Tomorrow is the due date. I’ve been pouring over my essay and investing more time into it than any of my papers combined. I was hesitant to mention anything, for fear of sad rejection and the subsequent online moping, but I figure if you guys can pool some positive thoughts for me I just might have a fighting chance.

So, the program: it’s through Roskilde University in Denmark. And it is perfect for me.

First, it’s studying the effect of that controversial Mohammed cartoon on the large Danish immigrant population, and what it might be communicating to all of non-Danes in the country. Our focus of study will be on the women of these populations, and their roles in global immigration. The last, and perhaps the most exciting aspect, will be on visual anthropology. So I can bring my camera and use my photography as an extension of study, communicating my interpretation of the issue. So, to recap: immigration, women studies, photography, and a cartoon representing underlying nationalism.

In short, perfect.

So, at some point during the morning tomorrow, please summon some happy thoughts for me. Please. Because if I don’t get in, I just might cry. And if I get in, I’ll start to panic about money, dog, et al.

But one thing at a time.