somuchrain

you should apply to sgny. there are lots of people in there who could probably point you in the right direction with apartment stuff.

i'm at work. nursing a sunburn and lamenting the end of the (short) long weekend.

I'm curious as to what sort of "unique" items you sell on the interweb. I've been known to sell one or two "unique" paintings via the interweb before, but I haven't had luck with it really.

i really read it. so you're thinking about ny, hm?

wondered where you'd disappeared to... guess that explains it. hope you feel better.

how big will your thesis be?

i did an MA, my first one, it was 3 chapters. and that was two too many. my advisor liked them big - almost like mini-dissertations ... but given constraints of tiime and my own ability, it came out sort of hackneyed (i mean, i wrote it in a *year* - you can't do something of that size in a year and have it be any good).

my more recent MA was article length, approx. 25 pages. i liked it much, much more.

i think your attitude to your thesis sounds about right on.... i mean, no one's work is EVER perfect, and especially when you have a really strict time limit (re: graduating), you sort of have to balance utility with quality. so, just doing a good job, but not getting hung up on perfection is the best way to get the most out of the process i think.

breaking it into chapters - a series of essays that lead up to a bigger point - is *really* smart. it makes it manageable. trying to make it one cohesive narrative .. that's *rough.*

good luck on your thesis. when i was working on mine, working on 2nd drafts/being almost done was actually the hardest point for me to work. all the revisions feel so redundant (though necessary). it's just the most "slogging" part of it ya know?

i do the same thing with movies - i'm always reading them for subtext. i'm not particularly great at it (just not posty enough? ). but it is fun - and even the worst movies can be interesting. i've fallen to the point that i might evaluate 'good' movies (re: quality acting or directing) as 'bad' b/c of the themes.

the grad school thing.. it's nuts. when you said your "school' wasn't good enough to get you in - i wasn't sure if you meant the quality of institution or your performance there. if it's the former, don't worry too much. i mean, that matters SOME. but people can get in places from all over; grad programs want smart, interesting people - not pedigree. i went to (what is considered) a pretty ratty place for my BA, and i got into a top tier grad program. it's a bit of luck, hard work, talent, and connections ... ya know? so don't despair! it all works out

sorry things are a bit grey right now .... maybe once the summer is here, and your writing is wrapped up, that'll help?

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