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Thank you. You win at the internet. ETA: This thread is totally fun again.

Too late for me. I saw the Pitt acceptances and consumed half a tub of ice cream (and half a bottle of wine) for dinner.

I'm working as an adjunct right now, so I suppose I can continue to do that while I build my CV and maybe (since I'm close w/much of the English dept.), sit in on some classes to keep myself engaged with the field. But honestly, my sense of self worth is so unbelievably low right now I don't know if I can muster the courage to try this again. I've never felt like so much of a failure, mostly because I've never actually failed academically before. In short, this sucks pretty hard.

Another Friday gone, and still absolute silence all across the board... (hint: start at 1:28) http://youtu.be/uKNKVzVAqUk

Dag, yo. Step out of a forum to teach a couple classes and shit hits the fan.

YOUZ GUYZ! I TOTES JUST GOT INTO HARVARD AND YALE AT THE SAME TIMEZ! LULZ I'M SO SMRT. Totally legit. But seriously, though, tempting as it may be to try to cover the shame of my utter failure thus far, I doubt there are too many fake acceptances on these boards. Definitely some though. Also plenty of inflated stats, I'd say.

Oh! But guys! Guess what helps? LOTS OF RUM.

I honestly don't know who I thought I was fooling with this whole process. Or why I thought I could get through it without feeling suicidally depressed. I don't think I've ever felt so low in my entire life...

Congrats on Duke! Now pardon me while I refresh the status page 8 billion times a day... (though I applied for Lit, and I'm kind of assuming it's a rejection since I got no invite)

Yes. I'm trying really hard to stay in this place, but it's not easy. The madness is slowly creeping in.

This made me giggle. And also think about Eddie Izzard and his goofy French when he just starts singing "Et je n'ai paaaas mes pantalons!" Sorry. Totally off topic. But my anxiety level from hearing nothing has me at a constant, spastic state of social ineptitude.

Another whole day, and still NOTHING ('cept maybe some implicit rejections? Duke Lit and Buffalo, just come on already...). I'm beginning to feel like I not only will be rejected from everywhere I applied, but that no schools will even bother to tell me this, because my app was just that crappy. Pardon me while I go bang my head into the wall until I pass out.

Ugh. It's Saturday. I guess we should try to enjoy our two newsless days. Also, happy Groundhog Day! Hope everybody gets it right the first time around.

You guys! It's Friday and I still haven't heard anything!!! Noooooothhiiiiiingg.

On a similar note, because this video never gets old: http://youtu.be/FzRH3iTQPrk Almost 155 million views, and it still cracks me up every time.

Does anyone else feel incredibly proud when they manage to not look at their computer/email (damn email on phones!) for, like, 2 hours... and then super pissed off when you're not magically rewarded with news for having such amazing self control? Logicz. THey ekzist. I haz them.

Duke Lit: YOU ARE MURDERING MY SOUL. That is all.

I just want to say that I approve of your avatar and your screen name. Actually, I'm a little jealous that I didn't think of them both.

Yes, if I am in the (sad but likely) position of applying again next year, I'm choosing my schools based on which ones notify first. That's logical, right? So tired of the crickets in my inbox. Bah!

A tiny flame of hope in an otherwise vast, dark cave of doubt. Thanks, ocean.

I don't know about English, but it looks like (all) the interviews went out for LIt?

I already submitted my teaching request for next fall, because if I didn't, I would surely be rejected all around (that's logic, right?). If I'm not accepted, I'll just be living the life of the lowly adjunct, in all likelihood the same position I'd be in post-PhD, so there's that to keep me bolstered.

All I know is that if I don't hear something by Friday, I'm gonna... I'm gonna... goddamnit, I guess I'm just gonna keep stressing.

Didn't you hear? They officially changed the spelling. It's in the OED and everything.

I am also in the "not received" at the bottom and "not reviewed" camp. So glad that I'm not the only one. I panicked about it yesterday, and then I was like, "well, if I'm screwed, I'm screwed." I'm just trying to maintain my zen until my inevitable rejection comes in.