I had a new idea for my grad school writing sample.

MANPAIN.

It's a fan-coined term for "when a main character in a story (always male, generally white) is written with a particular kind of psychologically painful history that causes him to behave in specific ways ( Read more... )

1. I GOT THE SALLY CASANOVA PRE-DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP! This is the one I was working on in March, and I seriously thought I wouldn't get it because I talked about using fan fiction in education. That's $3000 towards visiting graduate schools next fall!

2. HULU IS IN TALKS WITH SONY TO REVIVE COMMUNITY! Yes, this gets me as excited as a $3000

LJ, don't do this to me. My internet addiction depends on you!

So that's my comment on the LJ problems.

I went to the local Borders yesterday to check out the scene, and it was tragic: a post-apocalyptic wasteland of books and DVDs flung hither and thither without care. It's really sad because now the nearest bookstore in my town is about an hour ( Read more... )

LJ, don't do this to me. My internet addiction depends on you!So that's my comment on the LJ problems ( Read more... )

One of the bad things about having depression and learning to manage it is how much it limits what you can do. My entire college education has been limited by depression ( Read more... )