Grad School Problems

I'm a starving arts major with an affinity for wine, music festivals, wine, books, and wine. Toss in an M.A., a scholarship I couldn't turn down, a quirky disposition, and a crappy work ethic, and you now have the tools to understand this blog.

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What my productivity looks like when I try to work on papers in the weeks leading up to their due-date:

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What I look like at 5 am several hours before they're due: 

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How I feel when I am confined to my office all day writing a seminar paper

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When a professor assigns an article or book they've published as a required reading

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When I've missed a class and have no clue what's going on

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An ode to the O-Train (or a story about disappointment)

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To the class know-it-all

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After shmoozing my prof in the hopes of getting extra marks

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What writing papers reduces me to

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When the teenagers sitting behind you in the library keep talking about their drama

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How I feel when people start giving extensive personal anecdotes in class

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How people react when I get emo at school

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What an ideal Saturday looks like right about now

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My idea of what working out looks like these days

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When someone points out that I would already be finished with all of my schoolwork if I hadn't procrastinated so much

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How I've felt since I started grad school

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When people complain that they're on a diet

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What I sometimes want to ask profs when I visit their office during office hours