angel_kaye13

think big

Congrats to USI-Carbondale and Berkeley admits!!!! Woohoo!!!!!!*^^*

Congratulations on your acceptance to Duke! ^^

mellow mushroom

WOOHOO, to the three new acceptees/possible-acceptees!!!! *^^* Keep 'em coming!!!! *^^*

new shoes

walking stick

dust mop!

you're mine

wet toast

Body bag

ripped body

walk tall

gross product

voracious appetite

world changer

Hesse and Wyatt: also out of up-votes, but it's encouraging to hear some healthy thinking out there; I, for one, appreciate it. It's very easy to take things personally, and you see a lot of that on this forum. And people think English majors suffer from the most psychosis! ;-) :-D It IS just business, in the end. All the same, I like to let people know there are others who are there, in the joy AND the sadness. Just think: We may be the sanest, most supportive bunch here!*^^* :-D

game bird

On the coattails of all the well-earned congratulations, I also want to extend sincere "lo siento"s to those who recently received rejections, especially the UWis-Mad crowd, as there seem to be a lot of you. It sounds like many of you are taking it in stride, but the bite always sucks. I think it's safe to speak for this community, though, that you've got a group of supporters here, and here's hoping for some success stories, to take off the edge of the little sadnesses.~ {fingers crossed and good vibes sent your respective ways, for more acceptances!}

film spool

master craft

Me!!!!! *^^* I don't have kids, but I had to be very practical in my choice of grad. schools. I only applied to three. Now, geographical consideration was not my only consideration; I still needed them to be a good fit/a good program. But I certainly had to be practical, practical, practical. As silly as it sounds, the thought didn't even occur to me that I would apply to 15 schools (which seems to be the norm here). (HOW do they pay for that, grad school is expensive enough! ) But I wouldn't worry about numbers: if you're a good fit, you'll get in, whether you applied to 2 or 20. Many people are probably just playing the "odds/numbers game," which is it's own brand of smart. Both ways are viable, though.^^ :-)

rush week.

freeze frame! *^^*

Oo! I've been between at least 5-10 different books for AGES now, but I just started the 11th (and seem to be sticking with it ;-) ), and thus feel justified in finally answering this question: I've just started working through some of the works of C.S. Lewis, starting with an old favorite, The Great Divorce, and treading through a couple others. I love remembering why I love this man!