Well, I don't really have anything to say of any profound importance, but I wanted to get something posted so I didn't go more than a week without posting something.
So yeah.
Happy 10/10/10, btw.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
The Personal Statement
So, I'm planning to apply to grad school. I'm finding the prospect of doing so stressful and terrifying enough, and I'm not even taking any course load this semester. Granted, I would probably find it easier to get started on school stuff if I was in the midst of doing school stuff. After all, during the past 2 NaNos, I've taken an over-full course load, and have been more productive and involved for it. So I think I need to get a schedule for myself set up.
Any way, the personal statement is a HUGE part of applying to grad school. It's like the college essays, but you only have to write one, and the university doesn't tell you what they want you to write about.
My poor computer - I've got about 50 tabs open right now about writing the personal statement (and another 50 in a different window about folk studies/historic preservation). I've only scanned the first couple paragraphs of each page, and so far they all seem to be a variation of "write about your goals and who you are and where you're headed." And I find this intimidating.
This intimidation is rather annoying, because I'm a huge, huge fan of personal development and life design and career books, blogs, etc. So I've been working on some of what they're looking for for a while now. I think maybe it's the having to articulate it for someone else aspect that's killing me.
In other news, the basement of the library is freezing and my coffee's gotten cold and I still need to do a variety of housekeeping things (most especially bills).
Any way, the personal statement is a HUGE part of applying to grad school. It's like the college essays, but you only have to write one, and the university doesn't tell you what they want you to write about.
My poor computer - I've got about 50 tabs open right now about writing the personal statement (and another 50 in a different window about folk studies/historic preservation). I've only scanned the first couple paragraphs of each page, and so far they all seem to be a variation of "write about your goals and who you are and where you're headed." And I find this intimidating.
This intimidation is rather annoying, because I'm a huge, huge fan of personal development and life design and career books, blogs, etc. So I've been working on some of what they're looking for for a while now. I think maybe it's the having to articulate it for someone else aspect that's killing me.
In other news, the basement of the library is freezing and my coffee's gotten cold and I still need to do a variety of housekeeping things (most especially bills).
Friday, October 1, 2010
NaNo Site Relaunch!!!!
Aaaaaaah! I am so excited! I've been waiting for this forever. Well, okay, since mid-September. At least.
So, go and sign up for NaNo, or add me as a Writing Buddy ^^
Now, you'll have to excuse me - I've got a LOT of planning to do. (Especially if I want to up my NaNo output to 4 novels this year)
So, go and sign up for NaNo, or add me as a Writing Buddy ^^
Now, you'll have to excuse me - I've got a LOT of planning to do. (Especially if I want to up my NaNo output to 4 novels this year)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Run, Elmo, Run!
I should really know better than to watch or read anything relating to the Muppets while in the library. But since my roommate and I are being cheap and not getting internet in our apartment, the library is the only place I'd really go this late for internet access.
So, Sesame Street had the premiere of its 41st season today. Not quite as exciting as its big 4-0 last year, but still. Way to go, Sesame! I was trying all week to narrow down which video clip from Sesame I would post with today's Facebook status update. "Monster in the Mirror?" "Telephone Rock?" "Cereal Girl?" Something with the Yip-yip Martians? Too many favorites!
Dismayed with having to choose, I checked my email, and read the Muppet newsletter-thing I get from Muppet Central. The headline this week was "Katy Perry cut from Sesame Street." Well. I figured the clip wouldn't be any scarier than California Gurls (which my sister cruelly forced me to watch while I was still jet lagged from flying home from Sweden last month), so I watched.
It's a parody of her "Hot 'N Cold" song. And the video, as she wears this ridiculous bridal veil throughout the entire thing. I was more than a little dubious when I set eyes on it. But at about 15 seconds in when she goes "Come on, Elmo! Don't you want to play?" (with scary expression to match), Elmo mutters hesitantly then legs it in the opposite direction as fast as he can. I just burst out laughing, drawing weird glances from other people at the computers. That Elmo's pretty smart. For a three year-old monster who's referred to himself in third person for over 20 years.
(Oh, three and a half. My bad.)
