4.01.2010

It’s very rare that a meeting with my advisor results in me feeling less stressed. Yesterday, this miraculous event took place. Unfortunately, it was because the lead up to the meeting had driven me well and truly insane to the point of being non-functional as a human being – so really, nowhere else to go [...]

8.24.2009

Continuing on from the previous post, I want to elaborate a little on my issues with the faculty as composition teachers and the Big Damn Show that was my first year meeting. I was planning to give the department a second chance this term, see if my second year got any better with one professor [...]

8.15.2009

I’ve been waffling about what to write in this post. There are so many things I want to talk about, but I’ve been trying to avoid having it all rush out in one big projectile of incoherent, stinking blog-vomit. So much has changed in the last three months; it’s hard for me to parse, even [...]

3.31.2009

((Continued from previous entry)) After re-reading the e-mail in which my independent study bid was rejected, I’ve realized some things. What irritates me most is that he rejected my independent study request because he thinks I need to do more writing. He said: “There’s a serious writing component to the program, & for most people [...]

3.30.2009

There’s a lot going on right now, and I don’t really know how to start writing about it all. I guess we’ll start with some basic facts. Fact One: My plea for an independent study got rejected.Fact Two: My health, both physical and mental, has seriously declined over the month of March.Fact Three: I’m going [...]