I was eloquent. Shit. ([info]etben) wrote,
@ 2009-04-14 18:40:00
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for the victims and tourists to see
1. I am on dreamwidth! Mostly still poking around; probably won't say anything of import for a while while I get settled. Add me, don't add me—just drop me a line if I know you and haven't found you yet. (especially if you have changed your name!) Will be crossposting for a while, I think? so there's no real need to follow me both places.

2. The weather here (in the northwoods. Not at Dreamwidth. There is no weather on the internet.) is absolutely glorious. Mid-sixties! in APRIL! I totally walked to the office today to see if I had mail, and it was so wonderful out that I totally didn't care about my utter lack of mail.

3. I have been being BEAUTIFULLY organized this week, and we now have a daily kitchen schedule that actually looks like it won't kill anybody! Or, well, won't kill anybody more than camp usually kills people. Which—let's not lie, camp is pretty intense. But in the good way!

My boss hasn't emailed me back to mock my OCD yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.

4. Real life nonsense: I am still waiting to hear back from the Last Grad School, who have waitlisted me. On the one hand, they are a totally awesome program and my first choice in every conceivable way, and if they accept me and it is not a total financial shitstorm I will be there in a microt. On the other hand, I can't lie: it is kind of frustrating to have to keep waiting. "I don't know! Um, stuff?" is not a good answer to "What are you doing next year?"

On the OTHER other hand, I applied for a job that is not exactly relevant to my interests but pretty darn close, and just yesterday got the good word that I should hear some kind of response within two weeks! And of course it is entirely likely that I will get a polite "no thanks", or that I'll get a rigorous round of interviews and then a polite "no thanks", but still. I like timelines!

5. In other news (and because I know what the girls like), I can now no longer buy bras at Target, because they don't stock 32DD. Which—I know it is all about my ribcage, and that my boobs have not actually gotten bigger? But double letters seem so ominous. WHAT THE HELL, COULDN'T YOU SHARE THE ONE LETTER BETWEEN YOU? Greedy.




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[info]saekokato
2009-04-15 12:21 am UTC (link)
5. In other news (and because I know what the girls like), I can now no longer buy bras at Target, because they don't stock 32DD. Which—I know it is all about my ribcage, and that my boobs have not actually gotten bigger? But double letters seem so ominous. WHAT THE HELL, COULDN'T YOU SHARE THE ONE LETTER BETWEEN YOU? Greedy.

*laughs* Mind, I'm not really laughing at you, because I feel the pain. I wear a 38DDD bra. I've been buying 42 and 44 bras for years and resewing the bands so that they fit. So, yeah. I feel your pain.

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[info]etben
2009-04-15 12:42 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that is pretty intense!

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[info]pearl_o
2009-04-15 12:37 am UTC (link)
GET ON THAT, GRAD SCHOOL. >:(

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[info]etben
2009-04-15 12:40 pm UTC (link)
UGH SERIOUSLY RIGHT? I WANT TO KNOWWWWWWWWW. :(

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[info]riverlight
2009-04-16 12:29 pm UTC (link)
When will you hear from the last grad school? I'm still waiting too. So frustrating, isn't it?

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[info]etben
2009-04-16 01:13 pm UTC (link)
I have no idea! I'm on the waitlist for admission, so pretty much I have to wait until they've heard back from all of the people they actually did offer admission. Which makes sense! And I'm sure I'd rather be waitlisted than out-and-out rejected! ...but it does mean a lot of waiting-in-hopefulness.

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[info]riverlight
2009-04-16 01:44 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I see, I had thought maybe there was a date they'd let you know by. For me I'm on the waitlist at one place but I should hear by April 30.

What's the place, out of curiousity?

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[info]etben
2009-04-17 03:16 pm UTC (link)
UPenn! and they may have a mystical "let me know by" date, but if they have, they haven't shared the specifics with me. So! waiting-in-hopefulness it is, then.

What about you, dear? What are your plans for next year?

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[info]riverlight
2009-04-17 07:27 pm UTC (link)
Waiting-in-hopefulness is good! But frustrating, I know.

Looks like I'll be at Yale. Berkeley was my top choice, but Yale gave me an amazing amazing scholarship, so I can't say no. I'm actually getting really excited about it. Man, I never thought I'd be happy about grad school but I totally am. I can't wait.

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