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End of the Fall 2011 Quarter

Posted: December 7, 2011 in ideas, Living and Life
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This is the first of two posts I’ll post this evening. If you’re looking for the second one, then it’s probably above this one, so just scroll up.

So today I finished my last exam, which is something most of my fellow collegiates can say (“You’re already finished? Lucky!”). I feel that for my first exam week, I did very well. I’m very confident that I will get good grades on my exams and hopefully a high GPA. The day after tomorrow I’m heading to my dad’s place for vacation (it’s easier to commute to and from work from my dad’s place). I’m practicing for my sister’s bat mitzvah, and I’m going to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra in concert as well (that’s something I’m really looking forward to!).

Finally, I’m working on a new shorty story idea: although Ripple was rejected, the editor thought that one of the best parts of the story was that the story involved a really difficult choice. That got me thinking, and I realized that a lot of really good stories out there involve choices, really tough choices. So I’m running with that idea and doing some pretty obscure research (and I mean obscure. Like so obscure that I have to look for a specialist in England if I have any hope of looking for the info I need). Wish me luck, and happy winter vacation!

Ripple: Rejected

Posted: November 30, 2011 in Living and Life, short story
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Well, I hate to say it, but Ripple got rejected. However, they did give me some feedback that cheered me up a bit. First, the editor of the Grove, the magazine I submitted Ripple to, said it was amazing that I had written such a story when I basically taught myself how to write fiction (while my high school was a good one, it specialized more in essay-writing for college instead of fiction-writing, but with this economy and job market can you blame them?). The editor and his staff also agreed that the second draft was much better than the first draft, so that’s something positive. In the end, it all boiled down to the fact that they had a lot of submissions, a lot more than usual apparently, and some of the work was a bit better than mine (and probably came from upperclassmen). Well, hopefully the next short story I write, whenever the inspiration strikes me, will be good enough to publish somewhere. Wish me luck.

PS The quarter is almost over on campus, and I am so glad! Honestly, I loved my classes and I had a ton of fun, but I just want to relax before winter quarter starts and I start a whole new round of classes and a whole new crazy schedule. Just gotta get past exams, and how hard can they be?

You know what, don’t answer that last question. Just leave posts encouraging me to do well in school and in my writing.

First Day of Classes

Posted: September 21, 2011 in Living and Life
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Well, I survived my first day of classes. And you know what? It wasn’t so bad. At first, when I was waiting for Anthropology to start, I felt so nervous and excited. I had no idea what to expect! I probably hadn’t felt like that since my first day of junior high! But the teachers have been very nice, and it doesn’t seem that they assign a hundred pages of reading a class. So now I’m pumped for classes, and I can’t wait to try it out.

Here’s hoping to a good first quarter.

Move-In Day

Posted: September 18, 2011 in Living and Life
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Today was move-in day at my university. I’m not saying the name of my school because I know some freaks out there might get ideas to visit me (and that’s not an LOL). It was a little exhausting, and even now I’m not done. Still, I love living in my dorm and being on my own. I’m looking forward to classes starting on Wednesday. My goal for this quarter: to get at least a B+ in every class (though if I get a B or B- I won’t complain).

Wish me luck!

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