I've got a lot of extra Vacation/Personal/Sick days saved up (nine total) and I didn't particularly feel like going into work today, so I called in sick. I slept in a bit (which for me these days means I got up at 8:30), showered and then got down to writing. I had a bit of a slow start due to some trouble I'd been having sorting out exactly what people were trying to say in the scene I was working on. Basically, I'd type out some dialogue and then the character I'd typed it for would start screaming at me and telling me I was misrepresenting them and, no, that wasn't what they meant at all. *grumbles* Stupid characters. In the end I sorted it all out nicely, though, and as of the moment I write this I've got just over 3k under my belt for the day, though I'm planning to write some more later tonight. Finishing by the end of the coming weekend seems more and more likely.
(The music for the day, by the way, amounted to the collected works of Pink Floyd, which I've got to tell you is a really strange sound to write to. It worked, though.)
I also called the Asian Studies grad office at Berkeley. They sent me my application packet (after I'd already applied online, so either I'm quick or they're slow) and on the requirements page it mentions that I need to give them an academic writing sample. The online application didn't mention this. I mean, it's no problem; I've got tons sitting around my hard-drive. Only thing is, where am I supposed to send it and how can I be assured that it'll get in with the rest of my application?
Sadly, no one answered at the grad school. Fortunately, since they're on the Left Coast I can keep trying them for another few hours.
Now it's time to check my dailies (see "Visitations" at left) and start figuring out what to do with the other 8 days off I can take between now and New Year's.
Comments (4)
Don't you think it's a little foolish to be admitting your complicity on the internet. Aren't you worried that someone might see and tell on you to big brother? You can kiss those wonderful 9 days of vacation goodbye. At the very least you should pull some tell-tale haxor sp33k in the body, so you can claim your website was hacked, and you really were sick and not playing hookey.
Hmm... speaking of which, do you realize you are running Apache 1.3.27 with OpenSSL 0.9.6? You should really consider upgrading to 0.9.7c. It's really easy to root. I'll show you. Now where did I put that SSL cipher buffer-overflow script...
Posted by Rob | November 11, 2003 10:58 PM
Posted on November 11, 2003 22:58
Eh. I'm prepared to kill anyone who rats me out, so it's cool. Besides, if I started typing in l33t, I'd pretty much have to kill myself. Either that or become a character in MegaTokyo.
As for the rest... uhm... no clue what I'm running. I pay someone to figure that out for me. More or less.
Posted by Jason | November 12, 2003 10:38 AM
Posted on November 12, 2003 10:38
Referring to writing samples, why not a .pdf?
We send them to court all the time. And if it wasn't listed on the online application....(did you tell them this?)
My uncle went to Berkley...
Posted by Bekah | November 14, 2003 12:15 PM
Posted on November 14, 2003 12:15
I spoke to the woman on Wednesday and offered to send my sample via electronic means. She thought about it for a second and decided she didn't want to set the precedent of printing out 5 - 15 pages for an applicant. I can't say I blame her.
Posted by Jason | November 14, 2003 12:55 PM
Posted on November 14, 2003 12:55