Line Breaks & Other Violent Crimes

These are things I think about in order to stay alive in Los Angeles.

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Time until written quals: 26 hours

Number of books on table: 19

Number of notebooks with various “insights” written hastily in them: 3

Confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 (where 0 = paralyzed with fear and 10 = the Dos Equis man): 1.5

Posted at 12:01pm and tagged with: quals, academia, i need a mantra,.

Time until written quals: 26 hours
Number of books on table: 19
Number of notebooks with various “insights” written hastily in them: 3
Confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 (where 0 = paralyzed with fear and 10 = the Dos Equis man): 1.5
  1. thesargebag reblogged this from ecantwell and added:
    I love that I just found this blog because I love all those books. Especially Sphere: The Form
  2. msodradek said: Best of luck!
  3. superfluidity said: Good luck!
  4. dianaarterian said: I second the “breathe” mantra! If you start to freak, wiggle your toes in your shoes and breathe slowly — works wonders! But you won’t freak, cuz you’ll be great :)
  5. barelytolerable said: Anything with the word “grrrrrl” in it. But seriously, you’ll be GREAT.
  6. tragos said: Good luck!
  7. jeremyallanhawkins said: Good luck, Elizabeth. The best mantra I know is simple: “Breathe.” Stick with that and you’ll kill your quals. Merde!
  8. annotations said: i am doing my written exam in about two and a half weeks—i am scared!
  9. monsterbeard said: New mantra - “Stay thirsty!”
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