Oh, hi. So here’s the thing: my only “final” final was Monday, and I had two papers due this Friday but I got both of them turned in before Monday too. So Monday at around 1830 I left campus completely done with my penultimate semester at UT. Fun, huh? The thing is, I went ahead and got a book to study for the GRE with, and that’s kind of been keeping me more than slightly occupied. Well, that and the copy of NFL 2K3 I…
New on Backwash: “Something for the Holidays”. Just what the title implies, as I go totally polemical thanks to a television commercial I’ve had to watch these past few Decembers. I think you know the one.
According to Bengals.com, the Bengals would hold the tiebreaker over the Ravens if both teams win out at this point. I know, the Bengals winning at St. Louis next week is a longshot, but it’s not a total impossibility. They may pull this one out yet. At the very least, they’ve matched the record for greatest one-year turnaround in NFL history, plus guaranteed their first non-losing season since 1996. That counts for something, right? As far as the other news of the day goes, I’ll…
Okay, anyone out there into the file-swapping thing, is there an MP3 of Tom Waits covering “Eve of Destruction” out there somewhere? It’s driving me totally insane right now just thinking about it, and my resident file-swapping guru can’t help me because she’s across the pond with her fiance right now. Gurg.
I just sent my first grad school application out to Michigan. It’s kind of a difficult thing for me to do; I feel like I’m putting myself out on the line even more than usual with my stuff. And of course there’s always that fear of rejection I’ve got gurgling in my system. Still, I’m sending seven apps out (at the suggestion of my academic advisor, I’ll also be applying to the Universities of Oregon and Indiana, in addition to the others I listed earlier…