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Silly billy we are historians ... we are productive every day because history is happening EVERY day mwhahaha! (That is how I spell my evil laughter and I don't care if everyone else spells it muhahaha, I only feel comfortable w/an accented mwh sound as opposed to the anglophonic muh)

LOL c/o 05 .... now let us secretly stick up our collective noses at all those people who would associate w/the "U" ... and yes I'm doing the war chant and the tomahawk chop as I write this ... very hard to type with one hand whilst the other is violently waving around ... but somehow I'm doing it! Go Noles!

Well as a proud Seminole I have to blow a big raspberry towards the "U" but I have to say good job! Even if you're now affiliated with a felonious school PS., for anyone wondering I'm talking about college sports rivalry

Since today is President's day don't expect any snail mail FYI

Don't take the vote down personal ... nerves are getting frayed so folks who haven't heard anything or have a few rejections are feeling despondent ... you did raise a valid point about your predicament ... some people are having a problem about picking a school b/c I don't think anyone really pictures getting into multiple dream school and having to make that decision ... @ the end of the day though you have to remember those schools turn down other people so it's not like they aren't above disappointing others so you'll be fine when you turn them down ... as long as you are polite w/your declining letter

congrats to Sendiri!

Hey Saff check your inbox in a few minutes!

I tried the whole running "thing" but the whole being out of breath after putting on my shoes told me I wasn't meant to run or even trying to do that.

whiskey and soda ... hold the whiskey ... yes yes ... thank you I'll be the here all week!

oh no just 2 waitlists

I do like it when things stay, as Shakespeare said, 'constant as the northern star'

I am signing up!

2-3 weeks sounds like an eternity and yet only a month ago ... that would've sounded like heaven

Right there with you!

some schools refuse to email you official acceptance and would rather snail mail it, so you might have to rely on your POI being kind enough to email you back

Hey Saff if you decide to not live in the GSAS hall, there are certain areas you can move into close to Cambridge that might be reasonably priced if you look on Craigslist. Somerville is relatively close on the T and you could possibly even bike to school, if live in certain parts of there. Then there's Watertown or Waverly or even Boston, which are again close thanks to public transportation.

speaking of cups and soccer ... the FA Cup is the oldest association football tournament in the world ... also the term soccer came from Oxford University, where the slang there was to add an 'er' to the end of certain words ... such as rugger ... for rugby ... and of course soccer ... for association football

wait teachers actually grade stuff objectively? And here I was for years beliving it was a random draw that got me all those Cs and Ds for years and not my ineptitude to formulate a logical argument. ::FACE PALM::

Well good afternoon my brethren and sistern! First off, big Congrats to you Goldie! I am inspired to write a sonnet about checking one's voice mail now but I'll hold off on that till I start doing that myself. So how is everybody who is lurking out there today?

this is the worst place to be ...

the name Super Bowl comes from a toy called Super Ball

well guess good news does come on the weekend! Congrats!

I think people should take today off and enjoy one weekend w/o worrying about grad school. So let it be written .... so let it be done!

You aren't a loser and I have to go to one of my favorite quotes (albeit I only really know the first line by heart) from Teddy Roosevelt: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

If it makes you feel any better the whole process is the same, accepted or waiting for news. Until you are actually in school or know you aren't going to a school, your mind is all over the place. No need to apologize