Perhaps I'm losing the Fred and Albert motif. Perhaps they were just my flotation device as I got my blogging feet out of the kiddy pool.
Instead of talking about what I did in the last few days from the perspective of cancerous growths in my brain, I feel more like typing and seeing what happens.
I feel like an Olympic diver about to take the plunge of my life--comprehensive finals for my MA in English. Whenever I found out that people don't always pass them and have to retake them, I suddenly put myself in that mindset. "What if I failed? They'd know I was an idiot all along, and I'd have to go back to Texas a failure." But then I thought, "I know a guy who passed them last year. He didn't strike me as insanely intelligent. So I'll just study."
But back to the diving metaphor, I've worked for the last 7 1/2 years to earn my BA and MA; now I've finally worked my way to the end and must give a final performance. Olympic divers dive all day long, and when their big moment comes, they just do what they've always done--dive. So I should just keep studying and writing. And when my big moment comes (in less than two weeks), I'll just jump as far and as high as I can. Whatever happens happens.
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I always find your blog posts very entertaining. It sounds as though your hard work and effort is going to pay off. Good luck with your test.
Mike,
Keep the faith, my man.
You will pass the test with flying colors. I have had classes with you now for the past three or four years. (I think the first one was Dr. Rice's undergraduate Shakespeare course--a once a week jobbie). But, I have always been impressed with your level of academic rigor; you are plugged into the process: always chiming in with your perspective, asking questions, and being an overall good time in class. This is the making of a person who will spank the comprehensive exam's (figurative) ass.
Enjoy flexing your intellectual muscles; enjoy showing off all that you've learned.
You'll be brilliant!
I'm with you. Sometimes when I think of the comp exam that's slowly upon me I think maybe I should have done that thesis? Then I remember I don't have another three years to write the thing. Good luck. I'll be there next spring.
Thanks Mandee,
Did I ever mention that your intelligence and beauty could conquer France? Well, they could.
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