Crash and burn...bummer, dude... :/
So, being sick really blows. My throat hurts, my ears are plugged, my nose is stuffy, and I have a constant headache. Now, I think the damn thing is moving into my chest and I'm going to start hacking. Ugh. It's only the third week of school. You'd think I wouldn't be down and out already. *Sigh*
Things in my academic life are progressing nicely, though. I'm scheduled to take the GRE and the Subject GRE on the 1st and 2nd of December, respectively. I figure I'm just going to get them over and done with and save myself the trouble of driving to Eugene more than once. Plus, Mum and Dad are going to be in town so they can take care of me in my test-weakened state. :) I still haven't chosen which Grad Schools to which I'm going to apply. I'll need to get on that pretty soon. I've got my writing sample under way, and I already have professors clamoring to write me really nice letters of recommendation, so things could be quite a bit worse. As long as I have things put together by the 10th of December to send out to the different schools, things should be good. I'm not nearly so panicky about this Grad School thing as I was a couple of months ago, which is a huge relief.
Any of you on my friends list who are writers should check out SPEWS. It's the SOU English Department web publication. I'm a copy-editor for them. They take open submissions from anyone, though I'm not sure the contests are open to anyone outside the university. Anyway, it's a chance to be published. Also, Winter Term, we're going to be changing the name so you don't have to put on your resumé that you were published in SPEWS (which means Southern Publishing English and Writing Students). Yes, we're aware of the connotations that associate the name with digestive displays and Harry Potter. No need to point that out. Got a better idea for a name? Please share it. We're getting rather desperate. :)
I suppose that's all I have to say for now. I need to call my doctor and see if he'll see me today or Monday. I'm really feeling like shit and I hope it's nothing too serious. I have to be better by Wednesday to see Jamie Cullum live! :)
Namárië
Things in my academic life are progressing nicely, though. I'm scheduled to take the GRE and the Subject GRE on the 1st and 2nd of December, respectively. I figure I'm just going to get them over and done with and save myself the trouble of driving to Eugene more than once. Plus, Mum and Dad are going to be in town so they can take care of me in my test-weakened state. :) I still haven't chosen which Grad Schools to which I'm going to apply. I'll need to get on that pretty soon. I've got my writing sample under way, and I already have professors clamoring to write me really nice letters of recommendation, so things could be quite a bit worse. As long as I have things put together by the 10th of December to send out to the different schools, things should be good. I'm not nearly so panicky about this Grad School thing as I was a couple of months ago, which is a huge relief.
Any of you on my friends list who are writers should check out SPEWS. It's the SOU English Department web publication. I'm a copy-editor for them. They take open submissions from anyone, though I'm not sure the contests are open to anyone outside the university. Anyway, it's a chance to be published. Also, Winter Term, we're going to be changing the name so you don't have to put on your resumé that you were published in SPEWS (which means Southern Publishing English and Writing Students). Yes, we're aware of the connotations that associate the name with digestive displays and Harry Potter. No need to point that out. Got a better idea for a name? Please share it. We're getting rather desperate. :)
I suppose that's all I have to say for now. I need to call my doctor and see if he'll see me today or Monday. I'm really feeling like shit and I hope it's nothing too serious. I have to be better by Wednesday to see Jamie Cullum live! :)
Namárië