The Boast Post

[Schokokeks]

Congratulations, Lioness, you've deserved a decent cup of hot chocolate now ! *offers one* :)

I've just finished preparing my oral presentation on Renaissance Attitudes to Magic, Witchcraft and Astrology *sigh of relief* (too much work for just 30 min of presenting, but quite a fascinating topic).

[SleepyWitch]

congrats Lioness and Schoko!
Schoko, your topic sounds really interesting :)

[Virgil]

Oh I just remembered. I've got some health news on my front. If you remember from another thread (I forget which one now), I had reported from my check up in early january that the doctor diagnosed me with fatty liver. Well since then I've been working out three times per week at the gym and occaisionally adding a running day when the weather is nice. I've been doing this pretty religiously since mid January and now the results are in. I have just gotten my results from a recent blood test. Success!!!! The liver function that was high, ALT (SGPT), has gone from 59 to 46. Normal range is 0-56. But listen to the rest. My overall cholesterol has gone from 205 down to 173. :banana: My bad cholesterol (LDL) dropped from 143 to 107. Now I've only lost 5 to 6 pound (2 to 3 KG) but I've been doing some weight lifting at the gym as well as cardio and i've definitely put on more muscle and muscle is at least twice as dense as fat. My waist is slender; I've gone in two notches on my belt. I bet I've easily cut out 10 pounds (4 - 5 KG) of fat from my body. I really feel great. My blood pressure has come down too. I was beginning to tell myself I was getting old when I struggling doing what i used to, but that has turned out to be a fallacy. Getting rid of some fat makes a world of difference. I don't think you should ever tell yourself you're getting old as an excuse. And the best part is, I can drink wine again. :banana:


Edit: I found that original thread where I first mention the fatty liver problem. It was in the chocolate lover's thread (how appropriate ;) ) and you can find it here on post #55: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21819&page=4&highlight=fatty+liver

[BibliophileTRJ]

Well done, Virgil!

It's Boast Posts like that one that (almost) make me think I should put down my book and go get some exercise!

[Scheherazade]

It's Boast Posts like that one that (almost) make me think I should put down my book and go get some exercise!But instead you turn your computer on? ;)

Way to go, Virgil! Even though I don't have any problems worth mentioning, I'd like to get some tests done too... Just to see how things are going in 'there'.

[RobinHood3000]

Congratulations, Virgil - well done!!

Recently gave a speech in front of all of my classmates, and it actually went alarmingly well. I feel proud of myself. I guess ending with "May the Force be with you" was a good idea, after all.

[Virgil]

Thanks Bib, Scher, and Robin


Way to go, Virgil! Even though I don't have any problems worth mentioning, I'd like to get some tests done too... Just to see how things are going in 'there'.

Yes, Scher a check up never hurts. Just because you don't know what is wrong does not mean it will not get worse. It's best to know and take appropriate action.

And I can't say enough that exercise is good.

[Bakiryu]

! I finally got some sleep!! 5 hours straight!!! And the first five chapters of my book are all: finished!!!!

!

[Lioness_Heart]

We got our AS results on thursday, and I got 5 As!!! And full marks in half my modules!!!!!!!! so I'm quite happy...

[Niamh]

congratulations Lioness!

[Lioness_Heart]

congratulations Lioness!

Thank-you!!

[Virgil]

Congratulations Lioness. I don't k know what al that means but it sounds very good. :)

[Pensive]

Wow Lioness, these are really good grades! Congratulations! :banana: By the way, which subjects are you taking? :)

[SleepyWitch]

congrats Lioness! that's really great marks!

[Lioness_Heart]

Thank-you!!


Wow Lioness, these are really good grades! Congratulations! :banana: By the way, which subjects are you taking? :)

Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and English Literature. I have to drop one but can't decide between Further Maths and English. :confused:

[Virgil]

Thank-you!!



Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and English Literature. I have to drop one but can't decide between Further Maths and English. :confused:

Very good Lioness. What type of career would you like? If it involved sciences then I recommend you keep the math.

[Lioness_Heart]

Very good Lioness. What type of career would you like? If it involved sciences then I recommend you keep the math.

I want to study physics at uni, but to do that i only need 3 subjects anyway. I know maths would be way more useful, but part of me just can't bear to give up english...

[Virgil]

I want to study physics at uni, but to do that i only need 3 subjects anyway. I know maths would be way more useful, but part of me just can't bear to give up english...

I know what you mean. I had the same dilemma.

[Niamh]

lioness, my cousin is studying Physics. As much as you love English you are probably better off keeping math. Physics is though!

[Granny5]

Here's my boast:
My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.

[Virgil]

Here's my boast:
My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.

Wow, that is a cool story. Really cool. :thumbs_up

[RobinHood3000]

Whooooaa. Shiny.

[Lily Adams]

I just wrote a "poem" (are Greek choruses poems? @_@) and I think it's pretty good...only because I've been so inspired...

But what I'm proud of more is the fact that I recently learned how to play "Having Trouble Sneezing" with two hands (wow) perfectly on my keyboard. So much fun. Easy, though. :p

[motherhubbard]

very cool lily

[Niamh]

Are you going to post the poem?

[Lily Adams]

I did right here in that old thread with my sonnet: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25157

Thanks!

[SleepyWitch]

Here's my boast:
My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.

wow, can I have your autograph? or your hubbie's?

Lily Adams, that's a really nice poem!


here's my latest boast.. well, it's not really a boast, more something to celebrate:
my Beany Bear (boyfriend) has been invited to a job interview in Berlin. It's a job with a security policy consulting company (er, whatever). They're kinda desperate to find an assistant for one of the bosses, a politics professor.
There'll be an interview tomorrow at 5 p.m. and an "assessment centre" on Wednesday. He took the train today so he'd have time to prepare.
I'm so proud of my Beany. After having his applications returned for 6 months, this is a real break. Knock on wood for him! (ouch, leave my head alone!)

[barbara0207]

That's really good news. Good luck to him!
Will you tell us if he made it?

[Bakiryu]

I just got a hundred in all my classes! (except the evil one which will not be mentioned, that which shalt not be name :flare:)

[barbara0207]

Congratulations and celebrations, Baki ... :thumbs_up :lol:

[Virgil]

I haven't been here in a while. Great accomplishments all!!:thumbs_up

[Dori]

I ran one mile (1.609 km) in 5 minutes and 32 seconds about two months ago. Improved my previous record by 20 seconds!

[Weisinheimer]

great job, Dori!

[Virgil]

I ran one mile (1.609 km) in 5 minutes and 32 seconds about two months ago. Improved my previous record by 20 seconds!

Wow, that is outstanding. Are you on a track team? The best I ever did was 6 minutes even when i was about 21. Breaking six minutes is so hard, and you did it by almost half a minute. Dori are you a gal or a guy, if you don't mind me asking?

[SleepyWitch]

I haven't been here in a while. Great accomplishments all!!:thumbs_up

staying off-line is an accomplishment SleepyWitch (=internet addict) has yet to achieve!

[Virgil]

staying off-line is an accomplishment SleepyWitch (=internet addict) has yet to achieve!

hahaha, Sleepy. I meant this thread. I can't break my lit net addiction. :) Not sure I want to. ;)

[Pensive]

Hmmm it's not probably something I am supposed to be boasting about but I really feel like boasting so here it is. I am doing well in all classes yet. The tests I gave were good. But the real thing would be known after monthly exams...

Ah and also it's still quite hot and electricity goes off, but I don't complain as such! :p

[SleepyWitch]

Hmmm it's not probably something I am supposed to be boasting about but I really feel like boasting so here it is. I am doing well in all classes yet. The tests I gave were good. But the real thing would be known after monthly exams...

Ah and also it's still quite hot and electricity goes off, but I don't complain as such! :p

congrats Pensy! i wish i was as smart and hard-working as you!

yeeeeeepieyayeyh, I've finally started writing on my thesis after months of research and procrastination. I've written 4 pages so far. maybe I'll write more later, but I'm tired, so maybe I'll just call it a day.

[Pensive]

congrats Pensy! i wish i was as smart and hard-working as you!

Thanks! :) But hey don't wish that....because I am not sure if I am either of the two...


yeeeeeepieyayeyh, I've finally started writing on my thesis after months of research and procrastination. I've written 4 pages so far. maybe I'll write more later, but I'm tired, so maybe I'll just call it a day.

Goodluck with the rest of it! :)

[Anza]

I made second chair in orchestra.
I'm a freshman and most everybody else are Juniors and Seniors.
We have nine cellists.
All my freshman buddies are at the back... It's awfully lonely doing good.

[Virgil]

That is fabulous Anza. Hopefully some day I will see you playing in the New York Philharmonic. ;) Why lonely? In time things will fall into place. One can't help but form friendships. You just have to find the right people.

[Shalot]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

[Virgil]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

:banana: :banana: :banana: Yay!! Hooray for Shalot!! Good luck. :)

[jlb4tlb]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

I wish you nothing but the best in your new endeavor.

Enjoy.

Jeff

[barbara0207]

Congratulations and good luck in your new job, Shalot! :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up

[motherhubbard]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

I'm so glad for you!:D

[SleepyWitch]

what's your new job, Shalot? congrats

[Niamh]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

Yeay Shalot!:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[vheissu]

Congratulations Shalot :D

[applepie]

I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job I got the job yay yay yay

Glad to hear you got the job Shalot:) Good luck with the thesis Sleepy, and congrats on making chair Anza. Pensive it is good to hear you are doing well in your classes. I bet it takes a lot of hard work to keep up with everything.

