OMGWTFBBQ. I apparently am incapable of writing a scholarly personal statement. I used to be able to write them, but now? Not so much. I'm applying to a NEH summer session on Chaucer to spend a month in England, and I have to write about why these amazing Chaucerian scholars should pick me over other teachers. I cannot stop writing in cliches. It's utterly pathetic.
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
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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.
Pix - Feb 26, 2008 11:22:33 am PST #1738 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
hippocampus - Feb 26, 2008 11:23:36 am PST #1739 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
whan in summere i wisshe to gaen aboute Oxforde-towne...
seriously. we could help. I bet it would be unique...
Miracleman - Feb 26, 2008 11:34:44 am PST #1740 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
"I, Kristin, am totally scholarly and stuff. Jeff Chaucer and I were like this...well, you can't see, but I'm totally crossing my fingers in a manner to depict closeness of peoples...and we would often discuss all kinds of scholarly things like how to sell fart jokes as Highbrow Literature.
He was a gas.
Get it?
Anywho...you should totally pick me for your scholarly thingie because I like Jeff and can discuss fart jokes as Highbrow Literature without laughing...too much.
Maybe a giggle. But certainly not a snort or a guffaw.
See how I used the word 'guffaw'? Scholarly.
Pick me for my braininess and scholarosityness.
Smooches,
Kristin."
Jesse - Feb 26, 2008 11:35:26 am PST #1741 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was nothing "fashion" about those boots, Lori.
Did I tell you people about the one-act I saw the other week that had Justice (blindfolded lady, holding scales and sword) being killed in a modern office, to be replaced by Dick Cheney? It was horror, obviously.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2008 11:45:17 am PST #1742 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Good luck to you, Kristin! I know nothing about personal statements, but loads about Chaucer and wish I could go, too. (Yesterday's Jeopardy--don't know if it was the GSN rerun or the first-run ep, though; I DVR both--had a Chaucer category that all three of the contestants avoided to the very end, and they only got through two of the questions before running out of time, which I was bummed about, damnit! They were right to avoid it, since none of them could name the Wife of Bath. Idiots.)
sarameg - Feb 26, 2008 11:52:30 am PST #1743 of 10001
My head now has a resale value more than it did half an hour ago.
And there will be insurance "discussions" with their insurance lady. So I'm maybe not broken up all the way yet.
Glamcookie - Feb 26, 2008 12:02:25 pm PST #1744 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I apparently am incapable of writing a scholarly personal statement.
ICK! While the context is wildly different, I'd be happy to send you mine if you think it might help.
Jesse - Feb 26, 2008 12:06:33 pm PST #1745 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG you guys, I can't believe it took me this long to realize who Katherine Heigl looked like at the Oscars (and more generally, recently): KIMBER! From Nip/Tuck!
I mean, right???
erikaj - Feb 26, 2008 12:11:22 pm PST #1746 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Totally.
Gadget_Girl - Feb 26, 2008 12:15:34 pm PST #1747 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I will just say "What Vortex said" re: A Raisin In The Sun. I love that play, I've seen it done extremely well, and it hurt to watch P. Diddy mangle it.
Ditto
Yes, the weather here is Florida is the definition of "uck". I'm just hoping the power holds out. DH was quite worried about work tonight. With the power outages on the other side of the state, the plants he work at will be more than busy. The temp is supposed to drop more than 20 degrees by tomorrow. I'm hoping they cancel school for tomorrow.