Saturday, July 23, 2005
What would Brian Boitano do?
He'd make a plan and he'd follow through, that's what Brian Boitano'd do.
It turns out that when you spend your time studying abstract political theory and researching society’s interaction with technology, you don’t really develop skills that make other people money.
“Sorry, your experience is not to the level we require for this position.”
“But I can tell you the difference in Millsian and de Tocquevillian democracy!”
::Blank stare:: “Do you know the filing requirements for our circuit?”
::Blank stare:: “uh…go bears?”
Fine. I speak Turkish with all the fluency of Peggy Hill. I’ll do graduate school in Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey to be exact. Bilkent University in Ankara to be anal.
GRE: check
Personal statement: check
Application: check
Two pictures: check (not sure why they need those, I was tempted to photoshop them a bit, then realized I don’t have Photoshop)
Envelope: check
Signed, sealed and, in 4-7 days, delivered. To Turkey, their postal system has to take it from there.
Classes start on September 12th, it takes two weeks to get an expedited passport, and at least two weeks to get a student visa, which requires a passport first. I’ll assume two weeks is enough time for the Turkish government. Student loans take I have no idea how long, but can’t be more than two weeks. BTW, the Department of Education won’t loan me any money because its Turkey. And we wonder why our intel sucks over there.
By my calculations, if they let me know I’m accepted by the first week in August I can pull off everything I need to make it in time.
The admissions staff is on vacation until August 15th. Whatever.
It turns out that when you spend your time studying abstract political theory and researching society’s interaction with technology, you don’t really develop skills that make other people money.
“Sorry, your experience is not to the level we require for this position.”
“But I can tell you the difference in Millsian and de Tocquevillian democracy!”
::Blank stare:: “Do you know the filing requirements for our circuit?”
::Blank stare:: “uh…go bears?”
Fine. I speak Turkish with all the fluency of Peggy Hill. I’ll do graduate school in Turkey.
Ankara, Turkey to be exact. Bilkent University in Ankara to be anal.
GRE: check
Personal statement: check
Application: check
Two pictures: check (not sure why they need those, I was tempted to photoshop them a bit, then realized I don’t have Photoshop)
Envelope: check
Signed, sealed and, in 4-7 days, delivered. To Turkey, their postal system has to take it from there.
Classes start on September 12th, it takes two weeks to get an expedited passport, and at least two weeks to get a student visa, which requires a passport first. I’ll assume two weeks is enough time for the Turkish government. Student loans take I have no idea how long, but can’t be more than two weeks. BTW, the Department of Education won’t loan me any money because its Turkey. And we wonder why our intel sucks over there.
By my calculations, if they let me know I’m accepted by the first week in August I can pull off everything I need to make it in time.
The admissions staff is on vacation until August 15th. Whatever.
# posted by Mike @ 3:05 AM 
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Can I Photoshop some pictures of you anyway, even if the need is no longer there? I'm a whiz. I'll make you hotter than Tucker Carlson bathed in olive oil, wearing nothing but a bowtie and a smug little smirk.
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