[applepie]

I don't normally visit this thread to post anything of my own, but I had to put this here. First, I graduated college:banana: I'm officially finished and I even graduated cum laude. I have also managed to land an interview with a marketing agency that I wish to work for. So... yep, I had to share that good news. It's not even to really brag. I'm just excited about the whole deal:)

[Virgil]

Awesome!! Some of the proudest moments of my life were when i graduated at various levels. Congratulations Meg. :banana:

[Granny5]

Congratulations Meg!! I don't think anyone realizes how hard it is to go to school when you have children. I know you've worked very hard. I'm proud of you, girl. Good luck on your interview!

[applepie]

Awesome!! Some of the proudest moments of my life were when i graduated at various levels. Congratulations Meg. :banana:


Congratulations Meg!! I don't think anyone realizes how hard it is to go to school when you have children. I know you've worked very hard. I'm proud of you, girl. Good luck on your interview!

Thank you. I'm looking foward to the interview, and I appreciate the well wishes. I can use all the good luck I can muster:)

[SleepyWitch]

wow, that's great, Meg. congrats! it's really amazing how you can be a mother and graduate at the same time! you must have a lot of energy!
good luck with your job interview!

[Virgil]

Plus, don't forget she's writing a novel. And i believe she works part time too. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. You are a hard worker, Meg.

[applepie]

Plus, don't forget she's writing a novel. And i believe she works part time too. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. You are a hard worker, Meg.

:lol: I don't know where the thread about our typical days went, but they're normally pretty busy. I do work part time on the weekends, I'm also writing a book, like you said, and working on about 15 other crafts at the moment. I don't know why I fill my days to so overflowing, but I seem to always do it. I can honestly say I don't have some moment in my day where I'm not doing something unless it is when I'm asleep. Thanks again everyone.

[aabbcc]

I was offered to publish some of my essays in a literary magazine... which I am incredibly proud with, given that it is not their usual practice to publish works of young people (even amongst older students!), let alone minors who are yet to enter university. :)
So damn proud. :D And I am on peaceful terms again with my Literature professor, due to that.

[Virgil]

You ought to be proud Anastasia, that is great. :thumbs_up :thumbs_up What are the subjects of those essays?

[aabbcc]

You ought to be proud Anastasia, that is great. :thumbs_up :thumbs_up What are the subjects of those essays?
Ironically, all three of them were originally written for school (:lol:), as I tend to be too lazy to take time to compose things of such lenght and complexity if not forced by school to write something little and symbolic. So we get assigned a small essay, and I get hooked up in the midst of it and end up working on it for dozen hours and exceeding by far what was supposed to be written. Professors do not complain, and I am happy because I know that otherwise I would never have written those works.

So, yes. One of them is an analysis (philosophical far more than literary) of several Baudelaire's poems (we were given choice, so I took my favourite ones); it is six and half pages long and I adore it, because I was writing it sick, in fever, with horrible headache and I was nearly getting hallucinations of how bad I felt physically - and that is perfect condition to write about Baudelaire. Words just flew, I saw it all in its essence, all was obvious to me, I felt lucid when writing it.
The another one is an essay on kitsch (if that is how it is called in English :blush: ), which I am not sure yet if they are going to publish given that the topic is not quite literary, but I accessed the problematics from philosophical more than art theory standpoint, so it might get in; it is twelve pages long and one of the rare things I wrote entirely rationally. I wrote not about concrete examples of kitsch in art (though I mentioned those in a couple of occassions), but about kitsch as phenomenon and how do I view it in the context of art, as well as its significance in the world and how far/close is it from/to the idea of art, ecc, unfortunately, I so incredibly suck trying to convey my thougths about it in English that it is probably for the best not to go further. ;)
And the third one deals with tragedy - not only as literary genre (I did draw connections with classical Greek plays), but also as the concept of tragical - it was originally supposed to be an analysis of a couple of texts on the topic (I got this book on theory of tragedy filled with texts by Schiller, Hegel, etc), but as I was getting more and more ideas writing it, it ended up in a work of its own, which is only partially an interpretation of views similar to mine on the topic. This one is twenty pages long, but a page and half only are composed out of references, so... :D

[SleepyWitch]

congrats Anastasija. you must be a real genius :eek:

[Dori]

Wow, that is outstanding. Are you on a track team? The best I ever did was 6 minutes even when i was about 21. Breaking six minutes is so hard, and you did it by almost half a minute. Dori are you a gal or a guy, if you don't mind me asking?

I'm a guy. I am on a track team, and I also play soccer and ice hockey at the varsity level.

[applepie]

I was offered to publish some of my essays in a literary magazine... which I am incredibly proud with, given that it is not their usual practice to publish works of young people (even amongst older students!), let alone minors who are yet to enter university. :)
So damn proud. :D And I am on peaceful terms again with my Literature professor, due to that.

Congratulations, it sounds like you have been granted a real honor:)

[Pensive]

Congratulations Anastasija and all for the success you people have achieved! :)

[SleepyWitch]

another of my infamous swimming boasts:
I hadn't really done my weekly swimming in ages (i.e. I my 3000 m a week). if I could find the time to go to the pool, all I managed was 2000m crawl (crawling is an energy-saving technique, so it's a lot more relaxed than breast stroke).
yesterday, my best friend and me went swimming and I did 1500m crawl and 1500 m breaststroke. :banana: when I started doing the breast stroke the insight of my thighs hurt so bad I thought I'd tear a muscle any second. that probably means "Sleepy you are a lazy fat old woman, do more breast stroke!"

my long term aim is to go twice a week and do 3000m breaststroke on my and 2000m crawl with my best friend.

[Pensive]

another of my infamous swimming boasts:
I hadn't really done my weekly swimming in ages (i.e. I my 3000 m a week). if I could find the time to go to the pool, all I managed was 2000m crawl (crawling is an energy-saving technique, so it's a lot more relaxed than breast stroke).
yesterday, my best friend and me went swimming and I did 1500m crawl and 1500 m breaststroke. :banana: when I started doing the breast stroke the insight of my thighs hurt so bad I thought I'd tear a muscle any second. that probably means "Sleepy you are a lazy fat old woman, do more breast stroke!"

my long term aim is to go twice a week and do 3000m breaststroke on my and 2000m crawl with my best friend.

Unfamiliar I am with swimming and can't probably judge what distance covered in what time is considered really good but this sounds very nice! Congratulations! :)

[SleepyWitch]

thanks Pensy.
3000 m is quiet a bit, but when you do it every week (like I used to) it's not that much. some people do 5000m crawl in one go! I swim for endurance, so I don't care how fast/slow I am.
I think most recreational swimmers will do something like 1000m for every time they go, if they don't chatter too much.
edit: you can see the swimming records for professional competitive swimmers here (http://www.fina.org/swimming/records/index.php). the longest distance they seem to do is 1500 m, but those are races. they aim for speed, so they do half the distance I do but are double or tree times as fast.

[Virgil]

another of my infamous swimming boasts:
I hadn't really done my weekly swimming in ages (i.e. I my 3000 m a week). if I could find the time to go to the pool, all I managed was 2000m crawl (crawling is an energy-saving technique, so it's a lot more relaxed than breast stroke).
yesterday, my best friend and me went swimming and I did 1500m crawl and 1500 m breaststroke. :banana: when I started doing the breast stroke the insight of my thighs hurt so bad I thought I'd tear a muscle any second. that probably means "Sleepy you are a lazy fat old woman, do more breast stroke!"

my long term aim is to go twice a week and do 3000m breaststroke on my and 2000m crawl with my best friend.

Outstanding Sleepy. I am such an inefficient swimmer that I don't think I could do 200m without stopping.

[SleepyWitch]

Outstanding Sleepy. I am such an inefficient swimmer that I don't think I could do 200m without stopping.

yeah, but I haven't really done my 3000m breasstroke in ages. it's one thing to do after a couple of lazy weeks, but it's a totally different matter to build up enough discipline to do it every week (although it gets a lot easier when you go every week). grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, i'm a lazy witch

[Virgil]

yeah, but I haven't really done my 3000m breasstroke in ages. it's one thing to do after a couple of lazy weeks, but it's a totally different matter to build up enough discipline to do it every week (although it gets a lot easier when you go every week). grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, i'm a lazy witch

Ah, but you look so thin in your pictures. You're fine. With you're phisique you just need to excercise for fun. Just quit the smoking and you'll lve to 100. :)

[kiz_paws]

Sleepy, that is wonderful. Good for you! :)

[Pensive]

Just quit the smoking

Yes!

.....

[SleepyWitch]

Ah, but you look so thin in your pictures. You're fine. With you're phisique you just need to excercise for fun. Just quit the smoking and you'll lve to 100. :)

thin? me? I'm average at best and I still have 3 kg more than before I went to England. :blush:

[Niamh]

but you are thin sleepy! Wow i wish i could do all that swimming! been along time since i went swimming. started again a few weeks ago and i'm lucky if i can manage 60m!:lol:

My boast... I made jam!:D

[Virgil]

thin? me? I'm average at best and I still have 3 kg more than before I went to England. :blush:

Come on Sleepy. You're thin. Don't be anorexic. We all put on about 3 kg in our mid twenties. You're not a teenager.

[BibliophileTRJ]

My first boast, and maybe my last....

I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.

I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.

Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.

I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)

[Niamh]

While you are sailing around the world you could pop by and say hello.:( We could all give you a tour of our locality.
you will log on when you take trips onto dry land wont you?:(

[Virgil]

My first boast, and maybe my last....

I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.

I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.

Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.

I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)

Wow that is fantastic Bib. That will be some adventure. I wish you the best of luck and safety. I'll be sorry to see you go from lit net, but hopefully as you stop in at some port you can find an internet cafe and fill us in on your adventures. :)

One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)

[Scheherazade]

Good luck, TRJ! You will be missed very much here. Hope you don't forget to let us know whenever you get a chance.

