her power is to open what is shut

[starfrosting]

I did it-- I got into Stony Brook! Found out yesterday via an early (and thankfully pre-Shabbos!) email where they courted me with offers of full funding and maybe even more funding if I get the fellowship they nominated me for. I felt like I was gonna pass out reading the email. Of course Babou found out before I could even call her; she said "I'm kvelling!" and I told her I was still plotzing.

I'm still plotzing, it hasn't totally sunk in. I got into my dream philosophy program! Wanted, and the work begins. If you had any idea how hard I've been praying and spellcasting for this... It is a real hardwon blessing and I am so freaking happy.

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[grows.livejournal.com]

!! yay, oli love.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

!!! thanks finn-- glad you're one of the first (next to my family) to hear the news. mwah!

[kerrickadrian.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That is great news. What a wonderful Shabbos blessing. I hope you get the extra funding; it's great to be fully supported by your academic program.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thanks Kerrick-- it really did feel like a Shabbos blessing (extra soul, extra blessing)! And thanks for sinking some energy into the extra funding for me; I hope it comes through too...

[flamingjune07.livejournal.com]

YES! This is spectacularly awesome, go you! I am so happy for you, Stony Brook seems pretty ideal, etc etc. Keep us updated on exactly how awesome it all is :)

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thanks man- I know you know what I'm talking about, so it's extra-gratifying! It still doesn't feel totally real. I mean, I still have to tell them yes and apply for my fellowship and all, but is this really happening? It is!

[flamingjune07.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I am super excited for you, and totally know how you feel (GSU is "just" an MA thing, but was my First Choice Thing and it took basically until I was moving in down here for me to believe it). Good luck with fellowship applications and such too, though I'm sure that's all pretty much icing on the cake at this point :)

[chemalfait.livejournal.com]

good job and congrats!!!

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thank you Henry- it is a real amazing culmination of blessing, work and will.

[chemalfait.livejournal.com]

yep, I remember how earnestly you wanted this.
patience perserverance and prayer:-)

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

you got it!

[agoraphiliac.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I hadn't realized, somehow, things were in the works for next years. That is so great!

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Things in the works were part of why I was so checked out this past semester--- 12 PhD applications really took the wind out of coursework. But it paid off, woo!

[thegreencall.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[jaclyn-lee.livejournal.com]

<3 <3 <3

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

¡<3!

[k-navit.livejournal.com]

Fabulous. congrats!

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[toughgav.livejournal.com]

oh boychik! mwah, titchadesh!
such lovely news for you & i'm so glad.


...ps i hear from penn on wednesday, they say.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

<3 thanks for the blessing, gaveleh.
I was thinking of you and your programs while I was walking back from the gym today-- I hope you land the situation that will bring you closer to all that you want it to. mwah!

[orpheuskiss.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats!

[aoibhill.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Dickensian

[agoraphiliac.livejournal.com]

hey, you have professors named Specter and Grim. Oh, wait, that's Spector. Still, maybe they'll team teach.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Ha!