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term='master splinter'/><category term='fiction'/><category term='writing'/><category term='bangkok'/><title type='text'>Comments on Gorilla Teacher: Diaries of a Young American in South Korea: Welcome to Gorilla Teacher: Diaries of a Young Ame...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/feeds/5153490903188155287/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html'/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-4435422862772046863</id><published>2011-08-25T21:15:31.917+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-25T21:15:31.917+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Very nice article! It really made me interested he...</title><content type='html'>Very nice article! It really made me interested here. Thank you for bringing more informative post. I can&amp;#39;t wait to read more of your blogs&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.loyaltyusa.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt; disney vacation home&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4435422862772046863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4435422862772046863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1314274531917#c4435422862772046863' title=''/><author><name>Yvonne Kirby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12142652033766176661</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-969711433'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-4743679577908694884</id><published>2011-06-09T11:59:46.425+09:00</published><updated>2011-06-09T11:59:46.425+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi

Tks very much for post: 

I like it and hope t...</title><content type='html'>Hi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tks very much for post: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like it and hope that you continue posting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me show other source that may be good for community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://teacherinterviewquestions.info/teacher-interview-thank-you-letter/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Teacher interview thank you letter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best rgs&lt;br /&gt;David</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4743679577908694884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4743679577908694884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1307588386425#c4743679577908694884' title=''/><author><name>torres</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10451369854442606583</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-162601462'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-4296944124116815822</id><published>2009-07-20T17:18:50.712+09:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T17:18:50.712+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi I&amp;#39;m the owner of webpage www.nowseoul.com I...</title><content type='html'>Hi I&amp;#39;m the owner of webpage www.nowseoul.com I have something to tell you so please e-mail me to let me know your email address my mail address is [kwonsoonb@naver.com]</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4296944124116815822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4296944124116815822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1248077930712#c4296944124116815822' title=''/><author><name>kwonsoonb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12604429821999112018</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1328963804'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-4488736184060160466</id><published>2009-02-23T03:56:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T03:56:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Good luck on those three schools!  I hope you get ...</title><content type='html'>Good luck on those three schools!  I hope you get some great news!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It seems like we're reaching a point now where every day a new school is notifying.  So any day now...might be best to take a break from the melodrama on the MFA boards haha. I think I ought to do that.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4488736184060160466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4488736184060160466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1235328960000#c4488736184060160466' title=''/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-668184439'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-55481914541547498</id><published>2009-02-19T04:10:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T04:10:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, at least I got some news....I got a rejectio...</title><content type='html'>Well, at least I got some news....I got a rejection letter from Alabama.  3 schools to go.....</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/55481914541547498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/55481914541547498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1234984200000#c55481914541547498' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5465863550260563389</id><published>2009-02-07T07:10:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-07T07:10:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I will.  congratulations to you for Florida!</title><content type='html'>I will.  congratulations to you for Florida!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5465863550260563389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5465863550260563389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1233958200000#c5465863550260563389' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5786960188194413564</id><published>2009-01-31T02:56:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T02:56:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, I hear you Tanya.  UNC Wilmington has a few ...</title><content type='html'>Yeah, I hear you Tanya.  UNC Wilmington has a few CNF admits...so that's making me a little nervous, though Seth says there is no such thing as an "implied rejection" and that it's pointless to predict the school's admit process.  So I'm waiting.  And waiting and waiting.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Good luck and keep me posted on your waiting game!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5786960188194413564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5786960188194413564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1233338160000#c5786960188194413564' title=''/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-668184439'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-2685334132869315554</id><published>2009-01-31T01:30:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T01:30:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Are any of your schools accepting yet?  I've seen ...</title><content type='html'>Are any of your schools accepting yet?  I've seen some for Alabama for fiction and poetry but none for CNF.  Hmm.  2 of my apps just went in so I'm not expecting to hear for some time.  Though that doesn't stop me from checking the MFA blog every 2 minutes or so. Ha!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/2685334132869315554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/2685334132869315554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1233333000000#c2685334132869315554' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-8009930359772501832</id><published>2009-01-11T23:53:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T23:53:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>So get this.  My letter writer went MIA and I had ...</title><content type='html'>So get this.  My letter writer went MIA and I had to find a last minute replacement, which I did easily enough.  THEN 2 days after my app had to be in, he mailed it to ME though I had told him on every message and email (about 20 times) that I wanted him to mail it to the school!  And he sent me one for U of Montana that was handwritten, and poorly at that.  What was this guy thinking?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yikes, 350 applicants.  Anxiety setting in even though I didn't apply there.  Need xanax or (preferably) weed.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/8009930359772501832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/8009930359772501832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1231685580000#c8009930359772501832' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5948871841721290556</id><published>2009-01-10T15:21:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T15:21:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Yep, I'm done...I think.  Some random files are mi...</title><content type='html'>Yep, I'm done...I think.  Some random files are missing.  Vanderbilt, for some reason, doesn't have my transcript, but they told me in no uncertain terms that it doesn't matter at this point.  Basically, if they like my writing sample, then they'll ask about the transcript.  350 people have applied there so far.  Oh man...odds are stacked. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best of luck!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5948871841721290556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5948871841721290556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1231568460000#c5948871841721290556' title=''/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-668184439'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-6971764015523043428</id><published>2009-01-05T12:37:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T12:37:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>OK, guys, I'm getting things done now!  My first a...</title><content type='html'>OK, guys, I'm getting things done now!  My first app goes out tomorrow, another on the 9th.  THe other 2 aren't due until Feb and March, but I think I may do them all this week.  Otherwise I may keep revising until my sample is tooooo revised.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Secured a last-minute replacement on my letter writer, and found an old college paper on a disk, didn't even have to type it up.  Sigh of relief!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are you done with your apps?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/6971764015523043428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/6971764015523043428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1231126620000#c6971764015523043428' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5588900510672996702</id><published>2008-12-17T15:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T15:00:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>No expository sample for Vandy, UNC Wilmington, Ho...</title><content type='html'>No expository sample for Vandy, UNC Wilmington, Hollins, University of Central Florida, or Florida International...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So I guess, judging from past years' results as seen on Abramson's blog, we'll start hearing from schools as early as Feb and as late as the end of March?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5588900510672996702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5588900510672996702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229493600000#c5588900510672996702' title=''/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-668184439'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-4100875150190765272</id><published>2008-12-16T14:49:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T14:49:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>It took me a little while (and a little money afte...</title><content type='html'>It took me a little while (and a little money after I overnighted forms a handful of times), but my recommendations are actually set. My Dean wrote me one a week after I asked her, and I was actually able to pester my old boss and one of my professors over, of all things, Facebook. To say I'm lucky is a complete understatement.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As far as the expository thing, Columbia (cue Seth Abramson...) is the only school I'm applying to that asks for one. I'm also applying to Iowa, Sarah Lawrence, Arizona, Arizona State, New Hampshire, and Hunter. Though I'm willing to make a drastic move, I'm crossing my fingers on Hunter, mostly because it's close-ish to home and an affordable way to be in New York.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4100875150190765272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/4100875150190765272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229406540000#c4100875150190765272' title=''/><author><name>Richard Moy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07067109925739113943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1558562805'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5393377418200171974</id><published>2008-12-16T06:08:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T06:08:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm getting VERY worried.  Two are done, but my th...</title><content type='html'>I'm getting VERY worried.  Two are done, but my third, an old boss who I KNEW would procrastinate, has not done his yet!  I only have about 2 weeks until my first apps have to be in, so I have emailed him twice in the past 2 weeks and I will call him tomorrow.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Right now I'm also worried about my expository writing sample.  You guys have to do that for any apps?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5393377418200171974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/5393377418200171974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229375280000#c5393377418200171974' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-3527505988849859993</id><published>2008-12-15T06:09:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T06:09:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Are you guys all set on your recommendations?  I'm...</title><content type='html'>Are you guys all set on your recommendations?  I'm nervous about mine- I'm uncomfortable depending on other people to do things for me. I wish it was all in my hands...but I guess that doesn't make much sense, considering my app will be in the hands of a mysterious admissions committee in the end...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/3527505988849859993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/3527505988849859993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229288940000#c3527505988849859993' title=''/><author><name>Alex Pollack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15571578922615334437</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rHvcUAVTlK4/SLTAW6VrvrI/AAAAAAAABm4/EcHsk-0OJVg/S220/Aug152008_3350.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-668184439'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-1740592187919620271</id><published>2008-12-15T06:00:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T06:00:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>yeah, me too, richmoy.  Haven't seen too many CNF ...</title><content type='html'>yeah, me too, richmoy.  Haven't seen too many CNF applicants on the MFA blog.  Also I'm only applying to 4 schools - Georgia State College and University, University of Montana, University of Alabama, and Eastern Washington.  Like you, I only chose places I would want to live and where I would want my oldest kid to start school.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Plus, couldn't afford all those app fees and fees to send out more GRE scores!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/1740592187919620271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/1740592187919620271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229288400000#c1740592187919620271' title=''/><author><name>tanya.debuff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01422228819887965146</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08061571029151910709'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pdGqz4x7Je0/STc-bswstaI/AAAAAAAAABU/8PYT3RJHSVE/S220/me.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-300909425'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-6823814584528520801</id><published>2008-12-14T23:06:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T23:06:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Saw your post on the MFA blog, and as a fellow Non...</title><content type='html'>Saw your post on the MFA blog, and as a fellow Nonfiction applicant, I'm looking forward to having someone to worry with.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/6823814584528520801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/6823814584528520801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1229263560000#c6823814584528520801' title=''/><author><name>richmoy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17435102260105457567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1244629677'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-3743252148318940339</id><published>2008-11-14T02:45:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-14T02:45:00.000+09:00</updated><title type='text'>"bagel-wrapped hotdog at Einstein's"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ha. co...</title><content type='html'>"bagel-wrapped hotdog at Einstein's"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ha. college.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/3743252148318940339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/5153490903188155287/comments/default/3743252148318940339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html?showComment=1226598300000#c3743252148318940339' title=''/><author><name>Acree Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12827549716667921489</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.alexpollack.com/2008/11/welcome-to-writing-ship.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915103519858814671.post-5153490903188155287' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4915103519858814671/posts/default/5153490903188155287' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-95441705'/></entry></feed>