Btw, thought you suffered from sea sickness?

[papayahed]

One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)


:thumbs_up :D :D That's What I've Been Saying!!!!!!!!

[BibliophileTRJ]

While you are sailing around the world you could pop by and say hello.:( We could all give you a tour of our locality.


An EXCELLENT idea! Maybe I should start a thread asking any/all LitNetters who would be willing to meet up with me and show me the sights of their homelands.


~~ but hopefully as you stop in at some port you can find an internet cafe and fill us in on your adventures. :)

No doubt about that!!


One more thing. Hopefully you'll keep a journal. Could make an interesting book some day. :)

I've kept a journal every day of my life since the age of 15. Lots of it is incomprehensible babbling.... some is interesting.... but I doubt that Hollywood or any publishing house will be looking to buy the rights anytime soon.



Btw, thought you suffered from sea sickness?

I did! Then several months back I got a nasty concussion. Haven't been the least bit queasy since! It's a very welcome, life-changing MIRACLE!

[SleepyWitch]

Come on Sleepy. You're thin. Don't be anorexic. We all put on about 3 kg in our mid twenties. You're not a teenager.

yep, but I put on those English kilos when I was 24, so that's hardly to do with hormones and things. I'm not talking about starving anyway (I hate diets!) but I really wanna get back in shape. I don't actually mind if I put on weight as long as it's muscles!

[SleepyWitch]

My first boast, and maybe my last....

I've finally finished my preparations for dropping out of life!! I've sold or given away nearly everything I own. I just got back from buying a lovely new (used, but new to me) boat that I've fallen in love with. All I have to do now is tie up the last few loose ends of my life.... mostly say my goodbyes to the people that I've grown fond of. In a week I fly back to Shanghai to take possession of my boat and I'm off on the adventure of a lifetime!! I plan to sail around the world as many times as I can and see everything that I've ever read about and wanted to see.

I'm so excited that I can barely sit still to type this.

Thank you all for making my time here so pleasant. Thanks to all of my online friends (you know who you are ... I'm not going to make a list because I'm afraid that I'd forget someone and possibly offend) for being there for me when I needed to vent about my troubles and brag about my triumphs.

I love you all and will miss you as I drift about on the 7 seas. (where I can finally sing at the top of my lungs without anyone hearing me and begging me to stop the torture)

oh my god, you're leaving? who will make me laugh? be careful not to drown in the seven seas! are you going on your own? by "boat" you don't mean a rickety wooden affair without an engine, I hope?

[Lily Adams]

That is so WONDERFUL, Biblio! I really do envy you because I adore sailing, and the thought of sailing around the world as many times as you can sound fantastically exotic and new.

I know I've already said this, but have a GREAT jouirney, and we'll all miss you at LitNet.

[motherhubbard]

I made the high score on my last history test, I was worried and I didn't feel that good about it.

[Granny5]

A $1 for every A. (I have some saved from when you were in High School)

[motherhubbard]

HaHa- I don't think the A in high school art or drama count for much

[Granny5]

HaHa- I don't think the A in high school art or drama count for much

I was very proud of your A's in art and drama.....anything was better than nothing!!! I wish you had had the same drive as you have now. I think it was way too boring or easy for you back then.....

[barbara0207]

I did it at last!!! Computer-illiterate me has managed to create an avatar.

I'm very proud of myself. :blush: :D

[Virgil]

I did it at last!!! Computer-illiterate me has managed to create an avatar.

I'm very proud of myself. :blush: :D

As one who is computer illiterate too, I know how how you feel. Great accomplishment Barbara.

[Shalot]

I made a craft! I made a Christmas wreath with a handmade bow using the bowdabra :lol: :blush:

but the wreath is kind of pretty even though I needed a little help with the bow. But the bowdabra is well, I am kind of peeved about that. sounds like a good blog entry...

[motherhubbard]

way to go Shalot! Got a pic?

[SleepyWitch]

congrats motherh, barbara and Shalot.
what was your history test about motherh? american history, world history...?

hahah, barbara, have you thought of taking one of these courses for computer-illiterate people? e.g. one of those free ones were little kids teach adults? wouldn't it be fun to play the grumpy old woman and nag the kids to explain everything 300 times over? :D

[kiz_paws]

Congrats to you, M-H, Shalot and Barbara! Hey Barbara, maybe you could tell me what the hey is going on with my Photobucket account! Can't get any images, can't even access the site, grrrrr!

[blackbird_9]

hmmm.
I'm not one to brag, but since this thread is dedicated to it, I suppose I should give it a shot. Let's see...
I studied ballet for 15 years and now teach children.
I worked in special effects make-up for a while and made all of Will Smith's prosthetic scars for his new movie I Am Legend.
I'm completing an internship with Warner Bros in the marketing dept wiithin the next month.
I got accepted to UCLA right out of high school.
I have an ROP in stage craft (meaning I can sew, light a stage, design scenery and costumes, and build props.
I won 2nd in both rounds of my speech competition last week.
Aaannnd... Despite my distaste for it, I'm good at grant writing for the arts.

hmmm that's about it. Kind-of a small list compared to everything I've failed miserably at though. lol.

[barbara0207]

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

Congrats, motherhubbard (overlooked your accomplisment in my euphoria) and congrats Shalot (yes, have you got a pic?)



hahah, barbara, have you thought of taking one of these courses for computer-illiterate people? e.g. one of those free ones were little kids teach adults? wouldn't it be fun to play the grumpy old woman and nag the kids to explain everything 300 times over? :D :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the old woman. :lol: (Joking) When I got my first computer (maybe about 8 or 10 years ago) there were no courses around here, so I had to teach myself everything I needed. Later a colleague of mine offered a course, but it was just the basics I already knew, and it wasn't about understanding the machine, so it was a waste of time.


Hey Barbara, maybe you could tell me what the hey is going on with my Photobucket account! Can't get any images, can't even access the site, grrrrr!

Certainly not. Tried Photobucket and gave up on it (which is not necessarily the fault of Photobucket ...:alien: )

[SleepyWitch]

I'll have a boast to make in about 5 minutes. I've been working on a table for my thesis for ages and ages and I'm nearly finished. At last! I've been cramming 150-200 pages of corpus output into a table. the bloody thing is 8 pages long (in 'landscape' style.. i mean the paper is sideways, not upward). I'll scream and holler when I'm finished!

[barbara0207]

Hm, can't hear you yet. Can you holler a bit louder?

[SleepyWitch]

grrrrrr, there is one word that is resisiting to be put into the table. but I'll just put it in there for now and holler anyway
I'll count all those 8 bloody pages (the table) as text to boost my page count! the prof said that's OK

weeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeheeeee

[barbara0207]

Heard you definitely this time.

CONGRATULATIONS AND CELEBRATIONS:thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up

[SleepyWitch]

thanks :) but I'll only celebrate once I've written the remaining40 pages :)

[barbara0207]

Uh oh, I thought there must be a snag (8 pages wasn't that much). Good luck with the rest.

[Dori]

I recieved a 97 overall average on my report card. I think there were five 98s, a 96, a 92, and a 99. I'm happy :) .

[kiz_paws]

Yes, good luck, Sleepy, you can do it, YAY! ;)

Barbara, thanks for your well wishes, but Photobucket is back in biz for me. Don't know what happened, but it is all good now. :p

Dori, that is fantastic! And you are 'happy'?! WOOT! I'd be this side of the moon with that! :D

Blackbird, you lead a very interesting life, congrats on all your accomplishments, sounds very fun! :) :thumbs_up

[Weisinheimer]

I drove in New York City for the first time and I survived! This probably seems dumb, but I'm proud of myself. I only got my driver's license a few months ago. I was scared to death w/ the thought of driving in Manhattan, but I made it and thank goodness I won't have to do again for a while.

[Lily Adams]

I drove in New York City for the first time and I survived! This probably seems dumb, but I'm proud of myself. I only got my driver's license a few months ago. I was scared to death w/ the thought of driving in Manhattan, but I made it and thank goodness I won't have to do again for a while.

Whoah, I would be terrified to do that...I don't even wanna drive in my own small town. In fact, I don't wanna drive at all. Good job!

[Virgil]

I drove in New York City for the first time and I survived! This probably seems dumb, but I'm proud of myself. I only got my driver's license a few months ago. I was scared to death w/ the thought of driving in Manhattan, but I made it and thank goodness I won't have to do again for a while.

You drove all the way from Kentucky? Or am I confusing you with someone else? Manhattan is not really that bad, is it? What streets were you on? You should drive down Broadway at night. That is some site.

[Taliesin]

We managed to download and install and actually use GnuPG and enigmail.
They are encrypting programs, for people who are unfamiliar with them. Took me half a day.

[SleepyWitch]

We managed to download and install and actually use GnuPG and enigmail.
They are encrypting programs, for people who are unfamiliar with them. Took me half a day.
shouldn't that be took us half a day? or was your other self so annoyed that it took a nap?

[Sweets America]

I drove in New York City for the first time and I survived! This probably seems dumb, but I'm proud of myself. I only got my driver's license a few months ago. I was scared to death w/ the thought of driving in Manhattan, but I made it and thank goodness I won't have to do again for a while.

Eheh, when I think I am already scared to drive in my small French town!!
You definitely deserve three bananas for doing that::banana: :banana: :banana:

[Weisinheimer]

You drove all the way from Kentucky? Or am I confusing you with someone else? Manhattan is not really that bad, is it? What streets were you on?
You're getting me mixed up w/ someone else. I'm from Maryland, but I drove from NJ. I don't remember all the streets I was on; I drove from the Lincoln tunnel to Park ave. and 86th. Let's see, I remember 10th, 42nd, 86th. It actually wasn't too bad at all. It's just really intimidating.


