the last time i wrote was november 17, 2009. some time has passed. things have changed. but i'm still freaking out about the future ( Read more... )

 I register for classes tomorrow.  There are about 14 different graduate-level English courses being offered.  I narrowed it down to eight I really want to take.  I can register for three.  If I get into the FWS program (where I'd be teaching a first-year writing course) I'll only be able to take two.  I suppose that's the silver lining behind not ( Read more... )

This morning I was waiting at the BC shuttle stop near my apartment with an attractive fellow student with an even more attractive brown leather satchel.  We kept awkwardly making eye contact as we scanned Commonwealth Ave for an approaching bus, so I decided to be friendly and strike up a conversation ( Read more... )

 My puppy is having surgery tomorrow.  She goes in at 7am CST.  To be honest, it's been a long time since I've prayed.   Please let her be all right.

And I'm sooooooooo poor ( Read more... )

Just received my first reading list for my first grad school course!  It is Contemporary American Fiction and I am soooo excited for it!  Here are the books I've been told to purchase for the course (in case you're interested...cause I would be...)

Aspects of the Novel - E.M. Forster
The Program Era - Mark McGurl
A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley
The ( Read more... )

1. I've decided to turn City Year down on their offer of taking me back as a Senior Corps Member.
2. I've decided to take Boston College up on their offer of a position in their English Department's Masters' Program for the Fall of 2009.
3. I've decided to run a marathon next year.
4. I've decided to run a half marathon this year. It's on 1 August ( Read more... )

'Cause I just got in to the English MA program at BC!

It's 8:03 on a Saturday night.  And right now I am taking a break from cleaning my room.  This is what happens in City Year.  And I just realized that it's actually FRIDAY.  I guess that also happens.

We had today off, but I went in to my school for an hour to watch my kids sing a song about making inferences when they read (it was to the tune of ( Read more... )

Sent home today.  Apparently throwing up twice in the teachers' bathroom = not so good.  Threw up only once at home.  Managed to keep blueberry pancakes down.  Roommates asked if I was going in to work tomorrow.  Answer: "Probably."

- Curse you, City Year.