Life of Pride
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Hahaha, life is crazy again. It's always so much more fun when things are utterly, bizarrely crazy. It's like this little *zing*.
Basically, my mom changed plans on me two days ago. She doesn't want me to edit Practical Homeschooling for a year, after all. She decided this some weeks ago, but she and my dad never quite made it around to telling me. So most of the deadlines for anything I might apply to have passed. There are still a few left, however. So, provided I can obtain recommendation letters and transcripts in time, I am applying to the following:
- MFA in Creative Writing at University of Virginia (deadline Jan. 2)
- MA in Journalism at University of Missouri-Columbia (deadline Jan. 4)
- MFA in Shakespeare at Mary Baldwin College (deadline Feb. 17)
Crazy, crazy. I also began my break's studies today. I visited the main branch of the St. Louis library network, a truly imposing edifice, and took out biographies on Frank Capra and several of his movies. I also am starting to refresh my Greek so that I can take Greek IV in the spring to round out my necessary 12 credits.
I found when I entered the nonfiction shelves to find the Capra books that they were shelved amidst a fascinating collection of literature on all things movie-related. I could spend months reading straight through those shelves. I want to know all that stuff.
Meanwhile, such dubiousness and wanderings as my mind has traveled these past few days! I was doubting myself about positively everything. I think I'm the sort of person who always needs a goal in order to move forward.
Basically, my mom changed plans on me two days ago. She doesn't want me to edit Practical Homeschooling for a year, after all. She decided this some weeks ago, but she and my dad never quite made it around to telling me. So most of the deadlines for anything I might apply to have passed. There are still a few left, however. So, provided I can obtain recommendation letters and transcripts in time, I am applying to the following:
- MFA in Creative Writing at University of Virginia (deadline Jan. 2)
- MA in Journalism at University of Missouri-Columbia (deadline Jan. 4)
- MFA in Shakespeare at Mary Baldwin College (deadline Feb. 17)
Crazy, crazy. I also began my break's studies today. I visited the main branch of the St. Louis library network, a truly imposing edifice, and took out biographies on Frank Capra and several of his movies. I also am starting to refresh my Greek so that I can take Greek IV in the spring to round out my necessary 12 credits.
I found when I entered the nonfiction shelves to find the Capra books that they were shelved amidst a fascinating collection of literature on all things movie-related. I could spend months reading straight through those shelves. I want to know all that stuff.
Meanwhile, such dubiousness and wanderings as my mind has traveled these past few days! I was doubting myself about positively everything. I think I'm the sort of person who always needs a goal in order to move forward.
Comments:
Man, Sarah. I'm so sorry. I know what you mean about needing a goal - I'm a very goal-oriented person (in case you hadn't noticed that already ;)). And I know that when something I've desired/planned around completely changes, leaving me with few options, it puts me in a funk. That's happened to me a lot in the past year and a bit. My comfort is that God is still good and He's got something even better out there for both of us - even if we don't see it now. May the joy of the Lord be your strength.
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