You should drive down Broadway at night. That is some site.
some day.


Good job!

You definitely deserve three bananas for doing that::banana: :banana: :banana:
Thanks:)




We managed to download and install and actually use GnuPG and enigmail.
They are encrypting programs, for people who are unfamiliar with them. Took me half a day. I'm not too sure what that is, but I'm impressed. :thumbs_up

[Sweets America]

shouldn't that be took us half a day? or was your other self so annoyed that it took a nap?

Ehehehehe, I just love this. :lol: :D

[Virgil]

You're getting me mixed up w/ someone else. I'm from Maryland, but I drove from NJ. I don't remember all the streets I was on; I drove from the Lincoln tunnel to Park ave. and 86th. Let's see, I remember 10th, 42nd, 86th. It actually wasn't too bad at all. It's just really intimidating.


It really isn't that bad at all. And the streets mostly run north/south, east/west, so you can't get lost. Most of the major streets in Manhattan are very wide and have plenty of lanes. Compared to the European cities I've been too, Manhattan is a breeze. Now in Europe (or at least in Italy) the drivers are nuts. Sorry mixing you up. Not only did I not realize you were a lady, but I guess I was wrong about where you were from. I forget then who's from Kentucky.

[Weisinheimer]

It really isn't that bad at all. And the streets mostly run north/south, east/west, so you can't get lost. Most of the major streets in Manhattan are very wide and have plenty of lanes. Compared to the European cities I've been too, Manhattan is a breeze. Now in Europe (or at least in Italy) the drivers are nuts.
The city does have a very logical setup. It's just soo big compared to everywhere else I've been to. Plenty of lanes is right, and ppl never stay in the same one for very long; everyone's always all over the place. I was following my Uncle (who lives there) for some of the time, and he was in two lanes at once for a while. I didn't get that. But, yeah, it was pretty easy really.

[SleepyWitch]

congrats, Weisinheimer :D
I can't drive at all. tried it on a parking lot the other day and it was fun and I managed OK (going at 10 km/h). but I think I'd go crazy if I had to drive in a big city.
ROAD RAGE :flare: :)

[kiz_paws]

Taliesin -- congrats, which I knew my way around a computer like that!

Weisinheimer -- way to go! That must have been quite scary for ya, congrats!

[I am smiling about Sleepy's last post, you are cute!] :)

[Pensive]

Congratulations to all on all their success! :)

Umm what do have I to boast about? Well, other than my exams having gone quite well, I learnt a little bit of something really good today, and seems like it would do me some good. (at least I hope so) It has the potential of doing thousand times as good as my marks in all the exams that I have given.

[Petrarch's Love]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

[barbara0207]

Congratulations to all on all their success! :)

Umm what do have I to boast about? Well, other than my exams having gone quite well, I learnt a little bit of something really good today, and seems like it would do me some good. (at least I hope so) It has the potential of doing thousand times as good as my marks in all the exams that I have given.

Congrats, Pensive!
But you do make us curious. What's the mysterious good thing you learnt today? Or mustn't we ask?


Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

Congrats, Petrarch's Love. Here I'm curious, too, of course: What's the subject of your dissertation? Is it about literature?

[Petrarch's Love]

Congrats, Petrarch's Love. Here I'm curious, too, of course: What's the subject of your dissertation? Is it about literature?

Thanks, Barbara. Yes, my subject is literature. I specialize in Renaissance poetry, with an emphasis on Epic poetry. Not sure what precise topic within that specialization will be yet, but look forward to using the post exam period for some brainstorming.

[Virgil]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

Way to go Petrarch. I look forward to hearing what your dissertation will be on.

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[Dori]

Thanks, Barbara. Yes, my subject is literature. I specialize in Renaissance poetry, with an emphasis on Epic poetry. Not sure what precise topic within that specialization will be yet, but look forward to using the post exam period for some brainstorming.

What does one do with a doctorate in literature? I'm curious because I still haven't the slightest clue of what I want to major in when I go to university.

As for something to boast about, I successfully helped my mom make a pie last week :D .

[Scheherazade]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:Congratulations, PL!

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[Virgil]

Thanks, Barbara. Yes, my subject is literature. I specialize in Renaissance poetry, with an emphasis on Epic poetry. Not sure what precise topic within that specialization will be yet, but look forward to using the post exam period for some brainstorming.

Maybe you can set up a thread for suggestions.

[kiz_paws]

Congrats to you, Dori, on the pie-making escapade! :)

And Virgil has a great suggestion, Petrarch's Love, a thread could help indeed.
Congratulations on passing the Doctoral Fields Exams! :thumbs_up

[Petrarch's Love]

Thanks for the encouragement, Virgil, Dori, Scher, and Kiz Paws. :) Actually, Kratsayra (who's also shortly to complete the doctoral exams) and I already started up a little thread where we've been talking in vague ways about the process of getting a dissertation proposal up and walking. We'll probably resurrect it in awhile when we're both starting to write something. For now, the whole exam process has been so draining that I'm taking a much needed mental break and declaring the month of December a work free zone. :banana: In research work it's necessary to have some off time if you're going to come up with productive ideas, in fact the best ideas often come when you're not trying to think about coming up with one. Anyway, thanks again everyone, and now I have the free time to do a proper job of showing a leprechaun around Chicago. ;)


What does one do with a doctorate in literature? I'm curious because I still haven't the slightest clue of what I want to major in when I go to university.

I'll be going into college teaching as a professor, which is what most people use a PhD in lit. for, though there are a few other rare possibilities such as work in an archival library. A doctorate is a huge commitment though. If you're thinking about what your undergraduate major is going to be, then it partly depends on your individual circumstances. I assume you're trying to decide between a degree in lit. and something more "practical." The question would be whether you are interested enough in literature and the work of reading, writing, and/or teaching to want to follow a career path in it. Teaching is, of course, the most common option for lit. majors. The major is also good for getting jobs in publishing: copy editing and other editorial positions, freelance writing for magazines and such, technical writing etc. And, of course, there are lots of lit. majors who take that as a major because it's a subject they love, and then go into one of the many jobs out there that's more interested in just seeing that you have college degree of some kind than what the specialization was. I have some lit. major friends who got hired into companies because they had the college degree, and the company also thought that the lit. major was a plus in that it indicated that they would be good at communicating effectively with customers and associates. The lit. major is also considered good preparation for law school, since it indicates an alacrity with words and language and the ability to create well structured arguments in your writing. The crazy among us also go on to do the PhD thing, but you've got to be really, really passionately mad about the subject and willing to sacrifice significant chunks of both your sanity and social life to contemplate that. :p

So, those are a few of the options for lit. majors. I imagine your decision also depends upon whether there's an alternative major that is something you love just as much, or if it might lead to a career you'd like more than the options you have studying lit. You could always just do a double major or a minor in one subject too. Mostly though, I would say that, much as it's an important decision, don't feel like choosing a college major is so momentous a decision that it's pre-determining the rest of your life for you. You may have a variety of different careers ahead of you. Also, if you're just starting college, or have not yet started (it sounds like you're early in the process from your post), then you'll also have time once you get into your college classes to think things out and, as many college students do, change your major a few times before you settle on one. Spend your first year in college taking classes that really interest you and/or are introductory courses in the majors you're thinking of. Being in the coursework can really help you see whether this is a subject you'd like study more in depth. Good luck! :)

[Pensive]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

Hey, that sounds great! Congratulations and good-luck for the later stages! :)


Congrats, Pensive!
But you do make us curious. What's the mysterious good thing you learnt today? Or mustn't we ask?

What would be the charm remaining in life with all questions answered and every mystery solved? ;)

[Lioness_Heart]

Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...

[Granny5]

Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...

Congrats!!

[SleepyWitch]

Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...
wow, that's just too cool, Lioness. Just keep calm. I read in the Times that Oxbridge don't necessarily test your knowledge of facts but they ask you surprise questions to see how you react. err.. I realize this doesn't sound very comforting.. :( I have no experience of Oxford interviews but I applied for a scholarship from Germany's leading scholarship org. once (and got the scholarship). Just smile. If you can't answer a question straight away, tell them you'd like to think about it for a second. To many questions there is no straightforward answer, or there's more than one answer. So if they ask you a weird question, don't clam up, just do your best.

[Lioness_Heart]

thank-you both!!!

Sleepy, thanks for the advice. eek. :eek: i always get stuck on the 'have you got any questions' bit of interviews.

And well done on getting the scholarship!

[Weisinheimer]

Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...

congrats on getting the interview, and good luck.

