How To Disappear Completely

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I just submitted my application for the IHS Journalism Internship. I always experience a sense of mild relief after submitting something, whether it be an application or a final paper. During the preparation process I feel so hyper-Arminian: everything depends on my work and efforts in making myself look good. But once I hit the "submit application" button, I destress into hyper-Calvinist mode: there is nothing I can do about anything anymore, so I might as well do something else, like watch Slings and Arrows, which Laura recommended. And while I am blaming my friends for things, I just want to say that I have become completely engrossed in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, despite the fact that the volume is some 784 pages long and threatens to surpass my thesis in terms of academic priorities. Linnea really ought to warn people about those sorts of things. I wish I wrote like Susanna Clarke, or any English author for that matter. Such facetiousness.