And today...was a very good day.

[lareinenoire]

I will be getting my PhD. Come Hell or high water.

Because today, I received not one, but *two* acceptances. One from University of Exeter, and the other from University of Reading (who, incidentally, rejected me two years ago). I am completely feeling the UK love.

And, to top it off, I've been accepted to the Disjunctions conference at UC Riverside in April, where I get to present a paper on Neil Gaiman.

(A paper I now need to write)

But hey, it's all good. Because I'm getting a PhD!

Comments

[pixidala.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! That's awesome, dearie, congrats!

(A paper I now need to write) I hear ya on that one. I still haven't put together the paper for San Francisco...

[ramiel7.livejournal.com]

That abstract got through! Huzzah!

And congrats on the acceptance letters!

[snorkackcatcher]

Excellent news! I know nothing about Reading (other than passing through on the train) but since I went to Exeter uni I have fond memories of the place. Nice small campus, nice small city. :)

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

Such a small world. I was born and grew up in that nice small city ;)

[tiggerbone.livejournal.com]

Ginchy! That is completely faboo! That reminds me, did you ever check out Murder Mysteries or should I send you a copy?

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

Oh... this might be my fav Neil Gaiman piece!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Well, I definitely know I've read it before -- I was going to try to chase it down at the library for the time being, as I'm still deciding whether or not to buy it.

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!

[yrmencyn.livejournal.com]

Congrats! It's a good day for acceptances, it seems :)

[alstaria.livejournal.com]

wow..it's a good academic day for my friends. congrats!

[adelynne.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

Also, wow. You English types get your acceptances early. My schools are still in the interview process.

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Both Reading and Exeter have rolling admissions. Nobody else does, so I'm not expecting to hear more until the end of the month. Plus, we don't do interviews, as far as I'm aware.

[virginia-bell.livejournal.com]

Ooh, awesome! :D I am so excited for you!

[quistis218.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
*Opens bottle of Champagne*
Yay! I wish I could be at UCR in april, but as it is, I'll most likely be at UCSC...what date is it and who's allowed to attend?
Congratulations again. And good luck with the paper :D

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

It's April 7-8, and I'm not sure what the attendance policy is. I'll see if I can find out.

[quistis218.livejournal.com]

Thanks

UCR, huh...?

[qualistarian.livejournal.com]

I happen to live about 20 minutes away from there, and would love to come to the conference (only to see you, of course - Neil Gaiman holds absolutely no interest for me (he says, as he trips over the complete set of Sandman TPBs & Neverwhere)), if it's open to the public.

Failing that, we should still hang out if you get a free evening/day.

EJS

Re: UCR, huh...?

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

I imagine it should be open to the public, but I'm not sure. I'll let you know once I've got more details -- same too for how long I'll be there.

[golden-eilonwy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am so happy, proud...bouncy!...for you! I knew it would happen eventually. Yippee!

[quistis218.livejournal.com]

Icon love!
Bart and Lisa's Kamp Krusty conversation!

[cheshyre]

Does your Gaiman paper have a more detailed topic?

*curious and living vicariously*

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Fallen angels in Gaiman's work as they compare to previous incarnations (Marlowe, Milton, Byron, etc). So I'm concentrating on Lucifer in The Sandman, most of the cast of Murder Mysteries, and Crowley in Good Omens.

[cheshyre]

Sounds cool.

Thru work, I came across a paper from 2004 on how Gaiman portrayed Shakespeare in Sandman, so if you were touching on that aspect, I wanted to make sure you knew about this paper and had a copy for reference. (If you're interested nonetheless, let me know and I can email you the PDF)

[Re:Murder mysteries, keep in mind it's been published separately as a prose story and as a comic.]

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

That would be wonderful, actually. I know people have written about Gaiman, and almost certainly about how he uses classical allusion, so any articles would be fantastic.

And I planned to look at both versions of Murder Mysteries and see if there was any major difference between the two. There will obviously be differences, just based on the media.

[cheshyre]

Ok, I sent you the article (actually, I messed up and first sent you another article from the same issue, THEN I send you the correct article).

The essay I intended to send you is
"No more yielding than a dream": The Construction of Shakespeare in "The Sandman." by Annalisa Castaldo, in the Fall 2004 issue of College Literature (Vol. 31, Issue 4)

Hope you find it interesting, and possibly handy.

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

Fantastic!

[dolorous-ett.livejournal.com]

Well done! Very well done!

Does the Queen part of your title make the Dr redundant? Is the correct term of address now Dr. Reine Noire? It's never too early to think about these things!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

::snerk:: I'm not altogether sure. I rather like Dr. Reine Noire.

[bootstrapbetti.livejournal.com]

Wow, congrats! That's awesome!

[dolabellae.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! A friend of mine went to Exeter and really loved it (and it's near the sea! I have a particularly fond memory of sitting on a bench in Exmouth eating chips one December...) And, er, I've been to the music festival in Reading. It's very easy to get to Oxford from it...

Do you have to make a decision yet, or will you wait to see if you have any more acceptances?

Well done again!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

I'll need to wait and see, as I've still got fourteen decisions waiting, and they give me three months to give them a decision. And even I've only been through both Exeter and Reading while on the train to somewhere else. ;)

[-youngblood-.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! It's a wonderful feeling when hard work pays off.

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

That's the best news I've had in ages!!!

::is walking on air now although that could be because of the hyperventilating after dentist appointment::

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

::grin:: I thought that might cheer you up a bit. It certainly cheered me!