I was not expecting applying to graduate school again to be stressful this time around... I mean, last time, I applied to some of the most prestigious art schools in the country, knowing full well that my chances of getting in were slim at best, particularly considering my age, and I applied to EIGHT of them. This time, I'm applying to one program ( Read more... )

This is too funny not to share, and it takes too long to explain to use as my current facebook status ( Read more... )

you know... nothing ruins an EXCEPTIONALLY good run (I mean, I went faster than usual, I could have gone farther than usual if I didn't have so much to do tonight, I felt great) so much as three guys in a camo-painted pickup screeching by when I'm two minutes from home and one of them yelling out the window (clearly to me, as there is NO ONE else ( Read more... )

oh, my.... That Guy. needed to make sure I kept a link to this, because... yeah.

dear grad school of choice:

i like you. i think you'd like me too.

check yes ___________

or no _____________

please accept me to your school

kisses,
jean

Top ten things I need, according to google ( Read more... )

I have a new baby niece! Carys Josephine Shepard, 7lbs 5oz, just under 21 inches long, born at 7 this morning, healthy! And as soon as I finish her blanket, I will post the pictures ( Read more... )

oh my goodness. the hilarity. (warning: it loads up a movie/trailer). you have to see this. have to.

what a shitty day. for no good reason. blech.

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When you see this on your flist, quote Firefly.Wash: "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal ( Read more... )

You know what the best cure that I've found for depression is, short of drugs and/or an actual solution to your problems? Watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off. No, seriously. I challenge you to watch the parade scene and not feel just a little lighter.

Now, if only I could find a job (and on and on...)