[Dori]

I'll be going into college teaching as a professor, which is what most people use a PhD in lit. for, though there are a few other rare possibilities such as work in an archival library. A doctorate is a huge commitment though. If you're thinking about what your undergraduate major is going to be, then it partly depends on your individual circumstances. I assume you're trying to decide between a degree in lit. and something more "practical." The question would be whether you are interested enough in literature and the work of reading, writing, and/or teaching to want to follow a career path in it. Teaching is, of course, the most common option for lit. majors. The major is also good for getting jobs in publishing: copy editing and other editorial positions, freelance writing for magazines and such, technical writing etc. And, of course, there are lots of lit. majors who take that as a major because it's a subject they love, and then go into one of the many jobs out there that's more interested in just seeing that you have college degree of some kind than what the specialization was. I have some lit. major friends who got hired into companies because they had the college degree, and the company also thought that the lit. major was a plus in that it indicated that they would be good at communicating effectively with customers and associates. The lit. major is also considered good preparation for law school, since it indicates an alacrity with words and language and the ability to create well structured arguments in your writing. The crazy among us also go on to do the PhD thing, but you've got to be really, really passionately mad about the subject and willing to sacrifice significant chunks of both your sanity and social life to contemplate that. :p

So, those are a few of the options for lit. majors. I imagine your decision also depends upon whether there's an alternative major that is something you love just as much, or if it might lead to a career you'd like more than the options you have studying lit. You could always just do a double major or a minor in one subject too. Mostly though, I would say that, much as it's an important decision, don't feel like choosing a college major is so momentous a decision that it's pre-determining the rest of your life for you. You may have a variety of different careers ahead of you. Also, if you're just starting college, or have not yet started (it sounds like you're early in the process from your post), then you'll also have time once you get into your college classes to think things out and, as many college students do, change your major a few times before you settle on one. Spend your first year in college taking classes that really interest you and/or are introductory courses in the majors you're thinking of. Being in the coursework can really help you see whether this is a subject you'd like study more in depth. Good luck! :)

I'm a junior in high school, so I'm just thinking ahead. I've been contemplating going into either literature, language, or history. The most practical choice would probably be language, because I could then go into translation. I have a problem with teaching, which is why I want to avoid it as much as I can. The problem isn't really teaching, it's public speaking in general; I can't do it. I think I have narrowed my interests into a plan. I will go to college and take some language courses and after that I will start a translation service. Then, to satisfy my literature needs and to perhaps reinforce my knowledge of foreign languages, I will translate literature in my spare time :) . Perhaps I might do some freelance writing here and there, but most of my time would be devoted towards translation. This is at least a dream of mine.

I haven't anything to boast at the moment. Also, I apologize for being a little off-topic. :)

[kiz_paws]

Congratulations, Lioness_Heart, on the interview. Stay calm and put your best self forward -- we are rooting for you! :)

And Dori, it is great that you have goals ... and before long, you will have attained them. :)

[SleepyWitch]

thank-you both!!!

Sleepy, thanks for the advice. eek. :eek: i always get stuck on the 'have you got any questions' bit of interviews.

hm, I see. maybe you can find some help on the internet (for example the Times have a detailed Education supplement - www.timesonline.co.uk )
or go through the univ's brochures and just ask about something that you already know anyway???



And well done on getting the scholarship!
yeah, well, that was like ages ago. I got a scholarship to do a year abroad in England in 2004/05.

[SleepyWitch]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

hey PL, congrats! (sorry it took me so long to congratulate you)!
will you be teaching at college while you write on your PhD?
you take the exams first before you write the dissertation? crazy Americans ;) *joking*

[TheFifthElement]

Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...

Good luck Lioness - I had an interview at Oxford many, many moons ago (I didn't get in!) and my advice to you would be, be prepared (I wasn't), be yourself (I wasn't), don't be nervous, and say what you think. I think what they are looking for is people who can think independently, show some spark, and the rest of it comes down to whether they like you or not, I'm afraid. Which college have you applied to?

[SleepyWitch]

I think what they are looking for is people who can think independently, show some spark, and the rest of it comes down to whether they like you or not, I'm afraid.
yep, showing some spark is always a good idea.

don't be like "Ooooo, I have to answer these questions so I'll get accepted". Try to find them interesting in their own right and let your interest show (in your facial expressions, I mean). try to think of it as a quiz show or a sudoku or whatever, something that is a challenge but also fun.
look at the person who asked you a question when you answer it, don't stare at your fingertips, the ceiling, the floor. Also look at those who didn't ask the question to make sure everyone's following you and feels included. (I'm not sure if this is how it's done in England.?)

that's what I normally do in oral exams and it helps a lot. if they get the impression you're not interested in the topic/questions in their own right but are just there for the marks/scholarship/univ place they might get a bit grumpy.

[symphony]

Just felt like boasting about it a bit... We had our last day in college today, in honour of which a grand cultural program (organised by us students) was held- the first item of the program being a song written and tuned by me. :) Sung by me and another 3 friends (that includes ahsiam (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&t=29729) and gothic (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&t=28006), by the way), with me on keyboard and another friend playing the guitar, it didnt go that bad (though was sounding a bit shaky during the bridge before the chorus). And i was pleased to know everyone enjoyed it and thought the last bit was presented particularly well. And guess what? That last bit was fully done by me and ahsiam! :D

[Petrarch's Love]

I'm a junior in high school, so I'm just thinking ahead. I've been contemplating going into either literature, language, or history. The most practical choice would probably be language, because I could then go into translation. I have a problem with teaching, which is why I want to avoid it as much as I can. The problem isn't really teaching, it's public speaking in general; I can't do it. I think I have narrowed my interests into a plan. I will go to college and take some language courses and after that I will start a translation service. Then, to satisfy my literature needs and to perhaps reinforce my knowledge of foreign languages, I will translate literature in my spare time . Perhaps I might do some freelance writing here and there, but most of my time would be devoted towards translation. This is at least a dream of mine.

Ah, it warms my heart to hear someone deciding between multiple Humanities majors. Most people are deciding whether to major in English or Business, with the implication that English is somehow more interesting but less important. Translation could be a wonderful career, and completely attainable. If it's your dream, then go for it. Incidently, you might be surprised at how easy it is to get over a fear of public speaking if you just jump in. You might enjoy taking a public speaking or an acting class in college to help you feel more comfortable in front of groups, since almost everyone has to make some sort of presentation in front of a group now and again.


hey PL, congrats! (sorry it took me so long to congratulate you)!
will you be teaching at college while you write on your PhD?
you take the exams first before you write the dissertation? crazy Americans *joking*

Thanks, Sleepy! Yes, these exams are to make sure that we've both got a comprehensive knowledge of our field and can discuss at the level a professor should be able to. It consists of reading three thematic lists covering over 100 works of literature and then being questioned about whatever comes to mind of the professors the day of the exams. After writing the dissertation we have the defense, which is like the post dissertation exam.

I'll be doing pretty much the same kind of teaching I have been, meaning one or two courses per term but not a full load, and mostly course assistantships and writing classes. I may have a chance to teach a course I design myself sometime next year, which would be great, but that's still very tentative.


Just found out I've got an interview at oxford uni next week!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooooo scared!!! Not much of a boast really. But considering how worried I was abbout whether I'd get an interview or not, I just want everyone to know...


Good luck, Lioness Heart. That's very exciting. As others have said, come with some questions ready to show you're interested, even if they're things you already know about, and make sure you get plenty of sleep and plenty to eat so your nerves are minimized as much as possible.

[SleepyWitch]

Thanks, Sleepy! Yes, these exams are to make sure that we've both got a comprehensive knowledge of our field and can discuss at the level a professor should be able to. It consists of reading three thematic lists covering over 100 works of literature and then being questioned about whatever comes to mind of the professors the day of the exams.
:eek2: that sounds tough. I wonder why we don't have that over here. we've only got the defense, as far as I'm aware. maybe this kind of exam would help to separate the sheep from the goats. do you only have to take this Fields Exam if you want to teach at univ or also if you stay at home and take a PhD for fun?

I'll join kratsy's and your PhD thread one of these days. I'm still working on my graduation thesis in English Linguistics (equivalent to M.A. thesis. 60-80 pages), but my prof wants me to take a PhD later on. :blush: I don't want to do it, but he keeps badgering me. will explain all the pros and cons later

[kiz_paws]

Just felt like boasting about it a bit... We had our last day in college today, in honour of which a grand cultural program (organised by us students) was held- the first item of the program being a song written and tuned by me. :) Sung by me and another 3 friends (that includes ahsiam (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&t=29729) and gothic (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?find=lastposter&t=28006), by the way), with me on keyboard and another friend playing the guitar, it didnt go that bad (though was sounding a bit shaky during the bridge before the chorus). And i was pleased to know everyone enjoyed it and thought the last bit was presented particularly well. And guess what? That last bit was fully done by me and ahsiam! :D
Congrats, to you symphony, ahsiam and gothic -- it sounds like you had a very fun time! :thumbs_up

[Petrarch's Love]

:eek2: that sounds tough. I wonder why we don't have that over here. we've only got the defense, as far as I'm aware. maybe this kind of exam would help to separate the sheep from the goats. do you only have to take this Fields Exam if you want to teach at univ or also if you stay at home and take a PhD for fun?



Yes, it was tough, and a deep to relief to have it over with. At most universities you have to take the exam if you want a PhD, regardless of the purpose. The exact requirements for the degree can vary among institutions, so I suppose there may be programs out there without field exams, but none I've ever heard of.


I'll join kratsy's and your PhD thread one of these days. I'm still working on my graduation thesis in English Linguistics (equivalent to M.A. thesis. 60-80 pages), but my prof wants me to take a PhD later on. :blush: I don't want to do it, but he keeps badgering me. will explain all the pros and cons later

Hey, another potential PhD joins the group. Good luck with that M.A. thesis, and I'll be interested to see what you decide about the doctorate down the line. Would be interested to hear the pros and cons, but perhaps on another thread so we don't get in the way of the boasting going on around here.

[Pensive]

Congratulations symphony, ahsiam and gothic! :banana:

[kratsayra]

Just passed my Doctoral Fields Exams today. A years preperation, and it all went by so fast! :p Now all I have to do is write the dissertation. Might help to come up with an idea for one first. :idea:

Yay, congrats! :D (sorry for the belated message, I'll have to visit this thread more often)

I have finally received word that my written exam was fine, and now my oral exam is scheduled for this coming Thursday. So I will hold off on the celebration until that is over with.

[Lioness_Heart]

Good luck Lioness - I had an interview at Oxford many, many moons ago (I didn't get in!) and my advice to you would be, be prepared (I wasn't), be yourself (I wasn't), don't be nervous, and say what you think. I think what they are looking for is people who can think independently, show some spark, and the rest of it comes down to whether they like you or not, I'm afraid. Which college have you applied to?

