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L. M. Alcott (via robertjamesfischer) This is why I love her. |
So I had pretty much reconciled myself to going to SIU again for my Ph.D. next year—but then this morning I got a fully funded offer from University of Louisiana Lafayette. They are ranked about the same as SIU—maybe a little lower, but not enough for that to matter. The stipend i’d be getting is like 3,000 dollars less than SIU, but I don’t have to pay fees there so really i’m still making more money/having to borrow less. It is a new place—a warm cultured new place! They have a children’s lit program, which is something I want—and and and they have a scholar that specifically studies Thomas Hardy and Class. Dustin wants to go there more than move to Carbondale. I haven’t made an official decision yet, but my gut is saying go to Louisiana—get to know a different program and city. It is also only 2 hours from New Orleans! I wanted to go to the East Coast, but I just seem to keep getting farther south. Although i’d love to live in Louisiana— I just written off all other places and this is the only school I would be on the fence about going to on my list. Yet not everyone gets funding there, they chose me which is a great feeling!
Pros and Cons, Pros and Cons, Pros and Cons
i’m going to talk to my advisor and other professors before I decide, but part of my thinks the only reason i’d stay would be because i’m afraid to get out of my comfort zone!
Happy I have options, not so happy about the decision making process.
- P.L Travers - Mary Poppins
- Stephen King - The Shining.
- Anne Rice - Interview with the Vampire
- Winston Groom - Forrest Gump
- Clive Cussler - Dirk Pitt tales, especially 2005’s Sahara
- J.D. Salinger - Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut made into a movie retitled My Foolish Heart.
- Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
- Bret Easton Ellis - American Psycho
- Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
- Richard Matheson - I Am Legend
Interesting. I knew Stephen King hated Stanley Kubrick’s version of The Shining. The others I did not know about.
This is wrong—Anne Rice changed her mind about the film after it was made, she did not hate it. This person needs to get their facts straight.
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L. M. Alcott (via robertjamesfischer) When I was little it used to break my heart that Laurie and Jo did not marry, now that i’m older I understand. It makes sense, and Frederick Bhaer is fantastic, and it shouldn’t be any other way. I’m glad you stuck to your guns Louisa. The world still needs more women like you. |
Jesse L. Martin’s first episode on Ally McBeal (season 1, episode 17: “Theme of Life”).
Next to Larry Paul, Greg Butters is the best Romantic interest on Ally.
Damn it.
Robert Downey Jr. was so great on Ally, too bad he couldn’t have gotten help sooner. The show would’ve lated much longer.
Best Show ever.
-Ally McBeal
-Sparking Water
-Tea! Tea! Tea!
-Snow
-Ella Enchanted (obviously the book not movie)
-Little Women
-Working out
-My Thesis Whiteboard
-Finishing a todo list in one day
-Thesising and getting really into it!
-Honey Nut Cheerios
-Sabrina the Teenage Witch
-Lesson Plans that include Disney films
-Awesome Thesis Directors
-Things I don’t like about Love about today—grading papers, giving d’s on said papers, and students who don’t follow directions
