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I'm working on my killer essay right now and let me tell you, it's killer. I'm trying to shorten it down a little bit but it feels like I'm not accurately portraying the complexity of the political event which I'm writing about (the Cuban revolution). I've just recently stopped writing about the time leading up to the revolution (16th century and forward) till the end of the revolution (2nd of January 1959) and I've done a brief description of the political climate of that time. Right now I'm writing about Ernesto Guevara and later I shall determine the importance of his presence during the revolution (which ultimately, wasn't great even if he was already then somewhat of an admired and mysterious character).

What have I written so far? Well, 4,467 words should give you a rough estimate just how much overboard this essay have gone. I love the madness, but I know deep down - that I can't overdo it.

Other than that, fandom life has as you can tell, sort of stopped in midstream. I'm putting everything on pause because I have this assignment to turn in on Wednesday and it's absolutely ESSENTIAL that I get it in by then because otherwise, I will DIE.

I applied for the SAAS tutition-paying thing today! Yay! I called SAAS just to make sure that my application was correct and then I sent it in. Thanks a million for all the help I got! I know I didn't say it in the comments or before, but just so you know that I APPRECIATED IT GREATLY.

Now a question for you, flist, since I'm greatly curious: Do you have something, aside from TV shows and the like, which you are really passionate about/interested in? My own interest lies in philosophical debates and history and politics, although I'm more or less a novice on all of these areas. I just love anything that will prove to be an interlectual challenge.

I'm being horribly absent again and I'm sorry but I lose interesting things to blog about. To summarize:

- I've watched most of The Big Bang Theory - AND I LOOOOVE IT!!!! I rarely openly laugh at TV comedies but TBBT has me laughing every episode. ♥ Sheldon is wonderful.

- The new Harry Potter trailer and all the icons that are resurfacing makes me want to read Harry Potter again. And revive the fandom and write fics... Is that sad? If anyone feels like handing me Harry/Draco fics or Harry/Luna or... I don't know, anything generally good :D :D Except Harry/Ginny or really any pairing involving that particular redhead.

- I've applied for accommodation at the University of Glasgow! Woohoo! One step closer to September and I think on Tuesday I'll start figuring out the tuition paying thing. I'm horribly excited but slightly scared - where will me and my sister end up after flying over there? Where shall we stay? Should we bring pepper spray? Important tiny currently-irrelevant things like that...

Tomorrow I aim at cleaning my room. The probability of that happening is still uncertain.

Just when I thought this day couldn't get much more stressful...

... I THINK I MIGHT'VE MISSED THE DUE DATE FOR WHEN I HAVE TO APPLY TO HAVE MY TUITION PAID!!!! O_O

... seriously. If I have, I will die. Or at least suffer a severe mental breakdown.

Take a look here and see what conclusions you can draw.

*prays*

Edinburgh just rejected my application.

I'm a little bit bummed, but not entirely heartbroken. I know that regardless of where I end up, I will make my best to learn, which is essentially why I'm there. What bothers me most perhaps is that I don't have a reason for the unsuccessfulness of my application which is perhaps the most bothersome. I don't think I'm sad, but I guess I'm disappointed in a way. But I know I did my best so to be honest there was really nothing I could do.

But so far my status goes:

Aberdeen - English (Conditional)
Dundee - English (Conditional)
Edinburgh - English Literature (Unsuccessful)
Glasgow - English Literature (Conditional)
St Andrews - English (Acknowledged)

So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that St Andrews will accept me into their programme, but even if they don't, I'm perfectly content going to Glasgow.

I'm actually in the middle of watching Party Animals (with Matt Smith - not a total coincidence) and I just have to say that I really love it. I've just seen episode seven so the probably very awesome finale is something I'm going to watch tomorrow. I really really like it. I think the actors are great and politics is really interesting and yeah... give it a shot. It's only eight episodes, but it's eight really good episodes.

Not to be completely one-minded, I'm still anxiously waiting on more UCAS results. I know there's no point in waiting but it's sort of like... sweet self-torture. Completely unavoidable.

Tomorrow I will go into town because apparently there's this big annual meeting in the youth party I'm in. It's going to be quite interesting, I think, but I suddenly feel all this pressure on making myself look pretty. Which is frustrating because when it comes to certain aspects, like my appearance, I'm the laziest person alive. Seriously. I'm quite sure I could win an award if there ever was one.

I got a conditional offer from Dundee!!!!! :D :D :D

I just got so happy that I have to share with all of you. And the subjects I'm studying this year, so far I'm looking at very good grades :D :D So if I get rejected by every other uni, I have Dundee to go to. It's sort of my last choice, but it's a good uni and good to know that they're interested in having me :D

Me? I'm really happy right now :D

Edit: Apparently the condition is "Average of VG in school exams" which is pretty splendid. The only way I'd get VG as an average is if I get amnesia throughout the year and fail most of my exams so - yay :D

YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO'S APPLIED TO UNIVERSITY!!!! :D :D

I want to thank everyone one of you, for answering all my kind of silly questions, providing support when I was being stressed and being overall lovely, even if you haven't read my university anxiety related posts.

Thank you.

Unis applied to: (alphabetically) The University of Aberdeen, University of Dundee, The University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews. The ones in bold are those I hope for the most.

I just saw that I'm like this close to finishing my university application. I have written the personal statement, the reference is most definitely in the works and I've made all my choices and everything besides one box is ticked in the personal information field.

Now I just have to call UCAS or something to hear about the grades which I do not yet have. How do/did you guys do it?

I can see an end to this mess! :D

( My mini-Spanish assignment: Mi chico ideal )

I'll share about my visit to the doctor's tomorrow. Right now I need to take my meds (yes, I did get meds and if you ask me - lots of them) and run to bed. I've started on my Personal Statement (yes, I know, all this uni talk :P) and I'm surprised of how good I feel about it. But I've only written a paragraph so far. We'll see about the rest later. Keep your fingers crossed!

When I apply, do I have to decide every subject I want to take or just the one I want to have an honours in?

'Cause it's totally gonna be English :D