My last entry was grossly understated. I will honestly be surprised if grad school doesn't kill me.

I decided this past week that if I ever made another LiveJournal entry, it would be to say this one thing:

GRAD SCHOOL IS HARD.

There. I said it... now get outta here!

In case you were wondering, I really think Freud was on to something. The pleasure principle, the death drive, and issues of repression and inferiority are all concepts that really speak to me. This afternoon, my bro and dad and I were lunching at TBell, and my pop mentioned that (in a nutshell) he pretty much figures a lot of the psychological/ ( Read more... )

Well, folks, I need to shower so I don't smell weird at church tomorrow--but here are a few rapid-fire tidbits about my life as of late ( Read more... )

Wednesday: band audition at 2:30, first class at 6.

Still awake because of it.

A shiny new BU parking permit is in place on the back windshield of my car, folks. You may exhale, as I'm sure you were all on pins and needles about that ( Read more... )

Spoiler alert: I was considering starting up a new regimen, now that my besties are either at school in another place or soon to be at school in another place, of writing old-school snail mail letters to them like... well, every week was the plan. Uh... girls, I love you--but I think we all know that wasn't going to happen. ;) Hence, I suppose, ( Read more... )

Alright, so apparently I was for whatever reason NOT on the e-mail list for the graduate open house thing... which is happening TOMORROW. (Talk about advance notice.) I was finally able to reach someone who actually seemed to Care that I was confused and frustrated, and who was actually able to Help me. Imagine that! So this orientation is ( Read more... )

PULLING

TEETH

Well, we're a week and a day away from classes starting at good ol' Bradley, and guess who can't seem to communicate effectively with their students? That's right: Bradley.

It's like pulling teeth trying to get any pertinent information out of these people!! I'm a grad student, not a mind reader.