dialogue: concluding one's grad school career

me: i quit
M: hehehe
me: allow me to say that my thesis needs to be AMAZING
otherwise quitting will feel like running away
therefore, the last thing i do in grad school must be, again, AMAZING
for an MA student, at least
M: hahaha
me: i need to be exonerated
M: it will be sir
it will be
do the reading
write
dance
repeat
me: the end
M: yes
gotta go
love you
don't freak out
i punch your self-doubt
me: love you too
and please, punch away

folklore

this article is a tribute to alan dundes, who founded my MA program. the student writing about him also posted a folkloric examination as to why Texans are full of shit, which causes my closeted Texan heart to overflow.

a tribute to alan dundes
http://www.majordojo.com/2005/04/a-tribute-to-al.php