So it's been just over a week since I got laid off, and things are going okay. I've been keeping busy, and except for a couple of days late last week when it really hit that I'd just lost my job, I've been feeling better about my life in general ( Read more... )

Plan 1. Enter into graduate studies, attain my Ph.D., and eventually become the next Northrup Frye/Harold Bloom/Jacques Derrida/etc ( Read more... )

Well, last night it was Rach's turn to be sleepless, so now it's mine ( Read more... )

Yule cards have been mailed out, finally. Likewise my grad school supplements have been mailed out to Notre Dame, Michigan, and Xavier, so we're that much closer to getting out of this dump!

Also: WANT!!! That just looks cool.

On the flip side, the third and fourth buttons on my mouse no longer function--which means I have no "Page Up/Down" ( Read more... )

Deleted from my Notre Dame statement of intent ( Read more... )