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14th-Mar-2008 11:02 am - 031408: End of the quarter...
mohawk
End of classes...
Teaching...
A month post-exams...
Stuff to do...
Writing anxiety...

http://www.edmondchang.com/2008/journal0308.html
 
5th-Feb-2008 04:33 pm - THE News...
mohawk
I just got word: I passed my written exams! 

Here's a tidbit of feedback I got: "Good work here.  Everyone was impressed with your writing.  The comments I make above are really focused on things that you need to do to keep progressing beyond the exam.  The exam performance in itself was excellent."  Longer comments at: http://www.edmondchang.com/2008/journal0208.html#020508

Now I have to prep for my orals portion next Thursday...
2nd-Feb-2008 12:15 pm - 020208: Groundhog day...
tie & smiling
Happy groundhog day...
Punxsatawny says six more weeks of winter... boo...
Crawling out of January...
Exams, exams, exams...
Final lists meeting...
Preparing for the writtens...
Exams weekend recap...
My exam questions...
Juno is a winner...
Cloverfield is a loser...
Stress high fading...

It's all right here: http://www.edmondchang.com/2008/journal0208.html
26th-Jan-2008 12:42 am - Day One
mohawk
The first 24 hours of my PhD exams done... my brain is mush.
18th-Jan-2008 11:59 am - One. Week.
mohawk
In exactly a week, I will be in my PhD exams. My brain and body are freaked out. But, it will be done soon enough.

The count down continues...
22nd-Dec-2007 05:51 pm - I r dumb...
mohawk
Don't you hate it when you sit down and you're reading and you're groving and you're saying to yourself, "Hey, I understand this stuff... I can write something like THIS... Maybe I am smarter than I think... My PhD exams should be a breeze..."

And then there's the kidney punch from behind when the lights go out and some snaps a Polaroid flash in your face.

I just read the introduction to my committee chair's book... I'm fucked...

Not only did you not see it coming and you're making a really stupid, pained face, for sure, in highly unflattering light but there's photographic evidence to boot.

Pray continue.
magenta
The long awaited updated... recap... summary... thingy...
It all started in October...
Teaching literature...
UCLA Queer Studies conference...
Halloween...
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts conference...
November blur...
Thanksgiving...
Now December..
Exam date set...
Finishing the quarter...
Holidays...

Read it: http://www.edmondchang.com/2007/journal1207.html
15th-Sep-2007 11:42 am - 091507: Once more unto the breach...
tie & smiling
Quiet mornings...
Busy-ness continues...
Summer class finished...
Got to plan next class...
Fall quarter starts too soon...
Reading, reading, reading...
Exam anxiety...

Read all about it: http://www.edmondchang.com/2007/journal0907.html#091507
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