his hands are busy working overtime

Hello friend.

I'm so busy it's disgusting.

And of course I'm writing a blog.

Shush. I need to de-frag a bit before I start treading through the work that is currently drowning me.

Usually this work-load wouldn't really get to me. However, there are two things that are currently eating away at me that I normally don't need to deal with.

1. My writing intensive class

2. GREs

My writing intensive class is very writing intensive. I was expecting that to be the case. That's not what's worrying me. What worries me is what the teacher tells me (and the whole class for that matter) about my (our) writing skills. Every paper that I hand in comes back with so many markings on it, it's a bit ridiculous.

I understand that the writing skills of my generation are severely lacking. I remember in high school, our teachers tried to teach us basic grammar. They always said they would and they never did a full unit on it. We're paying for it now.

My professor says that my main issues are in organizing my paper in the most persuasive and flow-inducing way. I've always known I had an issue with that, but I never thought it was as intense as she has kind of made it out to be.

It just scares me. I'm supposed to be applying to get into graduate programs right now. I am, now more than ever, terrified that I can't get in. That I don't have adequate enough writing skills to get into my program. It's a terrifying thought. And this course is just so intimidating. I know in the end it will be worth it and I will be in a much better place with my writing. It's just such a difficult process to get there.

GREs are a little terrifying as well. I know that graduate schools look at more than just GRE test scores like GPA and letters of recommendation and interviews and all that jazz. But I don't want to rely on that and hope that they'll overlook low GRE scores. I need to do well on them. I don't want to give schools any reason to not accept me.

It's just kind of a big deal, and I'm kind of terrified.

Graduation is also really terrifying. As is the real world.

But I'm not going to talk about that today. I have enough on my plate and don't have the time to get into those giant fears of mine at the moment.

Currently playing on my iPod: Jet Lag by Simple Plan featuring Natasha Bedingfield

I've been listening to a lot of Simple Plan again lately. The thing that I like about them is that their new stuff is still really fantastic. It's refreshing to find a band that will stay true to themselves and their music identity.