OGS

The entire process for OGS (Ontario Graduate Scholarships) is somewhat exhausting. Yesterday was long and stressful anyways, and I learned late last night that the OGS web page actually provides you with the wrong forms (i.e. the ones from last year), if you download them from their main page without following the entire process for filling out your application online. Normally I'd just go print out the new ones, except that I have already submitted two of these older forms to my professors to fill out as academic references. I suspect that the dates are important, as the government tends to be anal about such things. I sent an e-mail to both of my referees explaining the situation, and asking for advice. Needless to say, last night did not end well. This morning I have fared better. One replied that he'd fill the new application out online for me, solving that problem. The other e-mailed me and told me to bring him the new forms, just to be safe. I can drop them off in his office or mailbox today, which makes things easy. Those problems are thus solved, but I'm annoyed at the alteration of my gameplan, and I curse the provincial government for it. No matter. This weekend I will have to work on completing my application package, including my statement of interest, and have everything submitted by next Thursday. Then I can look forward to the whole process again for CGS. On to Victory!

This is, in fact, a blog

I have considered creating a blog for some time, but only now am I getting around to it. I have long viewed these things as forums for unimportant people, the purpose of which is to make them feel like someone is listening to their largely unimportant thoughts. I still feel this way, in fact, but I have acknowledged that although I may be unimportant, I find the keeping of some type of journal to be incredibly useful. Not only does it provide me with a forum for my own unimportant thoughts, but it does the job of expelling them from my head, in a manner that can be accessed again at a later time. As a student of history, I find this incredibly satisfying. That, and I managed to snare a wicked-awesome domain name. For those of you who aren't familiar with either ancient Greece or the language, and that's nearly 100% of you, the name 'Agogi' comes from ἡ ἀγωγή, meaning 'a taking away,' which was later used to refer to the initiation that Lacedaimonian boys underwent at the age of seven, in order to enter into the Spartiate warrior elite. Anyone who has seen '300' will have had some introduction to this. Anyways, I started the blog tonight specifically because I came up with this name, and I really wanted to snag it. So, you can thank the Spartans for this blog. This unimportant blog. Anyways, I'm bored now, so I'll post some more thoughts at some other time. Good day.