burendasan4 | Grad school (ACK) and Shel Silverstein (YAY)

I've been pretty busy with my grad school applications...It's a lot of work and I haven't even started on my masters! I guess I'll have to get used to it. To those who applied to grad school while still in undergrad: I don't know how you did it. I barely had enough time to get my s*** together and graduate on time! But I've cleared one of the biggest hurdles: getting out the letter of recommendation materials out to my former professors before the semester ends and of course, making sure that they were willing to write the letters for me. Those who know me know that I hate asking people for favors, so having to ask several professors to write letters to up to three schools was a big pride-swallowing step for me. I had been hoping one professor would write letters to my top two schools since I had her for two classes and she knew me well, but she never got back to me (granted, I probably asked her too late in the semester) so I had my fingers crossed to hear from another professor that I had asked before but hadn't gotten back to, and thankfully she answered me was very nice about it! So basically I have the most important schools covered as far as letters, bu I just need one more letter to be written, but it's not to my top schools, and I think I know who I can ask for a letter. Also, thanks to one of my former Japanese professors who wanted to look at my statements of purpose, I was "forced" to work on them this past weekend, but now another big "hurdle" is done and over with. Yay! But I'm not in the clear yet, so stayed tuned...

Last night at work, I noticed a brand new, 30th Anniversary copy of Shel's Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" on the children's new books display. I simply had to check it out to myself. I absolutely LOVED reading "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "A Light In the Attic" when I was little. Those are the best books of children's poems E-VERRRR. In other words, they kick the llama's ass (nod to

feste9784), or to use my words, they are DA BOMB. In this new 30th Anniversary Edition of "Where the Sidewalk Ends", there are 12 new poems at the end of the book, which I have yet to read. But in honor of the book, I will post one of the better known poems in it:

HUG O' WAR
by Shel Silverstein

I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
An rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins.