I am counting this as a win!

[trouble]

My SSHRC application is due to the department tomorrow. (SSHRC = funding for PhD work at this level. 116 people get a SSHRC grant across Canada. My chances are thus very low. *crosses fingers anyway*)

I think my "give me money" is done. I'm a bit worried about it because you get "two pages, single-spaced, 12 point font, times new roman" to argue in, and I have what looks like a paragraph of space left over at the end. But I don't know what else to put in there without rewriting the whole proposal again. And I also don't want to put in information just for the sake of putting in information. I wonder if not using up all the space will count against me.

Aack, just minutes ago I was all happy, and now I am angsting. Let's start this again:

I think I have a great SSHRC proposal! I even used a semi-colon, and I think I used it correctly. I am awesome! I have letters of reference, and I have my transcripts, and I am partway through filling out the rest of all that paperwork, and I am happy! Happy!

Here is my second paragraph. Sadly, it is not the part with the semi-colon. I am not going to put the whole thing up on the internet, because that would be foolish.

Some historians argue that a disabled identity develops as the result of public policy decisions at the national level which group all people with disabilities into one category, citing the American experience (Longmore & Umansky, 2001). My thesis will challenge that a national policy is necessary, and explore the emergence of a disabled identity in the Maritime provinces at least two decades before a Canada-wide disability policy was passed, namely the Disabled Persons Allowance Act of 1954.

I am awesome, I am smart! I am also hungry. Food time!

Comments

[From: neekabe]

Yay you!

[From: scemo]

I like semi-colons; yay! xD

[From: trouble]

If I get the money, I'm moving to Montreal.

Well, for university, but mostly because the food in Montreal is so nice.

[From: scemo]

!!!

That would be awesome! You could become fluent in French! I hope you get accepted. Surely your semi-colon secured your chance. ^^

[From: zingerella]

Oh baby, show me your semi-colon, please?

(Semi-colons are sexy, when used correctly; I swear they're instruments of seduction.)

Good luck! I'm very proud of you.

[From: jesse_the_k]

I think the empty spot on the second page will make the reviewer sigh gustily with relief. Then when ze sees the semicolon -- all bets are off!

[From: umadoshi]

Semicolon! *^^*

And good luck, of course. *hugs* You're awesome!