tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post7826310414149190636..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Six! Six applications! Ah. Ah. Ah. Ah.Sisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-63635490436363561662007-10-17T22:20:00.000-07:002007-10-17T22:20:00.000-07:00Maude, don't even get me started on last year's cr...Maude, don't <I>even</I> get me started on last year's craziness getting in my letters, and right now I only have one updated. On the other hand, you just write "my dossier will follow separately" and mail the fuckers. You have a <I>little</I> leeway getting the letters in ... I hope. Good luck on the tuning and retuning. It will somehow all pan out.<BR/><BR/>Undine, I am blanking on the lyric. Unfortunately you've hit on someone who doesn't sing, can't remember lyrics for crap, and was always in the band/orchestra for community theatre. However, since I <I>am</I> a ham, I feel I'm letting you down here.<BR/><BR/>And let's see if I can actually get a first down with this puppy. Thank god my job market skills are better than my sports abilities.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-36729545407044341792007-10-17T17:01:00.000-07:002007-10-17T17:01:00.000-07:00Hello, Ado Annie! (That "girl who can't say no" is...Hello, Ado Annie! (That "girl who can't say no" is a shout-out to all who love musicals, right?) <BR/><BR/>I liked your sports analogies, and congrats on getting six applications out.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-6967605824694121542007-10-17T12:15:00.000-07:002007-10-17T12:15:00.000-07:00wow, i haven't sent any apps out yet. there were a...wow, i haven't sent any apps out yet. there were a couple in new york i wanted to apply for, but one of my letter of rec writers hasn't gotten the letter in yet (though her father did die at the beginning of the semester, and she's been out of town, off and on for the last 5 weeks), but i did give her a prepaid overnight envelope to help out. anyway, i had to just decide to give it until friday, and if it's not there, i have to use last year's letter just for the sake of being able to get apps out for the first run of jobs i would really like to apply for. the same thing happened last year with said letter writer--she and another one just absolutely could not get it by the date i needed, and i missed out on a ton of job deadlines because of it. <BR/><BR/>um, my point is, i won't even get stuff in the mail until next tuesday, so you, my dear, are totally on top of everything! i, on the other hand, will be fine tuning the letter this weekend, working on the STP (though it really is more like an STD in how painful it is--not that i'd know), and working on the writing sample. <BR/><BR/>sigh.Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-66064952286960993602007-10-16T21:42:00.000-07:002007-10-16T21:42:00.000-07:00Good luck! It's heartening to hear that I'm not th...<I> Good luck! It's heartening to hear that I'm not the only one who hasn't got the job materials together AT ALL. </I><BR/><BR/>What??? I am hard at work, I tell you, _hard_ at work! My advisor has seen several new instantiations of all the materials, which I revised from last year, and now I'm waiting to get the ok that I'm done with the revising and fixing. (/end snit.) And with that, I will go read more blogs.<BR/><BR/>sue who, I will put the quote and boot pictures in the application that uses my alternate teaching philosophy below.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-26915885360162563282007-10-16T06:58:00.000-07:002007-10-16T06:58:00.000-07:00Good luck! It's heartening to hear that I'm not t...Good luck! It's heartening to hear that I'm not the only one who hasn't got the job materials together AT ALL.Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-44617690602108417382007-10-16T06:38:00.000-07:002007-10-16T06:38:00.000-07:00"Have I mentioned I'm a girl who just can't say no..."Have I mentioned I'm a girl who just can't say no?"<BR/><BR/>You should definitely put that in your cover letter. That and the boots photo captioned "for ass-kicking students". <BR/><BR/>Good luck with the stomping and copying.azoresdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001918242842890799noreply@blogger.com