Hi all, hope you're doing well! Wow, it's been ages since I last posted. Sorry for being so neglectful. It's been an interesting time for me - I've been forced to reconsider a lot of things as part of the process of figuring out what to do with myself.

( The Story of my MRP and my Summer )

It still hasn't completely sunk in, but I've written my last exam, and I've now completely finished my Honours English degree! Finishing my program has brought a mix of emotions. I'm really excited to have made it this far, and to know that I'll never have to scramble to finish multiple essays for multiple courses at the end of a term again. At the ( Read more... )

I'm really excited to be moved into my new apartment, and back in classes again. As nice as it was to have a break from work and school for a while, I was starting to get bored. I've decided to stick with four courses this term, and wait until next term to get a job. So far, I think that was the right way to go. This year I have the freedom to take ( Read more... )

It's been a tough week. I have this really simple assignment I have to do for my course on Tolkien and Fantasy, which involves coming up with a thesis and sample argumentative paragraph for my essay, and writing a one page summary of an article. As I said, it's a simple assignment, but I just haven't been able to do it. Last Wednesday I spent all ( Read more... )

As my apartment-mates know, I've spent a lot of time this year trying to figure out what the heck I'm doing in English Literature. I used to really love the challenge of analyzing literature and writing essays, but after three-and-a-half years in English, I'm just no longer as passionately interested in the material as I once was. And when you're ( Read more... )