man, I could really go for some chocolate digestive biscuits right now.
I'm sitting in my cold house, drinking tea and recovering from yesterday's harrowing GRE experience. I took the GRE from an out-of-the-way test center on Wormwood St. The part of Boston it was in reminded me of something out of The Matrix (sorry about that, that's the only Matrix allussion you'll ever find on my blog) or the hell of Great Divorce. It was city, but not living city. It was a lot of narrow streets somehow surrounded by parking lots and tall buildings. Ick, the only fun thing about the experience was the candy in the waiting room. But . . . and I know I'm kind of sick for saying this, but it did feel good to be graded again. I really like these measurements. I go crazy without them. It reminds me of the Simpsons episode where the teachers go on strike and Lisa makes Marge write an "A" on a piece of paper so she can feel like she's gotten a grade. So apparently I have to go back to school, otherwise I will never be able to go on living.
Posted by linnea at November 3, 2005 10:03 AMAllussion? Allussion?!!
Posted by: Eb at November 3, 2005 7:34 PM"But . . . and I know I'm kind of sick for saying this, but it did feel good to be graded again."
And this is why you nearly had a nervous breakdown while you were homeschooling!!
Posted by: sperlonga at November 3, 2005 10:09 PMA+ on your blog entry. You rank in the 95th percentile.
Posted by: funke at November 3, 2005 11:02 PMEb, Linnea made an improvement on reality. Deal with it.
Posted by: tuggy at November 3, 2005 11:37 PMAnd Linnea, I'm so glad you have something on which to base your worth again.
(I got a 15/15 on the second of my three big assignments for Hard Grad School Prof, which felt excellent after the first one, which was a B of some sort out of 30 points. Sigh. And Easy Grad School Profette hasn't graded anything I've turned in yet.)
Posted by: tuggy at November 3, 2005 11:45 PMsee, eb, when you pick on my spelling on my blog I can't change it without you looking stupid.
the other thing that made the GRE seem scarier was that I took it on November 2nd, which in Italy is "the day of the dead."
Posted by: linnea at November 4, 2005 8:10 AMLinnea, I sent hope a song to her gmail account, you must listen to it.
Posted by: tuggy at November 4, 2005 1:38 PMYou.
Posted by: Natalie at November 6, 2005 1:33 AM