My lady-friend, who I love has been wait-listed at my school. That pretty much means she's not getting in. Me make have to break up over this. I love her so much. I'm so so drunk right now. She thinks everything happens for a reason, and she wants to know the grand plan behind this. You know what? Fuck that. There is no goddamn plan. ( Read more... )

So, it's obviously been a while, but there just hasn't been that much to write about. Grad school isn't boring (exactly) but it is kind of monotonous. Now that I've settled in, most of my days go like this. Get up and either go to the gym and then the library, or just directly to the library. Stay there for 5-7 hours, then come home, eat, relax ( Read more... )

I think there's either a holiday or a game this weekend, because everyone and their dog is having a barbecue. My entire neighborhood smells like burning pork. (Which, despite my vegetarianism is not a really unpleasant smell ( Read more... )

Today, I spent most of the afternoon in the library working on an article. The University of Florida library has a special floor that is only open to graduate students. My ID card hasn't been activated yet, but I got in totally by accident when the elevator I was on went up to pick someone else up off the grad floor. I figured there was no ( Read more... )

Here are some things I was not expecting about Florida ( Read more... )

And here I am. After months of sweating the move, the adjustment, and the logistics, I am a resident of the great state of Florida. You know what? It's pretty fucking good to be here ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I bought an upright bass.  This excites the hell out of me for several reasons ( Read more... )

"Let me explain. No, is too much--let me sum-up ( Read more... )

I had my wisdom teeth out last week. I can really see how people get hooked on pain-pills. Whiskey never felt like this.

I've been accepted to another program. They have the leading (and only) graduate literature program in my field in the whole country. This should be good news, this school is one of my top choices. But I can't get happy about this. It really boils down to the girl ( Read more... )