I applied to Wadham, but have an interview at St Anne's. I'm swinging between excited and nervous at the moment!

[Niamh]

Wowo Lioness! I wish you the best of luck!!!!
Good to see you on site again!:)

[browneyedbailey]

My Birthay is in 16 more days today!!! I'll be 13.

[Granny5]

My Birthay is in 16 more days today!!! I'll be 13.

Oh My Gosh!!! You should have told me!!!
(just kidding :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: )

[browneyedbailey]

you knew.

[Granny5]

Oh yeah...guess I did.

[browneyedbailey]

Lair.

[Granny5]

Lair.

Bailey, do you think that's getting a little too familiar with your Granny??
Let's be careful.

[thescholar]

I read lines 1-227 of macbeth today in half an hour, despite finding shakespeare insufferable

[browneyedbailey]

My Birthay is in 16 more days today!!! I'll be 13.


Oh My Gosh!!! You should have told me!!!
(just kidding :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: )


you knew.


Oh yeah...guess I did.


Lair.

I was just kidding Granny, my dearest Granny...

[Petrarch's Love]

Yay, congrats! :D (sorry for the belated message, I'll have to visit this thread more often)

I have finally received word that my written exam was fine, and now my oral exam is scheduled for this coming Thursday. So I will hold off on the celebration until that is over with.

Thanks, Krats. I'll have my fingers crossed for you on Thursday. I'm sure it will go beautifully. :)

[Virgil]

Yay, congrats! :D (sorry for the belated message, I'll have to visit this thread more often)

I have finally received word that my written exam was fine, and now my oral exam is scheduled for this coming Thursday. So I will hold off on the celebration until that is over with.


I applied to Wadham, but have an interview at St Anne's. I'm swinging between excited and nervous at the moment!

Good luck to both of you. :thumbs_up

[SleepyWitch]

I read lines 1-227 of macbeth today in half an hour, despite finding shakespeare insufferable

congrats, Joe. why don't you like Shakespeare?

kratsy, congrats on your written exams and good look for the orals!


bailey is another member of the Granny clan?

[kratsayra]

I finally finished by PhD exam!! I passed my oral exam this morning. :D yayayay, I'm so glad it's over now! :)

[Petrarch's Love]

Way to go, Krats! :banana: :banana: :banana: I know for me it took about a day or more for it to really sink in that it was indeed over, and that I didn't have to read 12 or more hours a day anymore. A slow unwinding of a joyful realization and then, wow, the freedom!!! Go celebrate and enjoy the fact that you are now at liberty to sleep late, watch movies and television, go out with your friends at a moment's notice and engage in impromptu displays of song and dance. :D

[SleepyWitch]

I finally finished by PhD exam!! I passed my oral exam this morning. :D yayayay, I'm so glad it's over now! :)

congrats kratsy!!!! how did it go? did you get a good mark?

[motherhubbard]

WOW! that is wonderful. Good luck

[kratsayra]

thanks :)


Way to go, Krats! :banana: :banana: :banana: I know for me it took about a day or more for it to really sink in that it was indeed over, and that I didn't have to read 12 or more hours a day anymore. A slow unwinding of a joyful realization and then, wow, the freedom!!! Go celebrate and enjoy the fact that you are now at liberty to sleep late, watch movies and television, go out with your friends at a moment's notice and engage in impromptu displays of song and dance. :D

Yeah. It really hasn't sunk in yet. I'm all about going shopping. I can't wait. I'm going to go frolick in Manhattan. And I'm also going to play my Nintento DS, which is my guilty pleasure.


congrats kratsy!!!! how did it go? did you get a good mark?

The oral exam was not as bad as I thought. The options for marks are just fail, pass, or high pass. I did get a "high pass" but the "pass" part is really the important thing. ;)

[Virgil]

I finally finished by PhD exam!! I passed my oral exam this morning. :D yayayay, I'm so glad it's over now! :)

Hooray!!!

http://www.partyshop.nl/images/congratulations%20ballonnen-16500-l.jpg


http://www.whiskas.ie/NR/rdonlyres/37B4EED2-5B5B-4B7D-BEE7-E2B0FB8A9E2E/0/Hero_KittenCarePack.jpg

[kratsayra]

haha. thanks.

you know, when I was a little kid, I had this collection of cat figurines. I almost feel like I should start one again, only virtual this time. ;)

[symphony]

Wow thats great, kratsarya! Congrats! :D Hats off and goblets up to ya!! :D

[Weisinheimer]

Congrats, Krats.

[SleepyWitch]

:banana: I wrote four pages (including a table) about statistics stuff for my thesis today. :banana: you may all bow and grovel before me! :D
tomorrow, you can all laugh at me when the prof tells me I did it the wrong way round and need to do it again :)

anyone seen Lioness? I wonder how her interview went.

[barbara0207]

Congrats, Kratsayra and Sleepy. :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up

Sleepy, I keep my fingers crossed for you! Tell us how it went.

[Chava]

24 pages out of the 60 page project...i am so tired of the labout market and everything that entails, foreign workers GO HOME! ARGH!
But, at least now it looks like i'll finish on time :)

[miljohnj5]

Member of 3 honor societies, an English Honors program and will be reviewed for Phi Beta Kappa soon!!! A senior in college this year with published poetry and a publishable Emerson paper and a 60+ page political theory paper based on memory from Proust's Swans Way; plus currently working on my English honors thesis. Wicked...rock on me...;)

[aeroport]

Straight 'A's this semester! *phew*
One of which was the Melville seminar, in which I was one of about...two undergraduates.

[SleepyWitch]

24 pages out of the 60 page project...i am so tired of the labout market and everything that entails, foreign workers GO HOME! ARGH!
But, at least now it looks like i'll finish on time :)

what project is that? hey our page count is almost the same, I've written 26 out of 60 :) we're meant for each other :D

[Pensive]

Congratulations Witch, Chava, Jamesian, miljohns5, and kratsayra! :)

Umm what have I got to boast about? Well, my mid-year school exams are finally over, and none went too badly.

[crazefest456]

I posted more than 456 times! Woo hoo....
*craze sees the 8,000+ posts of pensive and sulks*
:)

[kiz_paws]

Congratulations, Kratsayra (feels like your dreaming, right?), Sleepy, Chava, miljohnj5, Jamesian (straight A's -- WOOT!), and smiles going to crazefest456! :)

[Chava]

I've been awake for 42 of the last 48 hour to finish this project. It's due in just 6 hours, and it's finally beginning to look about right.
In about 3 hours i have to be at work ready for an 11 hour shift. Good God, I hope i make it, and i hope i will sleep well tonight, ready for the next shift, and the shift after that. Then it will be christmas. Maybe i will fall asleep before Santa arrives...

[Virgil]

Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments! But I wanted to highlight Jamesian:

Straight 'A's this semester! *phew*
One of which was the Melville seminar, in which I was one of about...two undergraduates.

Well, done! :thumbs_up I would have loved to have taken a Melville seminar in college. I assume now you're an expert on Moby Dick.

[SleepyWitch]

Paco
Chin Chan


edit: arg, this was supposed to go in the name Baki's puppy thread. dunno how it ended up here :(

[aeroport]

Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments! But I wanted to highlight Jamesian:


Well, done! :thumbs_up I would have loved to have taken a Melville seminar in college. I assume now you're an expert on Moby Dick.

I know it pretty well, having written a somewhat lengthy paper on it (by undergrad standards - at a little under 16 pages, my longest to date for school); but really just well enough to know I have to read it again. It's an odd book...
One thing I can say definitively, however, is that I do not, under any circumstances, recommend Melville's novel Pierre.

[chasestalling]

4 & 13,

i defy thee.

1

[Virgil]

I know it pretty well, having written a somewhat lengthy paper on it (by undergrad standards - at a little under 16 pages, my longest to date for school); but really just well enough to know I have to read it again. It's an odd book...
One thing I can say definitively, however, is that I do not, under any circumstances, recommend Melville's novel Pierre.

Hahaha, I've never read it, but I've heard that before. Only other full length novel I've read is Typee, which was quite enjoyable. I guess Benito Cereno is almost a full length novel, and while it had literary merit I'm not sure it was that enjoyable. I love Melville's shorter works.

[LadyW]

I got an A grade GCSE two years early and am also doing an A/S level in maths two years early...
I dont have much to brag about accept that, shame on me...

[aeroport]

Hahaha, I've never read it, but I've heard that before. Only other full length novel I've read is Typee, which was quite enjoyable. I guess Benito Cereno is almost a full length novel, and while it had literary merit I'm not sure it was that enjoyable. I love Melville's shorter works.

That's how I felt going into this course...and still is. We did BC and Bartleby (which I already knew from a previous course, and are what inclined me to enroll in the first place), plus Billy Budd, which is very good too. Typee was lots of fun, indeed, and I kind of want to read his other travel book Omoo now. Not for a while, though. White-Jacket is also good, though it's not exactly fictional (in a sense, neither is Typee); more of a rail against American naval usages - flogging and so forth - but it has some of my favorite passages. I guess altogether the class material amounted to about half of HM's output (no Confidence-Man, no Mardi or Redburn, no "Paradise of Bachelors", etc.), but it does have me thoroughly interested in his works now, so I'll probably be returning to him in the future (in works other than Moby-Dick, I mean).

[amanda_isabel]

i've been on vacation a bit more than a week and i haven't gained weight!!!

