{"id":1135,"date":"2026-11-01T14:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2026-11-01T14:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:54:26","slug":"and-im-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=1135","title":{"rendered":"And…I’m crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

But we all knew that.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I am going for my Masters in English at Southern New Hampshire University, all online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been on my bucket list since 1989, when I graduated college with my BA. If I had my way, I’d go to college in perpetuity, getting every Liberal Arts degree I could, from every college that I could. I’m now almost 60, on dialysis and probably going to die in the next five to ten years. If I can finish this, that would be the most awesome thing I could do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m doing it for two reasons. One: I have it, instead of an MFA which means I have some academic literary novel that won’t sell. Two: I want to hang my shingle up as an editor. To do that, I need either experience, or a piece of paper saying I can do it. A Masters in English might make people think I have a clue. Doctorate would be fun, but I already published novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll die before the Student Loan is due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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