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Guess who finished her application for Iowa State's creative writing and environment program thanks to NYPL's research libraries and a not inconsiderable amount of hustle?

The same person who will not be spending her Boxing Day attempting to write an essay on "Reproductive Horror and the Grotesque in Yoko Ogawa’s 'Pregnancy Diary'." I might actually have to spend TIME with my FAMILY.

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I solemnly resolve, in the new year, to give my files meaningful names and put them in meaningful folders, and NOT keep uploading things like "BLANK 12" and "BLANK 13" to my Dropbox.

There -- that's specific, meaningful, action-oriented, realistic, and timely.

Maybe not realistic.