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If Patti LuPone can master the tuba, so can you, Mabs. I don't want any excuses - you'll wow the crowds, I'm sure.

Pat: I sent my B+P chick a PM to let her know that you got the DVDs today. Maybe there'd be an outside chance that she'd be able to send me 7-8 different shows?? In which case, would you be able to make those copies in 3 weeks, and bring the originals back w/ you when you come? I also (feeling guilty, since this totally ended up sounding like a scam..."Ummm, I lost 8 of my DVDs, will you do a B+P and take pity on me?...Hey, they miraculously happened to get there the day after the blanks got to you? Could you, you know, er...make me a bunch of different shows?") said that if she was totally swamped she could just pop the blanks back in the mail (I already sent the postage-paid envelope). *sigh*

Elphie: I saw that post on craigslist! ICK!!! Can you even imagine what kind of sleezy guy this is. Blech! "Yeah, then come on back to my place after the show." *shudder*

Ellie: Electric Co. on tuba...I LIKE IT!

ETA: Never heard back from the GA chick. She's got AOL, so I can check the email status. As of yet, she hasn't opened the email. I suppose that's better than "Deleted," right?

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Updated On: 11/1/05 at 05:00 PM

Yeah, you can check whether or not someone (only w/ an AOL account) has read/deleted a message by going to sent mail, checking the desired e-mail, then clicking Status. It'll say "Unread," "Read (w/ the time and date it was opened)" or "Deleted."

As of 9pm, my e-mail to the ticket chick was still "Unread."


I'm always tempted to reply to those ads and bitch them out, but I never do. I'm sure they'd just have some snarky response that I really wouldn't want to deal w/. Ick though!

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Mmmmm, yep! Went for the pasta rather than the greasy food, did ya? Not a bad call, not a bad call. Get anything good in your 4 lbs of chocolate?

And yeah, the craigslist guys are ridiculous. I think THEY should have to be forced to post a photo of themselves to put SH*T like that up, and then have the audacity to ask the women who reply to "be sure to send a photo."

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Well, I certainly don't need them immediately, so I'm perfectly content just waiting until you're in NY in a couple of weeks and snagging them at some point then. I'm sure we'll meet up for a bite to eat or for the concert w/ Claire (should I finangle a ticket) or something. I'm kind of spooked w/ the mail (even though it does appear to have been there all along!). I haven't heard back from the interference girl yet. I'm kind of hoping I'll make out like a bandit and she'll be willing to send me some new shows. If not, no biggie there either. Drop me a PM sometime to remind me of what Bway stuff I sent you. I think some of it I needed back, but I don't really recall.

Whatever, at least you've got them!! I'm so glad!!

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I'm absolutely crushed. So first I found out that one of my Ontario university's had that 1800 character limit for the 5 questions it asks me to submit, and I find this out at the last minute after typing 6000 characters per question. So I'm already bawling because one of my universities is essentially a write off.

Now I'm bawling again because it turns out my ENTIRE Ontario application wasn't processed yesterday, so not only was that one university a write off, ALL of them were, and I don't even get considered for them anymroe because my application hasn't been received.

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Nah, it has nothing to do with me going on the trip. Even if I'd stayed home, I still wouldn't have started the personal statements until the night before the deadline. At least the trip gave me a mostly-happy diversion. I'm so upset over this. As if an 1800 character limit wasn't bad enough (I mean, seriously, that's like 260 words cut down from the originally 1000-ish I had), to not even have a shot at the other two Ontario universities as well (which had much higher character limits that I stayed under, and thus those statements remained well constructed) just kills me. I'd rather pay the $400 application fees and get 3 rejection letters than to not get $400 and wonder If only...

I do agree with what you said last night, that this must be a sign. Either that, or ridiculously bad karm AGAIN. A combination of both? I don't know if I'll even want to re-apply in a couple of years. The parents want me out of the house this coming fall (if I was going to law school in Vancouver they'd let me stay, otherwise they said they want me to move out) so if I have to get a full-time job, I'd rather it was a career-oriented job and I'll have to think of a new start to my life. I'm seriously considering - if I don't go to law school - moving to NY for a while. I can stay there for a 6 month period, and live with Nikki in Brooklyn if I need to.

I'm so just upset over this, I can't think.

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*hugs Tiff*
*wipes Tiff's snot off shoulder*

I'm so sorry, Tiff. I don't know what to say except that I know you'll get through this and will figure out what you're meant to do with your life. Maybe a detour isn't such a bad thing, like Mabs said. Anyway, I'm sending positive thoughts your way.

Hugs to Tiff!

Just remember, as Mabel said, this isn't your only chance. And maybe an extended breather is just what you need, so whatever happens you'll be fine. However, feel free to keep venting here. You have many sympathetic ears all ready to listen attentively and offer you as much support as they can!

Maybe it would be the other way around w/ the emotional stamina? If you gave yourself some breathing time, time to really let things sink in. I know that there is really a fine line on when you let put something off and when you just let it go altogether. It sounds like you really do want to go to law school, but maybe it really just isn't the time. And maybe Saskatchewan wouldn't be so horrible. I'm not up on my Canadian provinces, but Saskatchewan sounds like it would equal "being out in the sticks," and I don't know if that'd be for you. But what do I know.

Just saw that Ellie posted about "taking a breather" echoing what I just typed. That is my first gut reaction to what you might need. Whether that means staying in Vancouver and moving out of the house, taking a downgrade to Saskatchewan, or coming to NYC...that I don't know.

The apartment is on the UES, btw. Though it's on York, which kind of blows. I suppose if I get over my bus phobia, it's pretty convenient though. The express (4/5) stops at 86th and Lex, so on a nice day it's about a 10 minute walk, but the crosstown bus would also drop you off right there. It's small, but I've seen smaller (for more $$). I think I'd seriously look into Brooklyn first, but after the way the subways have been running this semester, I don't know if I'd want to get stuck (even if it wasn't as ridiculous as it's been for the past couple of months) dealing w/ craziness every weekend/late at night.


Nothing particularly exciting on the internship front. I got an email back from some random independent film co, so I think I have an interview there. I checked out their site, and I've never heard of anything that they've done. VERY independent, I'd say. *shrug* Beggars can't be choosers, I suppose.

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This is a toss-up as to whether or not this'll help or offend, but I'm going to say it anyway, and take it how you will.

Well, to be fair (or at least honest w/ yourself) it's not as if you didn't get into law school. It's not as though you spent weeks, or days even getting your applications together. You spent hours getting your personal statments together. You've got to know that if you'd helped yourself out that you would have had a much better shot, hell, a shot at all(!) of getting in. I'm not trying to bitch you out about this, even though I'm sure it sounds like it. I'm just trying to say, that it's not as if you had everything perfected, so that you knew what you sent in was the best you could do, the best reprsentation of yourself and your abilities, and then you still got rejected. Don't sell youself short. You did something that probably wasn't so bright (that I'd be willing to bet HUNDREDS of other people did as well...it's not like you're the only procrastinator in the world) and you got a raw deal as a result. The main point is, you can't look at it as if you couldn't get in. You've gotta give youself a chance to get in the game first.

Did that make any sense? And I really hope you know that I didn't take that as being overly harsh, because I didn't mean it that way.

Edited because some of this was really poorly worded!

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Updated On: 11/2/05 at 09:50 PM

PS. Nada from Conan so far? Working for an independent film company wouldn't be so bad - I bet there's a steep learning curve. Apparently working in those sorts of sets and offices, you're given a lot more responsibility than your mainstream counterparts because there's less of a budget to hire so many people so they don't micro-delegate responsibilities.

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