welcome to my world of written word.
by c.h.ha
new year’s eve plans…?
December 31st, 2006 by Christine
Two torturous days of revising my personal statement, and I’m finally finished (I think). My reward is that I’m throwing a New Year’s Eve shindig at my place with a few friends. The theme is “low-key.” Nothing crazy. My only requests are: 1) urine must go in the toilet, and 2) no swinging from the [...]
yee-haw!
December 29th, 2006 by Christine
Whew! (*huge sigh of relief*) 3:33 AM. (I just made a wish—can you guess what it is?)
Anyway, my printer is spewing off copies of my FINAL CREATIVE MANUSCRIPT as I type this entry. A huge chunk is done! (*pat on back*)
Tomorrow will be spent poring over the personal statement. Incredibly NOT looking forward to that.
official gre score report
December 28th, 2006 by Christine
I got the ETS envelope in the mail yesterday. I was nervous opening it, but KL was on the phone with me and gave me a pep talk beforehand.
Verbal: 600 (85%)
Quantitative: 710 (73%)
Analytical Writing: 5.5 (87%)
WAHOO and ALLELUIA!!! I “passed” the schools’ minimum requirements!
merry xmas to myself
December 28th, 2006 by Christine
I haven’t worked on apps since December 23rd, and I sit down today with Bono (my laptop) to force myself to start. Starting is always the hardest part; I find that once I get going, it flows. What’s happened to me? I used to never procrastinate until late college. But I only have a few [...]
superman returns
December 27th, 2006 by Christine
I was sort of looking forward to this movie because I grew up with and loved the original Superman movies (especially Superman 2). But again with expectations, I was highly disappointed.
First of all, the movie had trouble keeping my attention. I can’t really pinpoint why, but I just felt there was no chemistry among the [...]