Woke up this morning with the painful realization (aka hangover) that my orals — the last part of my qualifying exams — are in TWO days.

This put me in full panic mode, which threw me into a frenzy of productive activity. The result: about 1/3 of a scarf (left).

Really, though, I need to do something about this procrastinating habit, which my shrink now fondly refers to as my “drinking problem” (she exaggerates).

In these moments, I quite seriously consider quitting grad school and starting a knit shop. To this Anne chimes in: “I’ve really wanted to make cards.” And Jen’s got new cake decorating skills to throw in the mix. See the first batch of her creations to the right.

Could we open a fair trade knit cafe-bakery-stationary store?

Of course, I really only knit from patterns, and don’t actually produce much work. Anne on her cardmaking talents: “I don’t really know how to make them or anything — I just think it would be cool.” And Jen bakes her cupcakes from a mix. “They come out real spongy,” she says.

Knitted visions of a warm fuzzy future, thwarted mid-hope. In sorrow, I finished reading The Edible Woman. Not really related to my quals, but a very English grad student thing to do nonetheless –

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