And thus I fall into the welcome arms of hypocrisy.

[pendrops]

I do remember saying at some point that I wasn't going to write in my online journal much because I was tired of sharing my inner, personal thoughts with everyone else.  Lately I've been using ink and tiring my wrists.  However, I thought that it was about time for an update.  I’m sure Rain, if no one else would appreciate her Friend’s page being a

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[bikiniline]

Yay for finally a post, and a nice meaty long one at that.

Boo for once again making me feel like a sad little hippie loser. "I finally stopped pussy footing around my future plans," she says, and she can't even legally drink yet.

Meanwhile, when I grow up, I want to like, do something, like, fun, or something.

Sorry about the books, but hearty congrats on NPR. I knew you'd do that sooner or later.

P.S.

[bikiniline]

I'm certain you do, but for the record, you do realize that being an English professor is choosing to subject yourself daily to an irredeemably screwed up system full of kids who don't and never will give a damn what you have to offer because they've learned not to learn from the time they could think, right? That is the way it is, and gems like yourself come along not nearly enough to make the rest worth it, unless you have some other motivation I simply don't understand.

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[pendrops]

I had a feeling you were going to say something like that. You see, the thing is, and I'm sure that you know this just as well as I do, that we're different people, and have a different tolerance level for apathy, and a different way to approach it

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[bikiniline]

Yes, and I knew you would say all of that, and I suppose it's the best possible perspective for you to have, because obviously there have to be people who want to teach, and it's probably a positive thing for the Shebas to outweigh the Barbaras (have you seen Notes on a Scandal? It's so lovely