In which a trend is noticed
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kitewithfishSo, tomorrow I find out from Harvard Divinity School whether I've been accepted or not.
At every meal today, someone has told me another school that they've gotten into, and the choices that they have to make about their future. I am not at the moment inclined to be sympathetic to the poor gentleman who must decide if he wants to go to Harvard or MIT for graduate school in the sciences, though I am sure his pain must be great.
I am applying to something my mother suggested, because mostly beyond the poisoning fact that my mother suggested it, it looks like a good idea and an interesting program if I don't get into grad school.
I finally found the list of courses for Boston College School of Theology and Ministry- it's kind of removed from the main listing of stuff for that department. The stuff looks interesting enough. I just got an email that they want to meet with me for an Graduate Assistant position, which would give me a little stipend for the year, and would give me full tuition for a lot of the classes there. It would be a nice thing, but I am not really sure how viable a Masters from them would be.
This is how I deal with uncertainty- either I ignore it entirely to my detriment, or plan on failing so that if I get a good response back, it comes as a complete surprise.
In other news, I have to do a German presentation and a Greek quiz tomorrow, I did not get a stipend from the Classical Civ department to study Greek during the summer, and there is no "good time" to apply to grad school, grow up, get married, or have a kid. There just is not, you go on and just roll with the punches.
Ignoring all of the above:
I just watched Spectacular Spider-Man's 8th episode of the second season, and I was tickled pink by the dynamic between Hammerhead and Silver Sable. Though I cannot approve of her downgrade from Eastern European monarch (or something like that in the original comics) to mere mobster's daughter, and I think her reactions are heavily biased towards the Harpy-ish at the height of the fighting, the way she makes Hammerhead act is *hilarious*.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_T_nJ8eu8&feature=related
At every meal today, someone has told me another school that they've gotten into, and the choices that they have to make about their future. I am not at the moment inclined to be sympathetic to the poor gentleman who must decide if he wants to go to Harvard or MIT for graduate school in the sciences, though I am sure his pain must be great.
I am applying to something my mother suggested, because mostly beyond the poisoning fact that my mother suggested it, it looks like a good idea and an interesting program if I don't get into grad school.
I finally found the list of courses for Boston College School of Theology and Ministry- it's kind of removed from the main listing of stuff for that department. The stuff looks interesting enough. I just got an email that they want to meet with me for an Graduate Assistant position, which would give me a little stipend for the year, and would give me full tuition for a lot of the classes there. It would be a nice thing, but I am not really sure how viable a Masters from them would be.
This is how I deal with uncertainty- either I ignore it entirely to my detriment, or plan on failing so that if I get a good response back, it comes as a complete surprise.
In other news, I have to do a German presentation and a Greek quiz tomorrow, I did not get a stipend from the Classical Civ department to study Greek during the summer, and there is no "good time" to apply to grad school, grow up, get married, or have a kid. There just is not, you go on and just roll with the punches.
Ignoring all of the above:
I just watched Spectacular Spider-Man's 8th episode of the second season, and I was tickled pink by the dynamic between Hammerhead and Silver Sable. Though I cannot approve of her downgrade from Eastern European monarch (or something like that in the original comics) to mere mobster's daughter, and I think her reactions are heavily biased towards the Harpy-ish at the height of the fighting, the way she makes Hammerhead act is *hilarious*.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw_T_nJ8eu8&feature=related
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Date: 2009-03-13 01:49 am (UTC)Also, fingers crossed for you! I totally stopped tying just before I typed the exclamation point to cross 'em for a moment.
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Date: 2009-03-13 02:01 am (UTC)What I notice most about it is how *tight* all the relationships are- Doc Connors employed both Electro and Venom and Gwen Stacey, whose father now teaches a class at Peter's school, Peter's science teacher works with Doc Connors, the Green Goblin is pissing off the Big Man (a Kingpin-ish new take on an old character) right under Pete's nose.... I could go on.