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M’ris was the lucky winner in this weeks “Bring Down the Blog” contest. Congratuations, M’ris. *g*

My problem is, I think, that I do so much writing elsewhere, that by the time I get done with all that, I don’t have the patience to do any more here. Well, that and when I ~have~ to write for classes, it’s difficult to ~want~ to write for leisure.

And for those who want bigger, better excuses, I’ve been very unproductive with my leisure time lately. Sometimes, I’m quite productive with my time off: I write stories, I create websites, I read new stuff. Recently, my weekends have been all about watching football games on television and playing Grand Theft Auto III on the computer. Mindless fun is great from time to time, but I’ve gotta break out of this cycle sometime soon.

[this break indicates a shift in focus. I've been distracted lately, and I can't stay on-topic for very long atall]

I had a meeting with my advisor last Thursday. We talked for a solid hour, and now, I’m feeling a lot more confident about going to grad school. I’m willing to bet a lot of you out there have strong thoughts (one way or the other) about this, and I’d love to hear ‘em. This is what I’m thinking so far:

I stay here at ISU for my Master’s. I like it here, I can afford it better here, and ISU’s graduate-level English program is one of the best around, so there’s no real reason to leave.

I major in Rhetoric. Possibly (probably, at this point, but we’ll see), I co-major in Rhetoric and Creative Writing. The English department has an interesting co-major setup wherein I can get two degrees with a significant bit of class-overlap, reducing the overall time it’d take to get them. Instead of 30 credits for one degree, I could get two degrees for 42 credits. Sounds good to me. I would need to write a thesis that combines the two, and that sounds like it could be fun. Tough, but fun.

I don’t worry about my Ph.D. (if I want one, where to get one, and so on) until later. Why worry about it now? I’ll have a much better idea as to what I want after I’ve been in grad school for a while.

Sound good to anyone out there? It sounds pretty good to me. Particularly that co-major bit. Cause then, I can put off specializing in something even longer. *grin*

Of course, all this is going to take a lot of preparation. I need to get in gear. I need to plan to have taken my GRE by mid-late November, I think, so I know what my score is before it matters. And I need to figure out which three professors I’m going to bug for recommendations. And I bet there’s a crap-load of paperwork to figure out. The deadline for all this stuff is sometime in January, so I’ll have to start thinking soon.

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(That was another break. Aren’t I creative?)

In other news, I’m hoping to have a job interview sometime this week, working for the same company that my buddy Mark works for. The company is Coach House Gifts, a gift-shop kinda thing with dozens of stores all over the country, a really ugly website, and a corporate office right here in Ames. I’d be a techie. I’m good at being a techie. Other than that, I know nothing about the job. Mark thinks I could do it, and I trust his opinion, and I need the moola, so I’m giving it a shot.

Okies, time for a bit more homework and then bed. Hopefully, I think to update again before I give someone else a shot to win my “Bring Down the Blog” contest.