The Boast Post

[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 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.

[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.

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.

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. And I am on peaceful terms again with my Literature professor, due to that.

[Virgil]

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

[aabbcc]

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

Ironically, all three of them were originally written for school (), 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 ), 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...

[SleepyWitch]

congrats Anastasija. you must be a real genius

[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. 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. 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.