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It was so tiny that I thought someone dropped a piece of furniture upstairs.

I'm working on my thesis right now... it's very time-consuming, yes. Not sure what you mean by "can't use it," though! You can totally polish it up and get it published! That's pretty darn valuable. In a way, though, I wish I could get practice for the comp exam since I'll definitely have to face that in the Ph.D. program.

I am not so angry at agricultural uses of water (though they are quite high and could certainly be made less wasteful) because these farmers need to make ends meet too. It's not a great system, but it's what they have for now. It'd be great if the industry could get around to fixing that aspect of their operations. What's worse, in my opinion, is Nestle retaining its bottling rights to the reservoirs in California, for the entirety of the drought. It's so insulting to me that restaurants now won't give you a glass of water to "conserve," when Nestle is busy shipping California's water to Japan! Before you get a chance to vote, you can also act up and petition the government to revoke or renegotiate Nestle's bottling rights. The amount of people here in LA that buy bottles of water everyday is absolutely mindblowingly infuriating. I hate it! Anyway, some sources: http://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-is-bottling-water-from-california-2015-4 An absolutely bonkers article that details how the CEO of Nestle doesn't believe access to water is a human right (FWIW, he backpedaled on this and said, "Okay, well, a certain amount of water per person is a human right. After that amount, we should have rights to bottle and sell at whatever price we want): http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-privatisation-of-water-nestle-denies-that-water-is-a-fundamental-human-right/5332238

FWIW, a colleague of mine last year heard back from a wait list spot on April 18! It really shouldn't go much later than that... Really crossing my fingers for you and sending some good vibes!

Really good points. Reminds me of Paolo Virno's thoughts on affect in 'late' capitalism: Sianne Ngai's Ugly Feelings, which is one of my most favorite theory books in the past ten years, works off Virno's assumption and thinks about Bartleby as either a manifestation or focal point of all these "minor affects" (envy, irritation, anxiety, 'stuplimity', paranoia) that can be seen as disruptions in capital's use of people's affect as "lubrication." Very awesome book!

I would absolutely go with Amherst. Some people look down on "following the money" but it's not about being greedy... it's about having enough money to not have to worry about taking on other work and thus being able to concentrate on your research! Is there a chance Alberta could make a counter offer? Worth a shot if you're still really attached to their department, otherwise I'd let them know. I don't think departments can feel particularly bad losing you to a fully funded program (as opposed to if you were choosing between two FF programs and you chose the one with the higher stipend). Tough choice! Good luck!

I think I'm already feeling this. The first night after I accepted an offer, I couldn't sleep because I was terrified out of my mind. I just lay in bed thinking WHAT HAVE I DONE? Anyone else feeling completely and totally inadequate for no reason?

Amazing! A hearty congrats

Just paid $80 for mine too different company, though.

YES~! You so deserve it! Congrats, WT Take the money. Take all the money!

Sorry to hear, squankabonk Sending good vibes your way.

A hearty congrats! I'm so jealous that you may possibly get some office space in the Robarts stacks. That has been my dream since I was a wee undergrad! And welcome (by proxy) to the snowy north Not sure if I offered before but feel free to PM me with any questions, in case you don't already have connections in TO.

Is that really the case? I was under the same impression as BLeonard.

But you're missing out on prime pants-shitting research, OP! Glad it all worked out. I'm currently trying to figure out who I should approach as an adviser when the time comes, so this thread has been very helpful! Edit: downvote? Look at OP's title!

yaaaaas congrats!!!!!!

Are you actually saying that Girls is better than Broad City and that the former becoming more like the latter is a bad thing? (If you can't tell, I loathe Girls.)

Ditto! Hope you get some news this week!

Also, if you're struggling with making your writing clear and concise, it's never a bad idea to (re)read Strunk and White. I know some people find them dated but it could make for some good reminders about elementary composition.

ack! double post

Congrats greenmt and InHac!!!!

ARGH. Why are my upvotes still out? Congrats ToldAgain, wetheplants!!!

Not only this but white people can choose to throw off their locks and return to their privileged "normal" whenever they want (same goes for the current fad of big bushy beard/man-bun looks that are "hot" on white guys but Sikhs have been ridiculed for in America for ages). Black people cannot--and when they do straighten hair, etc. they run into "you want to be white" discourses. To shadowclaw, there's lots of discussion in the black community regarding choices to straighten hair, wear color contacts, etc., and there's certainly no consensus yet.

More like nonblack people who have appropriated the use of the word "bae" and use it in the most nonsensical fashion (eg. "totally enjoying bae sunday!" as a caption for a photo of two mimosas. Do you even know what the fu** bae means?!) I guess more generally, any appropriation of black vernacular and running it into the ground with crappy usage. (See: fleek)

This. But also, I don't ever think it's wise to suggest that one medium is limited as opposed to others. That's kind of the sense I got from what you wrote about "the novel". Even though you're not applying to literature programs, I don't think many faculty would agree that devoting one's study to literature is limiting, and few literature scholars do only that anyway. Just wanted to point out that that somewhat prickly assertion might provoke some unwanted reactions in adcomms.