Tonights

This would be a good time for anybody who hasn't watched Lost to start watching episodes on ABC's full episode player. http://abc.go.com/player/index?pn=index Time will fly, believe me. I watched the first season while I was recovering from surgery, and I hardly noticed anything else that was going on! It's a great distraction.

She's even more annoying when you're a real anthropologist, trust me. "I became an anthropologist so I could find the island?" Oh, ok. How about becoming a geologist, physicist or a cartographer instead? NO SENSE IS MADE HERE.

Maybe just take a break and a nap. When I get to the bad place, sometimes a nap is all that can help me. I'll fall asleep out of sheer exhaustion/anxiety and when I wake up, even if I've only slept for a little while, I feel like a new woman.

Bahahahaha! I'm sure that wasn't a fun dream at the time, but it sure makes for a hilarious anecdote and mental image.

I am very glad you joined us. I personally am running around in circles and feeling nauseated, so calm voices are really a help (and all too rare). It's good to remember that my whole life isn't going to implode even if I get rejected everywhere. This too will pass!

So, you know that dream where some of your teeth get loose and fall out, and supposedly it signifies that you are undergoing stress and don't feel in control of yourself? I've had that dream many a time over my life, usually mild, where I'll notice that one or two of my teeth are loose and then eventually they come out. Horrible dream, but not really straight-up nightmare material. Last night I dreamed that all of my teeth fell out. I noticed something was wrong in my mouth, in the dream, and then I felt confused and I just spat all of my teeth into my hands. THAT was straight-up disturbing nightmare material and made me start to think that this process really has been psychologically harmful for me.

I have to admit that this made me laugh. I feel the same.

You're totally right about this. I'm counting on the summer for me to put myself back together, but with having to possibly orchestrate a cross-country move with a partner and two cats, I'm not going to have very many mental health days. It's a good point to stay in a good mindset now for the sake of where we'll hopefully be in a few months.

Exactly. I think being on this forum is helpful for that, it makes us see other applicants in a very real way and I know if I had more than one offer (please, God!) I'd decline any extraneous ones right away because I wouldn't want to leave any of you nice people hanging and stressing over a waitlist. Also, Fieldwork, thanks a lot. I feel a lot better now. You're right, I shouldn't make assumptions, the stress got to me there for a bit.

The nice responses to my mini-breakdown on Saturday were so, so wonderful and exactly why I adore this forum. Sometimes a couple of kind and encouraging words can make all the difference during a process like this. Thanks, you guys.

Good morning everyone. I'm hoping this goes through - yesterday I couldn't post at all and kept getting timeouts, so I couldn't get my fix.

Thank you so much. My hope reservoirs are running really, really low.

Someone was called yesterday for my second choice and one of the schools I thought I had the best shot at. Waiting on the rejection now. I'm crying - is that ridiculous and overly hormonal? Probably. Happy Fucking Valentine's.

Fieldwork, did your online status for Amherst change to "Accepted?" You can check here: https://webapp.spire.umass.edu/admissio ... logon.html If it has, then I'm definitely sure I didn't get in.

Congratulations! I suspect my letter's going to say "Fuck off," since I haven't had a call. :/

See, I personally am looking a bit askance at discussing my sexual and emotional proclivities where possible members of my future cohort can see them. :wink:

Hi Philo and welcome. Posting here really does help alleviate the stress.

I'm trying to parse how those things could possibly be related and failing horribly.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA When you go in to take the GRE they should just shoot you up immediately with Haldol and Valium.

Yeah, those are only for when I'm clearheaded enough to remember where my jigger is. After that point has passed, I'm perfectly happy sucking down bottles of Woodchuck for the rest of the evening. And I think we're going out for tapas tomorrow, and my favourite tapas place has these amazing fried bacon-wrapped dates. So this weekend I should have plenty of preoccupations to keep me from being a frizzy stressball.

I've now reached the point where every muscle in my body is so tense that if I get accepted, they're all going to relax at once and I won't be able to dance, just fall immediately down and lie on the floor in a heap for awhile.

It also must be said that I'm laughing my butt off at all the tongue-in-cheek mentions of big jewelry. My undergrad professors were just like that as well and I'm like that now. It's so hilarious how that's something so many of us have a proclivity for.

Hooray! "Hang in there" is spectacular advice for everyone on this forum, I think.

Yes, I had a pretty solid research proposal in my SOP as well. I know exactly what I'm interested in doing and I just laid down all my cards hoping that someone would want me on the strength of my go-getter attitude. I hope that makes us stand out among other applicants who might just waffle about various vague interests in their SOP.

What are you guys all drinking? I plan to spend the weekend getting happy on my favorite drink, Basil Belles. Muddle 5 sprigs fresh basil, top with ice, a big spoonful of simple syrup, a hearty tot of Tanqueray Rangpur, a squirt of fresh lime juice and some lemon-lime soda. Hopefully this will keep me from checking my email every four seconds until Monday, at least.