Origami Girl bounds into the lab where Mountain Girl and I are working on the Hamsters. Since she's EE and our programs have diverged, we don't have any classes together anymore, so it's Old Home Minute.
"Guys! Would you believe that I got into grad school without totally applying?" she says.
"How's that?" "Where?"
"UVA! I started filling out their online application, but I never finished and then I missed the deadline to apply for financial aid. So I figured that was that, but then I got an email telling me to finish my application. I worked on it a little more, but I was tired and I figured, hey, no money, so why? And then the other night at, like, 1:30 am I checked my email and it said 'Congratulations! You have been accepted…' and I thought, now which of my friends did this to me? But it was real!" Origami Girl demonstrates high frequency oscillation.
"Well, congratulations. Are you getting a fellowship or something?" I ask.
"I don't know. I'm going to the information session and we'll see. I'm looking for a job around here anyway." She shrugs.
190 words | February 14, 2005 10:35 PM | Ivory towerGreetings,
Mentioned 5.16.04, The Folger Shakespeare Library sounds fascinating! My daughter wants to check it out!
Also 5.20.04 re. indexing. I found you by accident while looking for www.elams.org. My Google search terms were "Monument Avenue monkey".
I started reading when I found that you were based locally.
K.
Posted by: K. and J. at February 18, 2005 10:27 AMThe Folger is wonderful. The exhibit we went to see is long gone, but they are now displaying letters from Renaissance England. I love primary source history—it's like reading weblogs.
And I'm always amazed at what brings people here. My current favorite search is "kitten licking screen clean."
Posted by: Nee-chama at February 19, 2005 11:48 AM