Existential Literature

[Exams due by 4:00 PM, Tues, June 13. Hand-deliver to secretarty in Fr. Dept., 5th floor, Phelps Hall. Late papers get automatic drop in grade. Plagiarism, from internet or otherwise = automatic “F.”]

Answer BOTH questions I. And II.

In resposding to the questions below, “knowing the answer” is not enough. Write thoughtfully, ( Read more... )

The highest bidder at help_japan is still bunnytstar with $100. Unless you want to bring the big guns, the highest bidder at fandomaid is _woe with $40--bidding for this community closes in one hour and fifteen minutes. If you still want to duke it out, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. My job keeps me occupied most of the time. I only have fifty hours of awake free time per week, and writing ( Read more... )

bidding is either closing or will close soon at both communities i'm currently up for auction at. the help_japan bid currently rests at $100, and the fandomaid bid rests at $30. if you want fic from me, speak up now or forever hold your peace. let's collectively hope to fuck that the kid bidding $100 has a damn good prompt.

the entry/call to arms @ versacefrolic.
help_japan direct bidding ( Read more... )

this is our time. not just to stand up and take what's ours as in tunisia and egypt and libya and radically revolutionizing countries, but to show that we will not be apathetic and we will not stand aside and we will not be silent. we will fight and we will love and we will show the world we give a damn. do your part. don't just sit there. DO YOUR ( Read more... )

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Unless you live under a rock, you should've heard by now that Brisbane is flooding, and it's flooding bad. I remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and I remember standing in my safe, dry, fancy university dorm room staring at the news in horror but doing, essentially, nothing. Not this fucking time ( Read more... )

Year end list, six years and counting. To get it out of the way before we start: I have terrible taste and I mainline pop culture. Don't let any of the length explanations below confuse you: I really only just know what I like, and sometimes I'm able to offer some reasons why I do. By no means is anything I say below the be all and end all ( Read more... )

What I should have done was wait. I should’ve waited, kept working for the literary agent, re-taken the GREs with more focus, and written a new writing sample that adequately addressed my graduate focus: dystopias and existentialism. But what we should do and what we end up doing, those are hardly ever the same thing. Instead I dove into a graduate ( Read more... )

I'm putting my trust on lockdown for awhile. Probably not forever, but at least until I heal up. It's a messy process, and it's not going to be pretty, which is why this notice is here. If I had you added before: know that I valued and appreciated your insight or silent solidarity. I'm more than willing to add any of you back if you ask, but I'm ( Read more... )