he's home safely: called to say so. "Take care," he said in closing. I'm trying to detach myself, remember how it felt to get back from Ireland. All I wanted to do was reconnect with home. He's been gone for twice as long as I was, with less connection to familiarity. He wants to see old friends ( Read more... )

Dear Ms. [A ( Read more... )

byebye texas

hello, trinity app.

had a good talk with janet, though, about how the stars aren't 100% aligned for a phd this year and an mphil sounds like a good idea, and i don't need a phd to be successful and a very smart person in jobs outside of academia and how she almost wishes she'd been broader-focused and looked into being a journalist, ( Read more... )

( meme )

woke from a dream this morning, wondered what time it was, figured I'd go back to sleep because the alarm would wake me up when it was time. on a whim, looked at my window -- it was bright out, so the alarm was bound to go off soon. what time was it, anyway, just to see how much longer i had ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! he got a message with my van serenading him on the way to the afternoon row. I hope he likes it. speaking of "my van," it's not "my van" any more. Sharon desperately needs time away from the passengers, so she and I are switching for at least a little while. It sucks, but I don't want to be a bitch and say no, and she has ( Read more... )

rejection letter #1: arizona ( Read more... )

now i wish I were a few years older so I coulda gone and worked at the Linguistic Institute of Ireland before it closed in 2003. Hel-lo, dream job. Damn ( Read more... )

"Francesca ( Read more... )

what. do you. fucking. mean. the deadline has passed. pittsburgh.

oh my god.

panic attack.

i am not going to sleep. i cannot. i am going to vomit. oh my god.

arizona just took mine, no effing problems. pitt.... pitt, pitt, pitt. what the goddamnfucking shit, pitt. oh my god.