Your lonely voice cries across the starlit coast

[raybear]

Yesterday was sort of awkward and weird, for various reasons, but today is a new day, and so far, so good.

I love that I can sit at home all day, half of it on the computer, and never update. But right now I'm updating while standing at a computer terminal in the engineering library. I'm killing a few minutes waiting for a copier to be done. In lieu of an actual entry, I will present for your Friday pleasure, a poll!


[Poll #351637]

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

hey. found your lj through chicago bloggers. if you're still in the mfa program, get. out. now.

it's the biggest waste of time and money, especially if you aren't funded.

besides, you don't need a degree to publish--look at fitzgerald, hemingway, faulkner. they didn't have mfa's.

on the other hand, if you want to teach, you'll get good experience. that is, of course, if you're at a program that offers assistantships.

unfortunately, there aren't any jobs out there, unless you want to teach 5 courses of english 101 at say, 5 different community colleges a semester. that would earn you about $7,500 for 16 weeks of work. i was only able to do it bc my husband has a good job.

if i knew any of this before i went, i wouldn't have gone. but, i wouldn't have known this if i hadn't gone. six of one, half a dozen of the other.

bloggo chicago (http://bloggochicago.blogs.com/)

heh. there are a bunch of quizzes and memes up there, mainly bc i have nothing but time to kill.

good luck.