I wish they would write the letters already

[giallarhorn]

Firstly, HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO hecatescurse! CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE HEALTHY WORLD OF INTOXICATION AND CHASING AWAY SORROWS WITH DRINKS!

I ran about two miles this morning and felt like I was dying for most of it. Lungs what is up with your exchange rate seriously gah

Almost done with grad school apps. Augh, no pressure on a one page response at all.

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[ladymercury_10]

Congratulations on your grad school apps! Ugh, those applications are so stressful. Seriously, I think applying to grad school was worse than anything they have made me do in grad school so far. It was like a scavenger hunt + soul-search + multiple essay assignments + hunting down recommendations + why am I saying all this, you know how horrible it is, you are doing it right now. :P BUT ANYWAY, good job!

Yay, friending meme! I am losing my mind from insomnia and having stayed up too late on the internet yesterday. I saw your post on the friending meme and read the word "backup" as "teacup." So I sort of briefly thought you had a Dreamwidth "teacup" journal. :P

[giallarhorn]

GAH, TELL ME ABOUT IT. I keep rewriting my SoP because I think there's some flaw in it and it doesn't communicate my goals across well and then it sounds too negative and then too jargony and fahjkflsefs. It's stressful enough, but more stressful when they go 'here, write one page of why you want to go here+why you should be accepted+what you're gonna do with your life+what you've done'.

It doesn't help I'm really really concerned if my PI will actually manage to get the letters in because he's got a horrid track record with deadlines

Haha, yes, it's a new feature in fact! It's a bit like...Teaspoon meets LJ, but without the annoying formatting changes. All rolled up into one.

Though, tea is an excellent way to combat drowsiness. Not as effective as coffee, but that's partially due to caffeine content.

[ladymercury_10]

Oh, the what you're going to do with your life one is really fun. I was like, what do you mean, where do I see myself in the future? I thought I was doing good by having an idea of where I wanted to spend the next two years?

AHHHH the letters thing is always so nervewracking. Good luck, I hope he gets them in! I actually had one professor turn in her letters late, but it was okay in the end because the other two were on time and she got them in quite soon after the deadline and/or some of the schools only needed two letters anyway.

HAHAHA that would be fantastic.

I already tried coffee, it has not helped with my sleep-deprivation English fail. :P

[giallarhorn]

Yeah, I'm taking it as a 'where do you see yourself after you're done and have your degree?' to which I opted to respond with 'next degree/school and then post doc work at a school' XD I mean, two year plan is pretty splendid (though your program is only two years? Mine are mostly 3-4 years, depending)

Yeahhhh, especially so close to the holidays and all. I keep thinking that all of my letter writers will just up and out go on vacation somewhere without checking their email and forget I need those letters. Haha, well, that worked out for the best then! Though, I think all of mine require three.

Someone should start up a site like that. Just combine like a more selective fanfic.net meets LJ. I bet someone's done that, somewhere.

Oh, well. Sleep deprivation English fail is an irreversible syndrome of sleep deprivation and can only be cured by excessive sleeping to pay off your sleep debt. Or something. Point- sleep is good for correcting English fail caused by lack of sleep.

[hecatescurse]

THANK YOU! Though none of those things will actually happen for me!

[giallarhorn]

Sadly and unfortunately