Sabbatical
I post in spirts. Sorry about that. I'm probably taking up your entire friends page. But I only have the urge to post sometimes, and then I want to say all of what's been going on for awhile.
Maybe this also has something to do with the fact that today, May 19th, I have one month off. Yep, no work for a month: no classes, no literary magazine, no money-making responsibilities until June 20th, when I go off to be the Lake Director at Camp Greeley. So, what ever am I going to do in a month? If I had money, I'd travel, but since I don't I have a few goals I've lined up anyhow.
1. Study for the English Literature GRE. Having a chance at getting into grad school next year hinges on getting a good score on this. My general GRE score isn't great, but if I can rock this, it may cancel it out. This test encompasses the entire cannon of Literature written in English (and, oddly, some that is not). This sounds easy; was I not a English major in my undergrad? But, unfortunately, the cannon of English Lit. is huge. Sure, I've covered the old standards: Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespere, Donne, Keats, Dickens, the Brontes, Whitman.... But it's the obscure names that catch me. Have you ever heard of Sir George Etherege, Thomas Otway, Algernon Swinburne, or Stevie Smith? I certainly hadn't. And there are a whole lot of African American, Latino, and women authors on the list that I'm pretty sure were just stuck in for EO sake. The test is in September, but I figure I can read a whole lot of Virginia Woolf by the end of the month.
2. Work out. In order to be not beat to hell during camp, I need to get a head start on retraining, particularly in swimming as I will be expected to be able to save lives and stuff like that.
3. Send something out for publication. Academic stuff.
4. Look for a house in the vicinity of University of Delaware. Not sure if it's fesible to get a house now, but there's no harm in looking especially as there's that economic slump and the 8,000 tax credit going on.
So, that's my plan. And, oh yeah, next Tuesday I can stop over in York for the game. Are people doing anything for memorial day?
Maybe this also has something to do with the fact that today, May 19th, I have one month off. Yep, no work for a month: no classes, no literary magazine, no money-making responsibilities until June 20th, when I go off to be the Lake Director at Camp Greeley. So, what ever am I going to do in a month? If I had money, I'd travel, but since I don't I have a few goals I've lined up anyhow.
1. Study for the English Literature GRE. Having a chance at getting into grad school next year hinges on getting a good score on this. My general GRE score isn't great, but if I can rock this, it may cancel it out. This test encompasses the entire cannon of Literature written in English (and, oddly, some that is not). This sounds easy; was I not a English major in my undergrad? But, unfortunately, the cannon of English Lit. is huge. Sure, I've covered the old standards: Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespere, Donne, Keats, Dickens, the Brontes, Whitman.... But it's the obscure names that catch me. Have you ever heard of Sir George Etherege, Thomas Otway, Algernon Swinburne, or Stevie Smith? I certainly hadn't. And there are a whole lot of African American, Latino, and women authors on the list that I'm pretty sure were just stuck in for EO sake. The test is in September, but I figure I can read a whole lot of Virginia Woolf by the end of the month.
2. Work out. In order to be not beat to hell during camp, I need to get a head start on retraining, particularly in swimming as I will be expected to be able to save lives and stuff like that.
3. Send something out for publication. Academic stuff.
4. Look for a house in the vicinity of University of Delaware. Not sure if it's fesible to get a house now, but there's no harm in looking especially as there's that economic slump and the 8,000 tax credit going on.
So, that's my plan. And, oh yeah, next Tuesday I can stop over in York for the game. Are people doing anything for memorial day?