howdy to the lord. howdy to you, too. but mostly to the lord.
kate, hundreds of people die every year from hangnails. their logic goes like this: "Red streaks up my arm and puss everywhere? Well, that might be indicative of an infection, but come on--it's just a hangnail. I can treat this with some hydrogen peroxide and a Wonder Woman Band-Aid." then they get gangrene and die. so it's a good thing youre going to the doctor. thats all im saying. youll keep us posted on your life signs, wont you?
i completed the paper-running gauntlet today. it's an exercise they put you through here in iowa before theyll let your get your MA. it goes like this: you have one piece of paper that needs three signatures, and when you get those signatures done (in a particular order, of course) then you get to do another piece of paper with three more, different signatures, and these too need to go in a certain order, but to get one of the signatures you need to get another piece of paper with yet another signature certifying that you turned in a copy of your thesis to the english department, so when you get the sub-signature of form B, then you can get the super-ordinate signature of form B and then youre free to get the third signature of form B. keep in mind that the first and third signatures on each form are to be had in a building that rests on one side of the campus, while the second signature on each form (as well as the sub-signature of form B) is to be had in another building on the opposite side of the campus, and even if it's been 70 degrees and sunny the day before, and even if it will be 70 and sunny the day after, on the day you actually get these signatures it will be cold, windy, and rainy, and you will have forgotten to grab your coat because it's been so warm every other day. last year jen actually sat on a bench and wept bitter tears when she was in the thick of her signature gauntlet. today i did the same thing, though on a different bench.
billyjoebob, your road trip looked a lot like road trips ive taken, except mine were in the USA and yours was in Australia. weird. it's like you have the same restaurants and mass-produced carbonated beverages down there that we have up here. go figure.
i have 48 more papers to grade and one more story to write and one more response to write before i sleep.
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