voncookie | February 28, 2008
I found out yesterday that I was not passed on to the next round for BPUF (Big Prestigious University Fellowship), so that makes 3 Fellowships now that I’ve been denied. It’s fine, I can deal, after all , the department only nominates one Grad Student for the BPUF out of the whole mess of us [...]
voncookie | January 31, 2008
Didn’t get it, ah well. Hey, at least that means I can stay snug as a bug in a rug in my lovely apartment for another year. Every cloud has a hardwood-floored, large-windowed lining. Still…. damn.
voncookie | January 31, 2008
So, today is the day that I find out about Big Prestigious International Fellowship—not whether I got it or not, but whether I’ve been passed on to the next round, at which point I will have a 50/50 chance or greater of being recommended by the host country. And then will come a wealth of [...]
voncookie | November 12, 2007
One more grant application complete and sent off. Fabulous. Now: Shower, and then straight to the BNE… maybe after a quick nap. *Yawn*
voncookie | November 12, 2007
It’s cold here this morning. My little computer weather thingy on my Google Sidebar (if you don’t have this tool, you *must* get it) says that it’s -1 degree Celcius. About 30 degrees Fahrenheit. I think it’s lying a little bit, because I wasn’t freezing my ass off when I went over to Paraíso this [...]
