I woke up at 3:30 this morning to have myself a little pee, and on my way back to bed I did a stupid thing. I checked my email on my phone. I knew I shouldn’t have. I knew the … Continue reading
Dear Emjie, If at any time this year I have doubted myself or my ability to succeed, it has been your doing. You who looked at me with that cynical, condescension that made me feel like a cockroach. You who … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another rousing round of Saturday Steals, where what you get is what you see and what you see is cheap or free! To participate, simply: 1) Steal a steal. 2) Write a post about it on … Continue reading
Today I got a letter in my box at the Mayberry Watering Hole. It was from the University, congratulating me on making the Dean’s Honour List last semester. ************************ I made the honour roll every semester of my life in … Continue reading
Tomorrow I begin the last semester of my university career. It is a surreal feeling, to be sure, but not, I suspect, as surreal as the feeling I’ll have when I walk off the campus at the end of my … Continue reading
I have been in a post-last-week-of-classes haze for the past four days, ever since I sat through my last 50-minute block of the year on Wednesday. I still have finals to study for and one last project to finish, but … Continue reading
I turned in my last paper of the semester this afternoon, and as I left the classroom, I heard a chorus of angels. No, really. I did. At first I thought it was just in my head because I do … Continue reading