Comments | humblemumblings: I would be fine with more weeks like this one

humblemumblings

I would be fine with more weeks like this one

Apr 17, 2005 11:40

So this was Demuth's week to have her ego stroked. On Wednesday, I won first place in the Preston Gurney Contest for Literary Criticism (Poetry), which disproves the financial uselessness of the humanities by netting me $3000.00 ( Read more... )

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ellenneithernor April 17 2005, 16:08:53 UTC

wow, congratulations!

What kind of thing would you do at the Conflict Resolution center? And in Nigeria?

humblemumblings April 18 2005, 13:07:12 UTC

I'd be doing research and analysis at the Conflict Resolution center, plus the possibility of travel to whatever (probably African) country I'm working on.

In Nigeria I'd be working for an NGO that provides HIV/AIDS education among young migrant workers, making educational materials and distributing them.

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humblemumblings April 18 2005, 13:07:40 UTC

I wish you could have come! We'll have to be extra-hott next year to make up for the flu this year.

menolly06 April 17 2005, 20:29:25 UTC

the word 'congratulations' just seems inappropriately diminutive.

humblemumblings April 18 2005, 13:08:01 UTC

thankee - but seriously a lot of this was luck.