[Granny5]

My granddaughter, browneyedbailey, has had the poem she wrote about her great grandfather selected to be published in a book containing poems by young poets. The poems were chosen and offered for selection by teachers from across the country. Here is her poem that they selected:

Out where the cotton grows

Down in the fields where the cotton grows.
Where the irrigational system flows.
Where the tallest stalks of corn grows.
In a little town no bigger than my own.
Out in the East where the cotton grows.
Blooms no bigger than the palm of my hand.
In the Delta of little ol' Arkansas.
Where the the cotton grows .
Two hundred pounds by hands a day.
Out in the sun his seven kids to play.
Great grand daddy Smithee picking away.
Where the cotton grows.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Remarkable]

I continue to recieve compliments about an appearance I made some time ago when I sang for the first time in front of an audience:a debutante.At least something to make my day sound good!

P.S.Granny5,congratulations about your grandaughter!She really has it!

[Virgil]

My granddaughter, browneyedbailey, has had the poem she wrote about her great grandfather selected to be published in a book containing poems by young poets. The poems were chosen and offered for selection by teachers from across the country. Here is her poem that they selected:

Out where the cotton grows

Down in the fields where the cotton grows.
Where the irrigational system flows.
Where the tallest stalks of corn grows.
In a little town no bigger than my own.
Out in the East where the cotton grows.
Blooms no bigger than the palm of my hand.
In the Delta of little ol' Arkansas.
Where the the cotton grows .
Two hundred pounds by hands a day.
Out in the sun his seven kids to play.
Great grand daddy Smithee picking away.
Where the cotton grows.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Hooray for Bailey!!!!! :banana: I love the poem. It deserves it.

Congrats to you too Remarkable. What kind of songs did you sing?

[manolia]

Congrats bailey!!!

[Weisinheimer]

My granddaughter, browneyedbailey, has had the poem she wrote about her great grandfather selected to be published in a book containing poems by young poets. The poems were chosen and offered for selection by teachers from across the country. Here is her poem that they selected:

Out where the cotton grows

Down in the fields where the cotton grows.
Where the irrigational system flows.
Where the tallest stalks of corn grows.
In a little town no bigger than my own.
Out in the East where the cotton grows.
Blooms no bigger than the palm of my hand.
In the Delta of little ol' Arkansas.
Where the the cotton grows .
Two hundred pounds by hands a day.
Out in the sun his seven kids to play.
Great grand daddy Smithee picking away.
Where the cotton grows.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

browneyedbailey is your granddaughter? I didn't know that. So how many of your fam members are on the forum? That's a great poem by the way. Congrats.

[SleepyWitch]

congrats bailey and granny

[Shea]

That was an excellent poem! I see why it was selected. Congrats Granny and Bailey

[browneyedbailey]

I continue to recieve compliments about an appearance I made some time ago when I sang for the first time in front of an audience:a debutante.At least something to make my day sound good!

P.S.Granny5,congratulations about your grandaughter!She really has it!


Hooray for Bailey!!!!! :banana: I love the poem. It deserves it.

Congrats to you too Remarkable. What kind of songs did you sing?


Congrats bailey!!!


browneyedbailey is your granddaughter? I didn't know that. So how many of your fam members are on the forum? That's a great poem by the way. Congrats.


congrats bailey and granny


That was an excellent poem! I see why it was selected. Congrats Granny and Bailey

Thanks guys (and gals).

[papayahed]

Congrats Remarkable and Bailey!!

[Anza]

I passed my Algebra honors class with a C, and got all A's otherwise. I actually got a 92 on the exam! I won't mention to my parents the 20 point curve. LOL :D I came out of that exam, in tears, too.

[PrinceMyshkin]

My granddaughter, browneyedbailey, has had the poem she wrote about her great grandfather selected to be published in a book containing poems by young poets. The poems were chosen and offered for selection by teachers from across the country. Here is her poem that they selected:

Out where the cotton grows

Down in the fields where the cotton grows.
Where the irrigational system flows.
Where the tallest stalks of corn grows.
In a little town no bigger than my own.
Out in the East where the cotton grows.
Blooms no bigger than the palm of my hand.
In the Delta of little ol' Arkansas.
Where the the cotton grows .
Two hundred pounds by hands a day.
Out in the sun his seven kids to play.
Great grand daddy Smithee picking away.
Where the cotton grows.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Oh, Granny, and MotherH, and Poppy and above all BrowneyedB! It is SUCH a wonderful poem, how could they NOT have selected it!

[browneyedbailey]

Wow. I'm speech less

[PrinceMyshkin]

Wow. I'm speech less

Well, thank God you still have your fingertips!

[Anza]

Your poem rocks!

[Shea]

I came out of that exam, in tears, too.

I've done that several times!:p It really feels good when you do well in a tough class, doesn't it?:D Congrats

[RobinHood3000]

Just finished my first semester of college, and managed to pass "Physics for Masochists"!!

[SleepyWitch]

Just finished my first semester of college, and managed to pass "Physics for Masochists"!!
congrats Robin. so that's why you haven't been around in such a long time?

[RobinHood3000]

More or less. Honestly, I probably could have found the time, just didn't find the courage to pop back in after so long, which only got longer. =(

By the way, congrats on your 3113rd post!

[Pensive]

Down in the fields where the cotton grows.
Where the irrigational system flows.
Where the tallest stalks of corn grows.
In a little town no bigger than my own.
Out in the East where the cotton grows.
Blooms no bigger than the palm of my hand.
In the Delta of little ol' Arkansas.
Where the the cotton grows .
Two hundred pounds by hands a day.
Out in the sun his seven kids to play.
Great grand daddy Smithee picking away.
Where the cotton grows.

I like the poem, it looks very nice when read out aloud. :) Congratulations browneyedbailey! :)


Just finished my first semester of college, and managed to pass "Physics for Masochists"!!

Congratulations!

[Virgil]

Just finished my first semester of college, and managed to pass "Physics for Masochists"!!


More or less. Honestly, I probably could have found the time, just didn't find the courage to pop back in after so long, which only got longer. =(

By the way, congrats on your 3113rd post!

Oh don't ever feel embarressed to stop back Robin. And congrats on passing Physics. It's not easy. Have you decided on a major yet?

[Sweets America]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

[Granny5]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

congratulations Sweets! Where will you study?

[Virgil]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

Congratulations Sweets. Is this an exchange with another University?

[Sweets America]

Congratulations Sweets. Is this an exchange with another University?

Yes it is a programme with Oregon Universities. I have applied for Southern Oregon University, in a little city called Ashland. This is so strange to me that I am going to walk in the US streets!!! I think I might kneel down and kiss the ground.:D
Thanks for your congratulations!:)

[SleepyWitch]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

congrats, Sweets. this is great news! :banana:


This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!
I felt the same way when I got a scholarship to study in England for one year.
it's going to be the greatest adventure of your life. trust me, there's nothing to be scared about

[RobinHood3000]

Oh don't ever feel embarressed to stop back Robin. And congrats on passing Physics. It's not easy. Have you decided on a major yet?I'm thinking Mechanical Engineering. My college has the best MechE program in the country, if I do say so my-biased-self.

By the way, congratulations, Sweets - there's an awful lot of BEAUTIFUL country up thereabouts.

[Virgil]

Yes it is a programme with Oregon Universities. I have applied for Southern Oregon University, in a little city called Ashland. This is so strange to me that I am going to walk in the US streets!!! I think I might kneel down and kiss the ground.:D
Thanks for your congratulations!:)

I've never been to Oregon, but that is a beautiful part of the country. I wish you lots of luck. :)

[Sweets America]

Thanks Sleepy and Virgil.
Sleepy, may I print your sentence:

trust me, there's nothing to be scared about
and stick it to my wall?:D :p

[PrinceMyshkin]

Thanks Sleepy and Virgil.
Sleepy, may I print your sentence:

and stick it to my wall?:D :p

Yes, my beloved, stick it to your wall, to the base of your computer monitor, to your fridge, your microwave... and remember this wouldn't be SO scary if you had not dreamt of it for so long and so ardently!

[Sweets America]

Yes, my beloved, stick it to your wall, to the base of your computer monitor, to your fridge, your microwave... and remember this wouldn't be SO scary if you had not dreamt of it for so long and so ardently!

This is true, Schwee, this is what Fifth told me too, and I agree.:)

[TheFifthElement]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!


Congratulations Sweets! One step closer to your dream :)

[kiz_paws]

Congrats to you, Remarkable, on your musical appearance!

Granny5, thank you for posting Bailey's winner of a poem. You must be soooooo proud! Congratulations to Bailey and to you!

Great news on the marks, Anza!

Rob, had to laugh at your title {"Physics for Masochists"}, but congrats to you. Now take a sigh of relief! ;)

Sweety!! How wonderful for you -- don't let fear hold you back from anything, you are strong and you will do well. Congratulations, big time, mon amie! :thumbs_up

[Shea]

Congrats Sweets! That is so exciting! I know you'll do well.

[Niamh]

Just finished my first semester of college, and managed to pass "Physics for Masochists"!!
Good to see you rob! Weldone on Physics!:thumbs_up

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

Felicitations!

[browneyedbailey]

I can boast today: I have been the first one to be selected by my University to go studying one year in USA!!!! I am so scared! I am so happy but I am so scared!! (I've never travelled alone, even in France:lol: ) :cold: :cold: :D :D :D
This is a dream come true, I have been waiting all my life for that!! Ah!!

Where at Sweet?

[Petrarch's Love]

Robin: Good to see you back around these parts. Congrats on making it through Physics.

Sweets America: Congratulations on the study abroad program. It's lovely up there in Oregon. Of course you clearly knew that this was going to happen when you chose your user name. ;)

[B-Mental]

Umm, I'm not bragging, or even boasting really, but Guess Who has a date tonight. Gotta go! B

[Niamh]

you go B! :banana:
nah this is better than :banana:
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gifhttp://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gifhttp://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gifhttp://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gifhttp://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gifhttp://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/thgir.gif

[Stardust97]

Well, my BIGGEST achievement is getting straight A+'s on every single test since September 2007!!! Whoa...

