okay

[fox]

i'm done.  i'll finish this term, because i've already arranged tutorials, and it would be tacky not to show up -- but i've pretty firmly decided not to keep going with this next fall.  i mean, what's the point, frankly?  i can geek out about language and languages from wherever i am -- i don't need to be here to do it, and what are the odds i'll actually need a PhD for whatever i wind up doing next anyway?  historically, i haven't had a single job i wasn't preposterously overqualified for.  i don't have any reason to believe that won't change.

so.  that's that.

Comments

[sidra]

What do you think you'll do?

I think the point of a PhD is to say you have a PhD *lol*

Either that or be a professor at a University.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

(and when I left grad school I stayed for the tutorials too, I agree with you about that...)

[cannons-at-dawn.livejournal.com]

!!!

[chains-of-irony.livejournal.com]

Don't worry Rhi, half my flist has admitted they're pregnant. It's April 1st!

:p Don't scare me Fox. I want you around when I come to Oxford next year. ^_^

[cannons-at-dawn.livejournal.com]

*checks calendar*

*shakes fist*

I see :-).

...has the Pope actually died, though?

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

not yet. or, if he has, the washington post isn't reporting it.

[cannons-at-dawn.livejournal.com]

My god. It's been lies, all lies! the whole of today.

[emrinalexander.livejournal.com]

What brought this on? Are you tired of England and homesick, or do you just really want to be done with school?

It's just that you were so excited about doing this, and I hate to see you chuck it in.

[mearagrrl.livejournal.com]

It took me a second, going "But, but...geeking out over there about language is way cooler, man!". And then i went "Um, so is April Fool's. Yeahhhh..."

[thalia]

Happy April Fool's Day!

[batagur.livejournal.com]

This is an April fools post, yes?

[fafou.livejournal.com]

yeah there is no way this is real. but if it is, those of us stateside will be happy to have you.

If it's a joke.

Good one....

[sowilo.livejournal.com]

I thought, "huh. I had no idea that she wasn't happy. well, best of luck, then", then scrolled down to an April Fool's post and thought "ohhh". My excuse is that I haven't had any coffee yet.

[emila-wan.livejournal.com]

Shit. You just scared the HELL out of me. *G*

[shezan.livejournal.com]

And here I was pondering a post in which I ranted at George W Bush. Beat me to the April's Fools deadline!

[wholenother.livejournal.com]

See, here's the thing, Fox, you sound like me, not you -- and the language is off for either of us.

Better luck next time!

Here's about how I'll write it when I do:

Okay, so I've reached my self-imposed limit of $100,000 in debt, so I'm done with school. It's too bad, really, since I have only a semester left, but this is a promise I made myself (foolishly or otherwise) -- and $100,000 is still better than $105,000. As you all know, I've known this to be pointless for years but am unable to admit defeat. Well, so much for that; it's kind of a relief, really, to have an excuse to quit. Of course, I can't leave until I find myself a job, and since no one seems to be able to remember to write a recommendation letter on time, I'd better look for jobs that don't require that sort of thing. Walmart? I wonder what happens if I can't find a job, since I'm not taking out any more loans. Anyone want to lend me a couch?

See? Yours doesn't sound like me at all, and yet it sounds more like me than it does like you.

:p