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I’ll give my good news first, since I just found out a few seconds ago and the good news is the entire reason I’ve decided to update just now. I was sitting down at the computer, mentally preparing myself to do some ‘real’ work (something I’ve ignored for a while now), and I remembered something rather important. My grade report for this last semester has been available online since Christmas eve, but I’d yet to check. So I logged in to have a look-see. My grades this semester are:

English 306 (Poetry): A
English 404 (Fiction Writing): A
English 413 (Instructional Material): A
English 416 (Visual Design): A

Yay! That means I’ll have a 4th Dean’s List accolade to stick on my vita, which is what I was sitting down to work on. I need a vita to apply to grad school. Applications are due January 15th, so I need to get to work. I had one professor tell me I was a shoe-in, which was a nice compliment and gave me a good feeling for the rest of the day.

Assuming, that is, that my bad news doesn’t get in the way. You see, undergraduate graduation applications were due on December 19th. I didn’t remember this until December 22nd, when I rushed over to turn mine in. Unfortunately, the office was closed, and the posted information said the office would remain closed until (I think) the 29th. Which means that, at the very minimum, my undergrad graduation application will be ten days late. Which ~could~ mean, if someone decides to be a stickler about it, that I won’t graduate until the summer term of 2004 instead of May 2004. Which ~could~ mean, if someone ~else~ decides to be a stickler about it, that I wouldn’t start grad school until the Spring semester.

In short, an annoying percentage of my future is in the balance, and I’m not the guy in charge of the scales. Assuming I get my vita and letter of application written and my portfolio in order, that is, which is a challenge unto itself. Right now, I need to focus. I need to concentrate. And unfortunately, this website here pretty much sums up my mental state at the moment (sound required).

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