the horror. the absolute horror.

[wildcard_47]

(wishes avatar had a big picture of a suitcase on it)

Well, I'm packing completely today. Spent a half-hour getting all of my junk into the living room, and promptly had a heart attack because it does not look like it will fit in my suitcase, not in a million years. So, I'm going to roll up t-shirts, jeans, and use Space Bags galore until it all goes according to plan. As I am probably the world's worst packer (I usually just throw things into my suitcase and hope for the best), cross your fingers for me and my packing efforts.

In a bit of better news, I submitted my Terminus abstract yesterday. The proposal itself kind of sucks, mainly because I was typing it around 11:50pm, but what can you do? At least there weren't any typos, but I swear, if the word 'recreate' pops up one more time, the vetting board is going to chew me a new one. Oh, well.

All right, back to the horror.

Comments

[tkurogrym.livejournal.com]

Did you hear from Terminus on your proposal? Sounds like most folks I know were turned down. My "professor's roundtable" discussion was accepted, but I suspect they tend to lean toward accepting people with Ph.D.s -- for the legitimation, if nothing else!

[wildcard-47.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did hear from them, and I can join the mass of folks who were kindly rejected by the vetting board.

It's probably better in the long run, because I'm looking over my July schedule and realizing that I have hardly any down time, much less time to plan and revamp a presentation.

Overall, the rejection was part disappointing, part impressive. Mostly impressive due to the thoughtfulness of the rejection letter - it was not too blunt (in a 'Your paper sucked, and we hate you. Ha ha!' kind of way) and not too florid. Heck, I had college application letters that weren't as friendly. So that was an upside, at least. :)

[tkurogrym.livejournal.com]

Yes, time-wise, it's not a bad thing. Ah, well. Lots of terrific proposals were accepted; lots of terrific proposals were denied. You'll have more fun without the pressure of a presentation, anyhow. :)