And so THAT is the clip I chose. And I'm pretty pleased with myself. Even if I couldn't watch the premiere myself - there's no TV in our apartment either.
And here's the link to the Muppet Central article, which has the video included with it.
So, Sesame Street had the premiere of its 41st season today. Not quite as exciting as its big 4-0 last year, but still. Way to go, Sesame! I was trying all week to narrow down which video clip from Sesame I would post with today's Facebook status update. "Monster in the Mirror?" "Telephone Rock?" "Cereal Girl?" Something with the Yip-yip Martians? Too many favorites!
Dismayed with having to choose, I checked my email, and read the Muppet newsletter-thing I get from Muppet Central. The headline this week was "Katy Perry cut from Sesame Street." Well. I figured the clip wouldn't be any scarier than California Gurls (which my sister cruelly forced me to watch while I was still jet lagged from flying home from Sweden last month), so I watched.
It's a parody of her "Hot 'N Cold" song. And the video, as she wears this ridiculous bridal veil throughout the entire thing. I was more than a little dubious when I set eyes on it. But at about 15 seconds in when she goes "Come on, Elmo! Don't you want to play?" (with scary expression to match), Elmo mutters hesitantly then legs it in the opposite direction as fast as he can. I just burst out laughing, drawing weird glances from other people at the computers. That Elmo's pretty smart. For a three year-old monster who's referred to himself in third person for over 20 years.
(Oh, three and a half. My bad.)
And so THAT is the clip I chose. And I'm pretty pleased with myself. Even if I couldn't watch the premiere myself - there's no TV in our apartment either.
And here's the link to the Muppet Central article, which has the video included with it.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Yet Another Blog I've Started
I'm very good at beginning things. Actually, scratch that. Considering my past several NaNos and various writings, I'm good at planning things I'm going to begin, I'm just terrible at starting them. I'm worse at finishing them. I'm fairly decent at the middle section. After getting it started for a while, I usually do okay. The tricky part is being consistent in my beginning efforts.
Anyway, that's a very long and complicated way of saying "Yeah, I've tried starting several blogs on blogger already, but haven't been good at developing them. At all. Oops."
But I went to Chris Guillebeau's Unconventional Book Tour today, and got really inspired to start blogging again (or rather, start really blogging period). I think what threw me off before was the feeling that I had to pick a handful of interests and really focus on those. As a Scanner at heart (as wonderfully described in Barbara Sher's Refuse to Choose!), I have a lot of interests. And they change constantly. (But I think I'm mostly the Scanner-type that Sher calls the Sibyl, which means I eventually cycle back to a good number of those interests every so often).
So I'm just going to go ahead and talk about everything I love, no matter how "off topic" it might be. Like, whatever. Read the ones you want and ignore the others. Or read every single one and complain about the ones that don't interest you. Or even go ahead and ignore them all. Most of my interests fall under a very general umbrella of "stories," so you've got that. Hopefully, now that I've bought myself an actual camera (as opposed to my video camera, which I also love dearly), I'll be inspired to take pictures and use them/ talk about them in posts.
We'll see how this goes.
<3 Becky
Anyway, that's a very long and complicated way of saying "Yeah, I've tried starting several blogs on blogger already, but haven't been good at developing them. At all. Oops."
But I went to Chris Guillebeau's Unconventional Book Tour today, and got really inspired to start blogging again (or rather, start really blogging period). I think what threw me off before was the feeling that I had to pick a handful of interests and really focus on those. As a Scanner at heart (as wonderfully described in Barbara Sher's Refuse to Choose!), I have a lot of interests. And they change constantly. (But I think I'm mostly the Scanner-type that Sher calls the Sibyl, which means I eventually cycle back to a good number of those interests every so often).
So I'm just going to go ahead and talk about everything I love, no matter how "off topic" it might be. Like, whatever. Read the ones you want and ignore the others. Or read every single one and complain about the ones that don't interest you. Or even go ahead and ignore them all. Most of my interests fall under a very general umbrella of "stories," so you've got that. Hopefully, now that I've bought myself an actual camera (as opposed to my video camera, which I also love dearly), I'll be inspired to take pictures and use them/ talk about them in posts.
We'll see how this goes.
<3 Becky
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