortable being middle-of-the-pack when it comes to standardized tests.
I'm waiting on advice from my professors, but I'm assuming it would be a waste of time to apply to schools requiring the Subject test. I could be wrong, but the score would be a giant, flashing, neon, red flag to the admissions folks. I've sorted through all of the schools I was planning on applying to and found the itty-bitty-handful who don't require the Subject test.
I don't think I've ever said "everything happens for a reason" in reference to my own problem. It's really a suggestion reserved for comforting friends but I'm thinking that maybe this is a sign. I miss working creatively and the past few months I've had a hard time starting projects. Maybe it's writer's block, maybe it's post-undergrad recovery time, maybe it's just plain laziness.
The past week or so I've been in a creative groove. All of these ideas are pounding in my head and I feel like I should be working on them. Applying to school has been freaking me out, and basically being obliterated by that test...well it has put the brakes on my one track mind.
I'm running out of time to make this decision. I can apply to a handful of schools (at any of which I would probably be quite happy doing my MA) and see what happens. If that doesn't work out (if i don't get in/don't get funding/lose my nerve) I can try again next year. That usually sounds like such a brush off, but I'm coming to terms with the idea that changing my path doesn't mean that I've failed myself--it just means I've found another way to go. Reminding myself that I graduated "a year early" makes the idea of waiting longer easier to swallow.
exasperated sigh.
Oh...and Spider Solitaire owns my soul.
Oh...and Spider Solitaire owns my soul.
Monday, November 12, 2007
art imitates life?
In keeping with my theme of "no original content"...
I'm taking the GRE General Test this week, and working like a mad person on my application materials. The pieces of writing I've started are tabled for the time being--need to be all responsible and such. Hopefully I'll be able to work on those--and get out and make some pictures before it's too bitter cold.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
i always wanted to be a lost boy
never wanted to grow up. past tense? well...maybe not so past tense. i know the saying "you're only as old as you feel" is trite, but who's to say that a cliche must be false? Sure, our bodies get older, but that doesn't have to mean we submit to the world and the role of "old".
Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla
i will get old. but i never want to BE old.
Sigur Ros- Hoppipolla
i will get old. but i never want to BE old.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
cop out?
is posting videos in place of actual *content* considered a cop out? M'oh well. This has been on repeat in-ma-miiind.
Tegan and Sara- The Con
Tegan and Sara- The Con
Monday, November 5, 2007
run, run, run
At the top of my playlist, and in my head:
Tegan and Sara: Back In Your Head
Sunday, November 4, 2007
kthx
this is what my friends send me. at least it isn't starcraft, jj ;)
Basshunter-Dota