<p>Hmm... Good Luck Aesh. You need it. :-)</p>
<p>Mouse... Whats after 2mrw. I take 4 essays + rankings as you have only done book list?</p>
<p>Also chilis :-D</p>
<p>^ Pssssht, don't worry about your license. At all. I think I am a pretttty bad driver, but I passed mine last Monday (yay) with tons of room to spare. I could have made like thirteen more mistakes.</p>
<p>But the other stuff, go ahead and worry :D</p>
<p>Haha Lauren is on the roads... I wish I didn't live near you. :-P</p>
<p>Okay, so I got over my unimpressive part I problem by writing a confrontational section about it in my essay about my ed goals. I figure, essentially, I don't care about my grades, and if they care about my grades that much, then it's really not the experience I hope it will be anyway.
My syntax is dying slowly. I need to write two essays in the next 5 or 6 hours...and I devote a ridiculous amount of time to getting it just right...</p>
<p>Buck up, kiddo.</p>
<p>hahaha, THANKS man. But don't worry too much, my mom hardly lets me drive. I've driven like ONE time in the whole week since being licensed.</p>
<p>Where is everyone? Is North America asleep right now or something like that?
Oh, and lobster: I'm not European, I'm a recently induced military brat. But I think living in Europe still gives me interesting points.
I haven't slept in more than 24 hours, only leaving the computer to prepare food and go to the bathroom (and to shower around six am because my hair was all nasty-greasy). It's forty-five minutes after my parentally-imposed deadline, and I think my mother is taking pity on me. Thank Tao.
Updated essay status:
Critnal: switched from Brecht to a Roethke poem (that's a cross between Goethe and Rilke...actually no, a real poet, but it could be), have thesis, am now headed downhill (as in easy riding, not decreasing quality)
Topic of interest: Rough draft complete. Now it's just Tao and the Manifestation of Emptiness. I dropped the Zen Buddhism part because I'm not a Zen Buddhist and was really only going to bring them up because the manifestation of emptiness is an issue of Zen Buddhism as well.
Conflict essay: still totally screwed on this one. If they just wanted to judge my writing prowess, I'd make something up, but since the folks at TA seem to actually give a ***** about my passions and views I'm holding them in higher esteem, and casting around for a really great topic even though there doesn't seem to be one.
Future education: I got a little carried away here, I think. The only natural way to conclude my plans for education seemed to be with my death. It's not half as awkward-sounding as one would think it'd be, though.
Booklist & rankings: solid. I'm glad there's something I have no excuse to worry about.</p>
<p>Whoa, comisar. Did you notice that CC is saying you're both on and offline similtaneously?
That is some freaky multidimensional trip right there.
Or, you know, just a glitch or something. :)</p>
<p>dear the people of CC,
please stop sending me messages asking me to send you my essays. i thought i'd made that clear before, but i guess not. i believe there are a couple people on this forum who are willing to send you my essays if you want. check a few pages back in this thread.</p>
<p>Today's the day. Hopefully. Today, after I finish all the homework I haven't done all weekend and practice all the music I haven't looked at, I will finish my essays. So long as it is before 10PM, because I have 5AM practice tomorrow.</p>
<p>THANK GOD FOR MLK!!!</p>
<p>LindeeK-- haha weird. CC must have known that even though I was logged in, I was actually not in the house ;)</p>
<p>GOSH manifestation of emptiness in Tao Buddhism?</p>
<p>I am not deep at all :( My topics are all so simple! Ahahaha CC kills any sense of self-esteem I have. I feel stupid. Why do I even bother trying out for TASP?</p>
<p>And I've only finished one essay -____- which still needs major revamping.</p>
<p>Tako you go to monta vista :-P</p>
<p>If you weren't a decent competitor you would have been killed already in your home environment. No whammys!</p>
<p>:-P</p>
<p>So there isn't a search function. I just realized that transcripts and recommendations were due today. And of course my school is closed for MLK day. Does this mean I have to do the regular application. I have most of my online application done right now and my recommendation is supposed to be ready on Wednesday. Anyone know for sure? Or should I just call them?</p>
<p>Haha but like, I'm not all philosophical and stuff. Like I wrote about a children's book, not some super deep philosophical poem/book/song. </p>
<p>And my essays are SUPER informal because I have a hard time being formal. It makes me laugh too hard because then everything gets corny and doesn't sound like me at all, so instead I'm almost to the point of being colloquial. </p>
<p>OH and QUESTION:</p>
<p>In our topic essay, is it okay to relate back to yourself alot? I wanted to do it discussing the existance of fate and how it affects your view on yourself and humanity and stuff if you believe in it, and vice versa. (I am an avid believer of fate/karma/superstition and all that.) </p>
<p>Haha reading that it (almost) sounds deep. Except my essay tone is too lighthearted and somewhat dorky. It's more of - look I believe in fate so thus everything is preordained thus if I get rejected from TASP it was "meant" to happen! Yay!</p>
<p>If TASP is looking for deep and serious and philosophical people, I'm screwed :P</p>
<p>Tako: philosophy is only a facade. Clouding over ones true emotions. Instead of hiding behind giving hypotheticals for answers, step up and take credit for your actions and their ramifications. Philosophy will only get you so far. If you go to Monta Vista where 80% of those kids want to be Engineers, they wont get very far with Philosophy, because eventually the bridge will fall down or the server will crash. Its not your fault TAKO its a product of your environment.</p>
<p>^^^ :-P =deeep.</p>
<p>Your children's book was pretty sweet btw. Very original.</p>
<p>Answer your question: All my essays were pretty informal as well, the style goes in hand with the program as they want to get to know who you are through these essays. With fate don't be wishy washy though, if you believe in it have a good strong argument, give some examples of why you believe and how our society is sort of built around superstitions, its a good original and accessible topic. :-)</p>
<p>Pirate the answer is its FINE.</p>
<p>Notice nobody could send their letters in today anyways, its a holiday. </p>
<p>Just send them in on Wed. and it will be chill, this has been varified with the TA office multiple times. :-)</p>
<p>Haha that was pretty deep, giantredlobster. omg giantredlobster = grl. Hehe that's funny. SORRY take no offense.</p>
<p>me = easily entertained.</p>
<p>Haha MV is not all Engineers, GOSH. But yeah, probably like 90% go into some type of science or math. </p>
<p>Oh, I guess another question: is being colloquial okay? Because I cannot sound formal for the life of meee :) Well I can, but then...yeah.</p>
<p>colloquial do you mean like</p>
<p>yea so it be crazy how superstitious this world be, just like stevie wonder, damn that song be fly. anyways so i was like driving down the street and i went through a yellow light, like a traffic light yea. And then i tapped the roof my car. Yea. That was pretty superstitious, idk why i even done it.</p>
<p>That is too colloquial, but you don't need to use the thesaurus for your entire essay. Replacing worthlessness with floccinaucinihilipilification.</p>
<p>Just let the paper reflect you and then it wont come off trite, or cheesy or any of that stuff.</p>