Small Updates
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gillman All of the grad school has been handled for the most part. I have to make sure my writing samples are all correct, but once that's done I'll finally be able to submit them. Thank god.
I've also fixed my schedule for my final semester. Anthro classes are in low demand, yet there are never enough to go around. One I needed to graduate got cancelled, so I had to sub it. Dropped out of Film Theory, but I didn't like that professor anyway. She talked to me like I was stupid, yet expected me to know everything about film theory despite the class having 0 prereqs and half of us never taking a film theory class to begin with. I subbed it for Poetry Theory, which I am much better at. Anyway, got an Anthro class in that spot that I'm really helping fills that last gap in my reqs.
I also am getting introduced to a technical writer in DC! Which is going to be very cool. I'm lucky that my professors are so willing to help me make connections. It makes me feel so much better about my future.
And then there is my curation job. I can't start until I get on the payroll, but that will be happening tomorrow and Friday. And then the big ice storm hits. My girlfriend and I are preparing as well as we can. Our apartment complex likely has a backup generator, but I've brough in one of my massive chargers just in case. Usually I keep it in my car to help jump start my battery, but she's safe at home in my room until the bad weather passes.
My litmag has been taking the back seat a lot. Which I really hate, but thats why I have a great team and co-editor-in-chief. I'll be able to dive back in once these more pressing matters are handled.
Being forced to start fixing things with grad school was a good bit of momentum, thank god. I've waited too long to do most of these things. They should have been done in December. But I guess we all have our flaws.
Watched Alien with my girlfriend tonight and drank Aperol spritz. I needed it. We went to wallyworld to pick up some last things before the storm and the traffic was so bad I cried trying to get out of it! But I've calmed down a lot.
I love xenomorphs. They're a funlink of mine for a reason. Such a delight to see them and watch them and I think being one would feel so good....... all that power in your body........
I've also fixed my schedule for my final semester. Anthro classes are in low demand, yet there are never enough to go around. One I needed to graduate got cancelled, so I had to sub it. Dropped out of Film Theory, but I didn't like that professor anyway. She talked to me like I was stupid, yet expected me to know everything about film theory despite the class having 0 prereqs and half of us never taking a film theory class to begin with. I subbed it for Poetry Theory, which I am much better at. Anyway, got an Anthro class in that spot that I'm really helping fills that last gap in my reqs.
I also am getting introduced to a technical writer in DC! Which is going to be very cool. I'm lucky that my professors are so willing to help me make connections. It makes me feel so much better about my future.
And then there is my curation job. I can't start until I get on the payroll, but that will be happening tomorrow and Friday. And then the big ice storm hits. My girlfriend and I are preparing as well as we can. Our apartment complex likely has a backup generator, but I've brough in one of my massive chargers just in case. Usually I keep it in my car to help jump start my battery, but she's safe at home in my room until the bad weather passes.
My litmag has been taking the back seat a lot. Which I really hate, but thats why I have a great team and co-editor-in-chief. I'll be able to dive back in once these more pressing matters are handled.
Being forced to start fixing things with grad school was a good bit of momentum, thank god. I've waited too long to do most of these things. They should have been done in December. But I guess we all have our flaws.
Watched Alien with my girlfriend tonight and drank Aperol spritz. I needed it. We went to wallyworld to pick up some last things before the storm and the traffic was so bad I cried trying to get out of it! But I've calmed down a lot.
I love xenomorphs. They're a funlink of mine for a reason. Such a delight to see them and watch them and I think being one would feel so good....... all that power in your body........
Thoughts
Date: 2026-01-22 06:49 pm (UTC)Yay, progress!
>> Anthro classes are in low demand, yet there are never enough to go around. One I needed to graduate got cancelled, so I had to sub it. <<
Alas! Anthropology is very useful.
>> She talked to me like I was stupid, yet expected me to know everything about film theory despite the class having 0 prereqs and half of us never taking a film theory class to begin with.<<
Some teachers are stupid that way. Eh, film theory is easy enough to learn on your own if it interests you. My partner is more of an animation fan than film in general, but still covers film and adores the Criterion collection. Some of the extras on those go heavy into film theory -- how certain shots were made, or the artistic choices -- we've watched some of the Hitchcock extras together.
>> I subbed it for Poetry Theory, which I am much better at. <<
:D There is so much to explore there! Especially if you get outside of English. The rules for Welsh poetry are downright arcane, and Japanese has kigo for its short forms.
>>Anyway, got an Anthro class in that spot that I'm really helping fills that last gap in my reqs. <<
That's good.
>>I also am getting introduced to a technical writer in DC! Which is going to be very cool. I'm lucky that my professors are so willing to help me make connections. It makes me feel so much better about my future. <<
Well, good luck with it. Technical writing is vitally important, but some idiots are trying to replace those writers with AI. I expect the results to be bad. Some publishers are already firing their translators, another horrible idea.
>>My litmag has been taking the back seat a lot. Which I really hate, but thats why I have a great team and co-editor-in-chief.<<
A good team is priceless.
>>Being forced to start fixing things with grad school was a good bit of momentum, thank god. I've waited too long to do most of these things. They should have been done in December. But I guess we all have our flaws. <<
When you have more work than time, it's just going to run late no matter what you do. Hell, I'm still posting stuff from my Holiday Poetry Sale and that's been a month because of how much sold. Some problems are nice to have.