Continuing the madness...

[minniemouse1224]

I feel like the blackout time for grad school decisions is analogous to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. I am Marlow, and the calendar between Jan 15-Apr. 15 is my river. Each week I plunge deeper and deeper into madness, as the solid ground of the final app due date has vanished from sight, and I cannot see what is in front of me. The admissions

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[frenchroast]

If they reject you, you should send them this post. No one who uses a Heart of Darkness analogy for this should be allowed to be rejected from grad school. Not English grad school, at any rate.

[anonymous]

Hahaha, this is brilliant!!! *You* are brilliant and I am positive you will be accepted to a lot of amazing schools! The waiting sucks, but the acceptance letters will start rolling in eventually. How did your knee surgery go? Keep an eye on your mailbox.
~Amy

[minniemouse1224]

My surgery got postponed! I got your book and I am waiting til I have surgery to read it. I'm having surgery this Tuesday :-)

You rock.

[krystencarol]

Best analogy ever. You in poco?

Re: You rock.

[minniemouse1224]

Mmm, no, but I love poco. I'm in 20th Century Ethnic American lit. Actually, that's a question I'm interested in studying: can postcolonial criticism be applied to minority ethnic literature in America? Anyways, I digress...

[endlessrevision]

I was bored, and randomly clicked on your LJ from who_got_in. This is fun entry :). Good luck!

[minniemouse1224]

Thanks! and Congrats to you!

congratulations

[krystencarol]

You need a new journal entry that reflects your newfound success. That poor, abandoned application of yours survived its trip down the river after all. :)