Saturday, April 23, 2016

An Innocent Life #8: When Will The Semester Come To End??


Hello there. I am currently drowning in everything I need to do before I graduate college. But hey, at least I don't need to worry about my future, right? (Just the future of the country, I suppose).

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I finished reading The Last Boy And Girl In The World! It was not about the making of little babies to repopulate the Earth.

But I accidentally created an artistic photo, in that the blanket I used symbolizes the flooding of the town, Aberdeen, from the novel. MUCH ARTIST VAL. SO TALENT.

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Here are some random links from maybe the past three weeks or so? Whoops!

Cynthia @ Bingeing for Books discusses why you shouldn't blog just for free books. I mean, you'll definitely burn out within the first month!

Inge @ Bookshelf Reflections recently closed down her site (SAD) so now I can't link back to her post about JOINING BOOKISH GAMES. Which you all should, btw. Oh thanks to Shannon, here's the link!

Tonya @ LilyBloomBooks wonders if social media is too much of a good thing. I really only promote on Twitter because I am a lazy bum.

Chiara @ Books For A Delicate Eternity urges EVERYONE to go read manga! And she also has a post about whether novellas are worth your money or not.

Holly @ The Fox's Hideaway asks where all her negative reviews went (*whispers very quietly* up your butt. Haha. Ok I'll stop.)

Jillian @ Jillian's Books talks about how books have set her standards high (for real life things, like BOYFRIENDS and GIRLFRIENDS, and I guess just friends. And dogs)

Peach @ Rebelle Reads warns you to NEVER LEND OUT YOUR BOOKS AGAIN. How can people be so cruel to books?

Get your Fearless Book Blogger Workbook HERE at Bookish Serendipity!

Nefarious Tales has started! You should go check it out because A LOT of bloggers are participating!

ARGH. LIFE IS HARD

Let me tell you a fun, stressful story. Back in late February, little Val was applying to present at an Undergraduate Research Exposition at her university. It would take place on April 22nd. The deadline was March 1st, and the people in charge promised a notification on March 15th.

Fast forward to March 15th. No email. People in charge sneakily go on the website and change the notification date to April 1st. Fine.

Fast forward to April 1st. People in charge email apologies, saying that haven't gone through all the applications yet and need just a little bit more time.

Fast forward to APRIL 13TH. With less than 10 days to go, Val has been invited to present a poster. Too bad Val is posterless.

Fortunately, I do have a poster now, and I presented it. It was stressful to come up with, and I had to get it edited multiple times. But it was sooooo much better than what I expected. Like I actually talked ENGLISH. And didn't let my shyness get me! (In the end I didn't need a shot of liquor, haha). 


Look it's me! I should have won an award for best dressed or something.

The semester is almost at an end, so I mean....by May I should be HUNKY DORY. (If I had a dollar for every time I said I wouldn't be busy by a certain time....le sigh).

How are you guys doing? You guys ok?

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Aww Val, sounds like everything worked out well in the end! Plus omgg you're so close to the end of your degree woo! Just keep thinking of that :D
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You can do it! Home stretch and such. :)
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Ahh! You're so close to graduating??? I'm so out of the loop with everything because I've been...slumping and not trying hard enough to keep up with everyone but congrats on being so close to graduating and nailing presenting your poster! You definitely deserve an award for best dressed and for not completely panicking over that whole very stressful presentation (I got stressed just reading about it).

I hope the rest of your drowning as you finish everything you need to do before graduating isn't too stressful... (Can you drown unstressfully?) Lovely artistic photo, you really are much talent, Val! =)
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Wow, you're really close to graduate, that's great! That's what you need to think about. I'm glad everything worked out for you!
Personally, I still have finals in May and then I'm done for the school year! Since I'm French, I'm in my third year, which means I'll have a bachelor at the end of the year (I'm not sure it's the correct term in English though), that's what I keep saying myself when I study for finals. But yay, holidays are almost upon us! :)
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Wow! Good for you for getting that poster put together! As an English major, I look at that and go. Yup, looks...sciencey.
I hate it when people change dates and take forever to get back to you on stuff like that. It's so stressful!

Also, thanks for sharing all those links. I love it when bloggers do stuff like that :)
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You can find the Bookish Games post HERE: http://ofwonderland.com/2016/04/05/join-bookish-g... There you are!

I love the picture of you and your poster! Because you look like "I am so sweet and such a hard working student and I love my poster!" but what you REALLY mean is "I fucking hate this poster and I am smiling because I never have to see it again and can consume all the liquor now".
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Val you absolutely NAILED it with your outfit and your poster, it sounds like you did brilliantly with your presentation! It sounds like it's pretty stressful not keeping in contact with your deadlines, but I'm glad it finally came through?!
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Congrats on your poster working out (talk about stress, them waiting until the last minute on you like that! If you have to meet deadlines, why don't they?!) and wrapping up your undergrad schooling!
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Well done on the poster! I'm nearing the end of my BA (and don't know where I'll end up for my MA in fall yet), so I get you about the stress! I hope you find some time to reward yourself too. :)
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Your artistic talent is so on point. You should have minored in art. Clearly.

My gosh, those people were so sneaky, at least you got the job done. YAY VAL. Look at you, all cute and professional presenting that awesome forever edited poster of yours. Yay! I knew you'd do well. You should have won an award for sure.

The semester's ending so soonnnn. Omg. What comes next? You've been freed.
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You look so professional presenting! And your poster has a great layout. It looks really easy to read and I like that most of it's graphs and stuff rather than text. Congratulations!
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I am in awe at your artistry with that book photo, Val XD Seriously though that cover is amazing omg.

You look so happy and the poster looks so pretty! Yes I think I shall award you with best dressed or something. Glad to hear it all worked out for you in the end <3
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Congratulations on your successful poser presentation! That is awesome. Sucks that you only had a short time to do it though. Good luck with everything you have to do to graduate!
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Wow! You got that poster together fast! Very impressive! :-)
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YOU LINKED MY POST. AHHH THANX. <3

Presenting is so scary. I become such a stumbling, embarrassing mess, but you look so great & professional! (Btw, I love that blanket in the Insta photo. It looks so fuzzy & fancy!)
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