flights of fancy free falling fiercely
I had the most sobering IM conversation with a friend last night, shocking enough that, after having to wake up and pee at 5 AM in the morning, I now can’t fall asleep. What he said — almost debonairly, maybe…
Things on my mind
I’m not dead yet, so I suppose life marches on. GRE words already evaporating at a precipitous rate. Trying to unlearn as much as possible. Taking a break from The Bible and reading Sandra Tsing Loh’s Depth Takes a Holiday.…
And if you disown me, I’d understand
I got destroyed by the GRE math section. I’m simultaneously flabbergasted, mortified, and resigned. The last being because nothing has gone right for me in my quest to get into a Ph.D. program. Just another straw on the camel’s back.…
Things on my mind
Taking the GRE tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll do too well on it, hopefully will get about the same as last time. It sucks that the scores expire. I’m already in grad school. Why do I have to take it…
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“… and asks does [he] remember the myriad thespian extras on for example his beloved ‘Cheers!,’ not the center-stage Sam and Carla and Nom, but the nameless patrons always at tables, filling out the bar’s crowd, concessions to realism, always…