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i've been thinking about my life lately, in a big spread out whole-horizon way, a way i never have before, either because i didn't want to or didn't know how. you hitchhike along on other people's love and genius for a while until you find your own ride, i guess. but the past few weeks have left me in this wholly different state, where i want to be organized and ready and making plans and being productive.
i want to go back to school. i've been thinking about it for a few months, ever since i started this job at the university. i don't miss being an undergraduate, but i do miss school. i miss debates in class, books, meeting with professors and talking about work and words. i suppose i have a fair amount to prove to myself as well.
i registered yesterday to take the GRE in november, and i plan on applying to the creative writing MFA program here and, god willing and the creek don't rise, starting in the fall semester of next year, to eventually get my ph.d. and teach creative writing at the collegiate level. yesterday we went to the bookstore and bought test prep books. i've been emailing my undergraduate professors and asking for edits, references, good karma. mark is helping me with some writing and i swore i'd visit very soon with a big-ass portfolio. pencil lead and studying on the bus, this morning.
excited!
i want to go back to school. i've been thinking about it for a few months, ever since i started this job at the university. i don't miss being an undergraduate, but i do miss school. i miss debates in class, books, meeting with professors and talking about work and words. i suppose i have a fair amount to prove to myself as well.
i registered yesterday to take the GRE in november, and i plan on applying to the creative writing MFA program here and, god willing and the creek don't rise, starting in the fall semester of next year, to eventually get my ph.d. and teach creative writing at the collegiate level. yesterday we went to the bookstore and bought test prep books. i've been emailing my undergraduate professors and asking for edits, references, good karma. mark is helping me with some writing and i swore i'd visit very soon with a big-ass portfolio. pencil lead and studying on the bus, this morning.
excited!