Writer (on the) block

Step #3 of the 12-step Application Essay Process: Go to the Writing Center to get help from a student slave volunteer:
They are booked until next July at least, and by then the application deadline will have passed. I think I'll just go to the next step.

Step #4 of the 12-step Application Essay Process: Brainstorm:
Brainstorm ideas on a sheet of paper*.

* If genius strikes, skip ahead to Step #10 of the 12-step Application Essay Process: Write the Essay.

Daily Bonus: developments pending on the guy front.