Raef C. Boylan

Posted 2 Weeks Ago

Just to clarify: "grad school" refers to the Graduate dept of whichever Masters/Ph. D you are getting. It's not actually a whole different place - you're still at the university using the same buildings (and same professors), just the curriculum differs from the undergraduates of course.
Sorry for not being clear enough!

I agree with you - politics could definitely use some creative and compassionate minds, but it can't have me at this very moment - I need a break from the blind leading the blind.

Posted 1 Month Ago

But honestly, I would really just love to live simply and comfortably, travel enough, read what I want, write when I feel like it, contemplate, make awesome meals, and garden.

Posted 1 Month Ago

Those are two separate degrees, and I would have to go to medical school for chiropractors - would take about 3 years and a whole lot of loans... but it's that or grad school (grad (graduate) school are Master's, and PH. D. - it's just the lingo used to distinguish from the undergraduate realm of the university).
That story is definitely one of my faves, it's a great piece!!!
Alrighty, that sounds like an interesting paper - and you put a lot of work into it. Did your professor comment on it, tell you what your weak/strong points were?

Posted 1 Month Ago

This is me attempting to write a "research paper" in under a day.
Political Science is tedious and has a tendency to be boring (@ least at my institution from my experience) to the point where you just can't go on! I can't agree with a pursuit of knowledge rooted in selling yourself, a "performance" based, streamlined "education", but I will also acknowledge that I offer no practical solution (which is fine), so for the time being I figure I might just part ways with the institution of higher learning. I only have two more official core classes for the major so I'm probably going to finish it up and just close that chapter of my life for the time being. I will continue my sociology degree; can say that it has been consistently awesome, for the most part.
I thought about going to grad school, but I feel like I need a break from academia - actually thinking about becoming a chiropractor, but nothing has been solidified yet.
I've also taken out a considerable amount of debt for my undergrad, so I'm hesitant to take on further schooling without feeling secure that I would be able to pay back my loans in the future.
That sounds like such an interesting paper (I believe I have seen that movie, but it's been ages!) - what was your thesis?
and yay! about your short story!!!! Goodness! Not surprised though ;) forgive the outdated phrase, but your writing is "da bomb". What was it about?
P.S. In regards to your most recent comment, I am doing well :) I moved into a bigger apartment, soon to be joined by a friend , which will be making rent beautifully cheap! Semester is coming to a close, last assignment due Monday, aside from the paper I'm working on now (it's 5:30am my time and it is due at midnight). It's been a long semester and I'm looking forward to going on break!

Posted 2 Months Ago

Saw your comments, will get to them asap :)

Posted 3 Months Ago

What did you write about in your literary theories essay? How was the writing process for you overall?

Woah! I just chuckled a little imagining you trying to get through snow with crutches, aherm, sorry about that, mate. It just seems like something that would be comical... frustrated crutch movements.... okay, seriously though - how did you bust your leg?

Posted 3 Months Ago

Last semester was honestly a lucky streak. This semester is killing me; took two tests this past Friday and I walked out of there thankful that I was able to write SOMETHING down. To be fair, they are political science classes which I now have a slight distaste for. Also, I've been feeling weird lately; I only have a year left in school and I don't know where to go next with my life. So, I sit around and smoke all day, barely getting s**t done, and not remembering half of it. My peers are driven and involved in all sorts of things making me look worthless in comparison. I want to hate myself for just shrugging it off, but why should I hate myself for not endorsing a system of requirements that show and prove nothing of true value? S**t. So, I smoke.

But, there is time and I have applied to several organizations... *fingers crossed* I'm only winging it, after all.

Posted 4 Months Ago

I'm struggling in a course I'm taking about the 19th Century. The professor makes me so nervous that whenever he calls on me (participation is NOT voluntary), I stumble over my thoughts and look like I haven't read (and I did!). But, it's getting better... I'm going to have a chat with him, methinks. My favorite profession of procrastination has become outdated, the deadlines are more pressing, the quantity of work has doubled. Dean's list means that I kept my grade average above a certain threshold. Got straight A's meaning my grade average for the semester was a perfect 4.0, it was a miracle really, didn't read a great portion of the assigned readings, or do much aside from going to work when needed, and sitting on my best friend's couch smoking it up while watching re-runs of shows we used to watch as kids, laughing about how corny they were. Good times... :)

Posted 5 Months Ago

How did your descriptive prose + commentary go? Got your grades back for the semester?
I somehow made Dean's List... honestly I'm such a slacker it's an effin miracle. I've been hanging around my apartment the majority of winter break reading books and watching excessive amounts of Netflix. No snow here, we are a tropical people here in Florida, haha, although it is cold!
How was your holiday season?

Posted 6 Months Ago

One week to Winter Break! I can't wait to sit around watching TV shows on the internet without a care in the world (at least while I'm watching the shows, ahaha)
Yeah, some states filed petitions to secede, I laughed at them. Stupidity at its finest, I tell you. I voted for Obama of course... it was a scary election period seeing as Romney had a considerable amount of support...
Study/work/sleep -----> it's awesome, isn't it? ;)