[papayahed]

Umm, I'm not bragging, or even boasting really, but Guess Who has a date tonight. Gotta go! B


oh la la. :banana:



Well, my BIGGEST achievement is getting straight A+'s on every single test since September 2007!!! Whoa...

:thumbs_up Wow, good Job

[SleepyWitch]

Well, my BIGGEST achievement is getting straight A+'s on every single test since September 2007!!! Whoa...

congrats, Stardust! keep it up and make sure you get A+s in all your future exams :) :thumbs_up

[1n50mn14]

Well, my BIGGEST achievement is getting straight A+'s on every single test since September 2007!!! Whoa...

Niiiiiiiiiiiice!!!

My achievement at the moment:
A)Getting up to page 19 on the story I'm working on writing *yay!*

and B)My Tetris highscore... 29 847... come to think of it, maybe that should have come first...

[Sweets America]

Thanks Fifth, Kiz, Shea and Niamh!:) :)

Bailey, I'm going to study at Southern Oregon University.:) It is located just next to the Californian border.:) :)

Petrarch, yes I had planned that when I chose my username.:D Sweets has always wanted to be in America.:)

[Weisinheimer]

not much of boast, but...
I made my first drink yesterday. I made some screwdrivers for my Grandma and myself. i had no clue what I was doing. after my grandma tasted hers, I asked if I did it right and she said yes. But the way she said "Oh yeah, it's gooood." kinda tells me I made it a bit too strong :D. Oh well.

[Remarkable]

Hooray for Bailey!!!!! :banana: I love the poem. It deserves it.

Congrats to you too Remarkable. What kind of songs did you sing?

Thanks!I sang French blues:Patricia Cass,if anyone knows her.And also,thank you Kiz and papayahead.

[SleepyWitch]

my thesis is growing like a giant mutant mushroom with ten heads... !!!
I've already got 62 pages. we are supposed to write between 60-80 pages and I've got 1 1/2 more weeks to go. at the moment, I don't know how to fit it all inside 80 pages :eek: I'll have to be careful not to write too much. at first I didn't know what to write at all! :banana:
well, half of what I wrote this weekend is bull**** and maybe I'll scrap it.

[Virgil]

my thesis is growing like a giant mutant mushroom with ten heads... !!!
I've already got 62 pages. we are supposed to write between 60-80 pages and I've got 1 1/2 more weeks to go. at the moment, I don't know how to fit it all inside 80 pages :eek: I'll have to be careful not to write too much. at first I didn't know what to write at all! :banana:
well, half of what I wrote this weekend is bull**** and maybe I'll scrap it.

Don't you have an outline Sleepy? You should have this roughly mapped out. Sometimes a section does grow on you if you under estimated it, but this sounds like you're letting the paper get out of control.

[SleepyWitch]

Don't you have an outline Sleepy? You should have this roughly mapped out. Sometimes a section does grow on you if you under estimated it, but this sounds like you're letting the paper get out of control.

yes, I do have an outline. there's too more points I want to mention briefly, but I'll discuss only a handful of examples for each and keep it brief. then I need to add some more stuff to my "Theoretical Implications" and stick an Introduction to the thing :thumbs_up I think we can write more than 80 pages, but I'd prefer it not to be more than 90

[Petrarch's Love]

Glad it's shaping up, Sleepy. I know exactly what you mean about getting to that point in a project when things just take off and you can hardly find the room to say all the things that need saying. I always write over the set limits too. ;) That's a good place to be, though, provided you're overwriting with substance and not just fluff, and it sounds like you're caught up with something substantial. It's much easier to edit and streamline too much material than to find yourself with too little material. Good luck with the finishing up. :banana:

[SleepyWitch]

Glad it's shaping up, Sleepy. I know exactly what you mean about getting to that point in a project when things just take off and you can hardly find the room to say all the things that need saying. I always write over the set limits too. ;) That's a good place to be, though, provided you're overwriting with substance and not just fluff, and it sounds like you're caught up with something substantial. It's much easier to edit and streamline too much material than to find yourself with too little material. Good luck with the finishing up. :banana:

thanks Petrarch :)
the thing is, my topic touches on an area in which there have been lots of new developments lately (not in the English language itself, I mean, but in the way it is studied and described). so there isn't much literature to go by... i mean there is, but it's mostly "seminal" work, where the authors set an agenda and tell you what should be done or that a new theory is needed. but they don't tell you what that theory is.... even the prof said he can't think of any books that specifically address the questions raised by my topic (not by me but the topic itself) and I should just piece it together from different general sources...... aaaaaaaaaaaargh, I'm writing without a safety net :eek:

[Shea]

That sounds like a very interesting paper Sleepy! I love reading things about the study of the English Language. I took a history of the English language course in college, and though it was tough, it was definitely one of the more interesting classes! Good luck with your thesis!

[SleepyWitch]

That sounds like a very interesting paper Sleepy! I love reading things about the study of the English Language. I took a history of the English language course in college, and though it was tough, it was definitely one of the more interesting classes! Good luck with your thesis!

thanks, Shea. well, mine is not about historical linguistics :) hehe, it's very technical and complicated :blush:

[Sweets America]

my thesis is growing like a giant mutant mushroom with ten heads... !!!
I've already got 62 pages. we are supposed to write between 60-80 pages and I've got 1 1/2 more weeks to go. at the moment, I don't know how to fit it all inside 80 pages :eek: I'll have to be careful not to write too much. at first I didn't know what to write at all! :banana:
well, half of what I wrote this weekend is bull**** and maybe I'll scrap it.

Ah, the same thing happened to me while I was writing my 'thesis' when I was doing my first year Master's degree when I was still studying clinical psychology! I had to write something like 40 pages but I wrote more in the end. Actually I wrote with a certain space between the lines and the teacher wanted a larger space, which meant that I had written more than I should have.

[kiz_paws]

Your paper sounds cool and shaping up to your satisfaction, good stuff, Sleepy! :thumbs_up

And Sweets, I didn't realize that you studied clinical psychology -- very cool. :nod:

[Sweets America]

And Sweets, I didn't realize that you studied clinical psychology -- very cool. :nod:

Yes I did, but I realized that I could not enclose myself into their theories and interpret patients' bahaviors and what they said in accordance to those theories. I felt uneasy about that. Plus I really didn't have good experiences with psychologists as a patient myself.

[Taliesin]

Yay, last exam yesterday. Should get a C, or, perhaps, if I'm lucky, a B.
Quite atough subject, actually, and actually some answers make me feel a bit embarassed - hmm, I don't know, what should go in that blank, I don't have a clue, but hey, this equation was in the same paragraph, so I'll answer this one. Yes. Perhaps I'll get a point for this.

D'oh!
Well, I think I got most of the things right and I have never totally grasped electromagnetism, especially magnetism.

Anyhow, the next semester is starting in February 11th so I'll have quite a bit free time until.
Yay! Plus, I think I should get a small scholarship since, at least my brother claims so, the general results in the mathematics-informatics faculty are so low that I should fit into the top 15% with my results.


Actually I did this post to see what my signature is like since I have completely forgotten what's in there.

EDIT: Hey, I don't have one! So that's why I had forgotten about it.

[SleepyWitch]

Well, I think I got most of the things right and I have never totally grasped electromagnetism, especially magnetism.


is this the one where the teacher holds up his thumb, index finger and middle finger as if he had cramps or was about to do cruel things to 3 cats at once?

[Taliesin]

Well, yes, that one too.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/right_hand_rule.png
But there are other things too, for example, I could never remember those things you measure with teslas and webers. Don't even know how they are in English.

[kiz_paws]

Yes I did, but I realized that I could not enclose myself into their theories and interpret patients' bahaviors and what they said in accordance to those theories. I felt uneasy about that. Plus I really didn't have good experiences with psychologists as a patient myself.Makes sense to moi!

Cool, Taliesin, about the exam -- but question -- what ever happened to your posts being written in the plural format (We as opposed to I)? .... I used to think that was very cute. :p

[SleepyWitch]

Makes sense to moi!

Cool, Taliesin, about the exam -- but question -- what ever happened to your posts being written in the plural format (We as opposed to I)? .... I used to think that was very cute. :p

yes, I've been wondering about that too. but last time I asked Tal about it, he didn't reply :p could he be trying to sneak his way out of the whole 'we' thing?

[kiz_paws]

yes, I've been wondering about that too. but last time I asked Tal about it, he didn't reply :p could he be trying to sneak his way out of the whole 'we' thing?Well, if he wants to forget all about it, that's cool. But I really miss it. It was ... so, ummmmm ... well, so Taliesin! ;) Cheers Tal, whatever you want its cool. :thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Well, yes, that one too.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/right_hand_rule.png
But there are other things too, for example, I could never remember those things you measure with teslas and webers. Don't even know how they are in English.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Next time I have to use the right hand rule, I think I'm going to start laughing. The gun method is ptretty cool, but the male body is hilarious. I'm going to have to sahre that one with some of the engineers around here. :D

[Pensive]

Didn't want to do something but did it because people insisted. Is it something to boast about?

I lost the debate competition, got that damned 'participation' prize I have been getting for quite a lot of time, and I didn't badmouth the judges I really wanted to criticize because I find it difficult to criticize people. I accepted my weakness in front of my friends which I am not even sure that I possess. Now that is something to boast about, isn't it?

[Shea]

Of course! Congratulations Pensive! Self-restraint is something that comes very difficult for many people. I'm always wishing my co-workers had more of it!

[SleepyWitch]

yep, Pensy, congrats. I know lots of people who'd have thrown a temper-tantrum if they'd been in the same situation