WHY HELLO THERE STRANGERS.

[devilsduplicity]

I AM NOT DEAD.

My absence constitutes the allotted time for death to occur, however, I have not, in fact, been decapitated, mugged, kidnapped, bludgeoned, impaled, or otherwise mangled in the last month-and-a-half. Yet.

It's not that I've been terribly busy. I haven't. Not in relation. But several things have been going on that have lately

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[hitlikehammers]

In my experience, if the profs knew you? The old recommendation is TOTALLY fine. I have a friend who's going back to grad school after 4 years out, and he's using his undergrad professors as reference, and no one blinks an eye. It's definitely not uncommon to do that, and if the only reason you're considering the community college thing is to get fresh references, I don't think it'll really make a huge difference.

Congrats on your diet/exercise regimen! That's awesome!

Also: if you're in Connecticut, at some point? I'll be in Boston. We should meet up ;)

[devilsduplicity]

/nodnod There are a few other reasons to consider the community college -- references from more relevant teachers (If I'm going into the English department, I'm not entirely sure if recommendation letters from all music teachers would really... work?), and also I was considering the option of taking a language class (French I probably) so when I transfer I could get into the next-step-up class (French II) in the spring. REGARDLESS, there are a lot of options, and I don't know why I'm nervous about asking an old professor for a letter, but I am, just a bit. ._.

Thanks so much! My legs are like jello right now, but it's totally worth it~

Ooo, fantastic! I know, in the very least, that I'll be in that area (to check out schools, probably) either in August, or in December/January. Probably the latter if I take the community college route. I'd love to meet up sometime! ♥

Also, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

[hitlikehammers]

I have been well! Mostly running around like a chicken with my head cut off in preparation to move to Boston and start grad school, but otherwise, I've been doing alright

[woodshavings]

Congrats for losing that much in just five weeks! It's great you now have a different outlook on your goals from it. I have to say I'm a little jealous of your weight loss haha I'm trying to obtain something like it right now.

[devilsduplicity]

Thanks so much! I've really needed to lose a lot of weight for a while now. >> The first ten pounds went fairly quickly because of this, but the last seven have taken a lot more effort. But! Are you on any particular diet plan? What got me started was this little gem of information, and I've basically been following that. Just counting calories every day has been a big help~

[woodshavings]

Oh wow thanks for that link! I've mainly started exercising more but I know I should do more with my calorie intake so that's awesome.

[devilsduplicity]

Yeah, no problem! I'm lucky that I stumbled upon that page back when I did. Exercise is fantastic (I actually enjoy running now, go figure) but I think watching calories is also a big help. I'm just now figuring out that, not only do I need to watch how many calories I'm eating, but now I need to look towards eating healthy calories. It's all a bit of a new world to me (fast food child here) but it's actually really interesting to see how my body has changed -- on the inside moreso than the outside. There are certain foods I used to adore that now make me physically ill. XD

[sin_unforgiven]

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[dp17]

Swimming or running? For how long? I used to be on a swim team and when the old choach was replaced, *sigh* talk about tough intense workout. My insides hurt crazy. I mostly stay the same weight for 2 years, before I was hit with a virus and it made me lost 15 pounds. My doctor was worried because I had become underweight. ? Truth is I had never felt better in my life and I wanted to keep the weight as it is. I was light. I went back to 89 lbs during my illness and it went up 92 in 1.5 weeks after i got better. By the way congradulations! THere are some things I do not understand. My friend who became a obbessive- carbo-counting dieting person- excerises everyday and it does runing every other day for an hour and the days inbetween she does weights after runing for an hour and then bikes after who knows what and it seems it did lose a lot of weight but not a whole bunch. wonder why that is?