I think that the reason is that I am twice as wild

[corpruga]

So what was really awesome about yesterday was that I started the day with 2 members of my exam committee and ended it with--I'm pretty sure, barring misunderstandings or some kind of wild drama--all five. This is pretty big for me. The whole "contacting faculty and asking them to do stuff for me" is terrifying for me. You'd think, having been at college for almost seven years now, I'd be over it, but no matter how often I tell myself, "I got a good grade in their class!" "Being on exam committees is part of faculty members' job!" "They're very nice people--even if they say no, they won't be mean or pissed-off about it!" and such things, it's still a pretty big ordeal sending those e-mails out, as my mom, who had to do some virtual hand-holding over the phone, can testify. But anyway, everyone seemed willing to do it, and I've got meetings lined up with just about everyone I need to be meeting with, so, you know. I'm taking some steps towards, you know, achieving those grad school goals, so that's good. I feel like I'm gonna be as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs for the next few weeks, though.



Rich as you are

Death will finish
you: afterwards no
one will remember

or want you: you
had no share in
the Pierian roses

You will flitter
invisible among
the indistinct dead
in Hell's palace
darting fitfully

Trans. Mary Barnard

Way harsh, Sappho. Way harsh.