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and i know that it's complicated
but i'm a loser in love, so baby
raise a glass to mend
all the broken hearts of all my wrecked-up friends

i fucking love this song. The Jayhawks are a great example of alt-country music that doesn't suck.

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i got some message on my home machine from NYU saying they're nominating me for an $18,000 fellowship? it sounds like i'll get it if i go there but idk. i am so confused about what is going on. i'm calling the guy in a little bit.

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i got an email from NYU less than 24 hours after my first acceptance email. it welcomed me again and then said i didn't get any funding. you can't hear me, but i'm laughing bitterly. i must have been on the top of the pile to get rejected for funding! i'm not that surprised, but it would have been nice to seriously consider NYU as an option. ( Read more... )

i've been thinking a lot about Dan recently. what it would be like to run into him in the city on a night out drinking -- both of us looking desirable. what would happen if i texted him. (probably nothing, since i ignored the last 4 texts he sent me ( Read more... )

well, after emailing 3 different people, i finally found out that BC has already awarded their 12 first-year fellowships for the English MA. it's disappointing to find out i wasn't among the best 12 of only 36, and even more so that there's pretty much no hope of first-year funding for what will be about $17,000 of classes plus living expenses. ( Read more... )

what a day

got a nice little personal email today from a postgraduate admin in the school of History and Anthropology... my "excellent references" caused me to be accepted right away into the Irish Studies MA program.

:)


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