tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post4287621459699567045..comments2024-02-27T10:53:04.581+01:00Comments on paperpools: words failHelen DeWitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-20893564901052502422009-09-19T21:12:55.487+00:002009-09-19T21:12:55.487+00:00... and FURTHERMORE, if I take a leave of absence,...... and FURTHERMORE, if I take a leave of absence, I'll have to start paying off my student loans again, and if I make the minimum payment of 150 a month for 12 months that's another 1800 it'll cost me. <br /><br />My whole solution is to steal. And who better to steal from than the professional screenwriter and author of A History of Violence? I'll send him my screenplay and get his response, thereby--obviously--stealing his years hard-won knowledge. <br /><br />Happily. Ever. After.Mithridateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071591560485370221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-26208329592193171432009-09-19T19:30:20.441+00:002009-09-19T19:30:20.441+00:00Mith, that's horrific. And insane.Mith, that's horrific. And insane.Helen DeWitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07619602559096610012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-90321302021286922732009-09-19T19:04:34.186+00:002009-09-19T19:04:34.186+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mithridateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071591560485370221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-2659686384893953082009-09-19T19:04:33.494+00:002009-09-19T19:04:33.494+00:00I call the registrar. I owe $950 for one research ...I call the registrar. I owe $950 for one research credit because I am no longer TA-ing for the school and don't have a fellowship. "I don't have that kind of money, obviously. Is there a payment plan?" "No." "What if I take a temporary leave of absence and save up?" "You have to pay for the all the credits you missed." "That makes total sense. So if I take a year off I'll owe roughly 3,000 dollars when I return." "Sorry, them's the rules." Now I need to spend valuable research and writing time looking for extra work and then, if I'm lucky, working. I'm thinking of just giving up. All because I can't provide them with extremely cheap labor. Now the prospect of going on the job market and getting a position at a fourth or fifth tier college and writing a book that will probably go unread or be outdated in ten years even if it is--this seems less like the beginning of a suicide note now and more like my wildest fantasy.Mithridateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071591560485370221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-60596620713644736482009-09-19T17:31:10.737+00:002009-09-19T17:31:10.737+00:00This slightly sent a shiver down my spine! And ga...This slightly sent a shiver down my spine! And gave me a sudden vision of a massive class-action lawsuit - tallying up all the mental-health expenses (psychiatrists, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-depressants, sleeping pills, plus pain-and-suffering compensation for anxiety-related lost hours of sleep) of all MLA members and getting a cash settlement from the academy, to be shared out between all universities...!Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375681131276548542.post-62238756344222679942009-09-19T16:13:19.480+00:002009-09-19T16:13:19.480+00:00This is irrelevant to your post, but I was in the ...This is irrelevant to your post, but I was in the university library yesterday trying to find some books to use for a paper I'm working on. The library was about to close so I was pretty rushed to find something. After having found a decent selection of books I rushed through the stacks to get to the elevator so as to get downstairs to check them out. As I'm flying through the stacks with a pile of books in my arms, I see this flash of a book that says "Theory of Harmony". I backtracked and sure enough it was Schoenberg's "Theory of Harmony". Upon leaving the library, my pile of books one one book heavier.Nathanielnoreply@blogger.com