Of course, I did the absolute worst thing (financially speaking) in that I applied for a MA and then switched to a PhD. In New York City!
I did the second-worst thing and applied last-minute to a program that has no endowment.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2008 9:32:42 am PST #3030 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Trudy Booth - Jan 14, 2008 9:34:57 am PST #3031 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
OK, Dikipedia is hysterical if David Blaine's entry is any indication: [link]
Cashmere - Jan 14, 2008 9:34:58 am PST #3032 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Allyson, you should be TEACHING that class!
Trudy Booth - Jan 14, 2008 9:37:08 am PST #3033 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm going to end up reading this entire site:
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is a lawyer, businessman, former Mayor of New York City, and a dick. He is, naturally, currently seeking the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election.
A Democrat and Independent in the 1970s, Giuliani was considered a socially liberal Republican in the 1980s and 1990s, at least if you don’t count attitudes toward black people. Giuliani does not like black people. His current run for president has made it clear that Giuliani has no core political ideology at all, except an insatiable thirst for power.
Allyson - Jan 14, 2008 9:47:22 am PST #3034 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Because online communities don't manage themselves?
WhatEV.
The money part is a gamble. I think what I'd like to do is teach. I know what I'd like to do is teach.
Can't do that without the Master's. But maybe I'd be a lousy teacher? Maybe there will be no jobs?
The most pleasurable thing that came out of the book was being able to encourage others who were doing all this great writing (online) to send off proposals to my agent(s) and watch them get book deals.
I have a friend whose cyberpunk novel is in my agent's hands right now, and she adores it. My former agent is now blessed with Jilli.
It's still a little fuzzy in my head, but somehow I think I'd adore catching talent and encouraging it.
Or at least helping people become better at writing. Shit, I talk Tim through ideas and beta read his stuff. I'm pretty good at it.
Dana - Jan 14, 2008 9:49:31 am PST #3035 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"Managing online communities" seems to equal "Figuring out how to profit from online communities."
Allyson - Jan 14, 2008 9:50:49 am PST #3036 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
EXACTLY what I was thinking, Dana.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2008 9:51:01 am PST #3037 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Allyson, you're already more qualified for online journalism than graduates of that master's program.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2008 9:52:15 am PST #3038 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"Managing online communities" seems to equal "Figuring out how to profit from online communities."
Dude, they totally need that chick whose name we don't mention. That's her gig.
Sue - Jan 14, 2008 9:54:06 am PST #3039 of 10001
hip deep in pie
The money part is a gamble. I think what I'd like to do is teach. I know what I'd like to do is teach.
At what level do you want to teach?