From Time's article about Kate Winslet:

When the playwright and screenwriter Doug Wright worked with her on Quills in 2000, he recalls, Winslet told him "with great tact, 'Doug, I'd never say a word against your writing, but this line? This one here? ... I don't have to say it. I can do it with my eyes.' It was the best lesson in screenwriting I've ( Read more... )

So I got my Graduation Audit, reminding me of what I needed to take to graduate, and guess what? They felt the need to say:

"Additionally, make sure to complete the Political Science Comprehensive Exam."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

....

I think I might be going crazy.

I started looking at Grad Schools again. This time, in writing. Creative Nonfiction, poetry, dramatic writing ( Read more... )

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Here's my 2008 Year in Review in the form of my Christmas Letter!

I've found it especially difficult this year to sit down and write this letter because of all the other demands on my time. Something that, to me, feels wildly different from this time last year, when I wrote my letter early on and with ease, lounging on my bed in Quito. I was calm ( Read more... )

This year is ending. 2009 is going to kick the poop outta me. Comps, SIP, Graduation, finding a job, etc. But I always try to remain hopeful. So I hope this year will be just as good.

I'll be posting my Christmas Letter entry as soon as it's done (which is something I do every year). Right now, though, here's my 2008 Year in Review. ( here's my 2008 Year End Review )

Just to note, having a snow day in college makes me feel like a little kid again.

and I'm just SO EXCITED to have a guilt-free day off!

Yay for snow! I told you it's a good thing in the end. Filled with rainbows and fuzzy bunnies and angels!

 
I've found I really hate it when other people are editing in the lab with me. Mostly because they have no respect for how focused I need to be. So they like, play music with their speakers on, and have their friends come in. And shout, and horse around. It just really annoys me. It was different when it was just the class in here, but now I've ( Read more... )

 I should always always show my stuff to Dhera when I'm nervous about it. She is so positive and so so helpful. I feel so much better about the whole project thus far. She's always just like, "You're doing so good!" She actually sent me an email the other day letting me know she wasn't going to be in yesterday, and it was one line: "I won't be in ( Read more... )

I'm flipping DONE with Senior Seminar! My group did it's presentation, and got a damn great review from Elman. We just had one little problem that kocked us down to a B+. But GOSH DARN IT! A B ( Read more... )