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i would like to bitch about a few music-related things. i’m sick of everyone blabbing about the Strokes. please step back for a second and realize that everyone will have forgotten them in… [checks watch] approximately 37 minutes.

also, do you know who Iann Robinson is? he’s the the MTV News and MTV2 guy. i want to use his lard-filled, bowling ball-esque body for batting practice.

i have learned that Ben is much, much better than me at Super Smash Brothers. you should have seen this dude take out his anger on me after NU lost at the end to the Buckeyes.

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three weeks ago, on January 14, my Human Origins prof invited in some chick from an anti-Marlboro group to throw around some political propaganda. it was bullshit. she gave some stock spiel about the evils of Big Tobacco and then asked for volunteers to sign up. now WHAT, oh what, does this have to do with Human Origins? well, i e-mailed my professor that very day to ask him…

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:53:41 -0600
To: w-leonard@northwestern.edu
From: [me]
Subject: Inappropriateness of today's "presentation"
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"

Dear Professor Leonard,

I am writing to let you know that I think the "presentation" by the
anti-Phillip Morris group at the end of today's class was both
off-topic and inappropriate.  As far as I can tell, this group has
nothing to do with "human origins."  Furthermore, I think it is
somewhat presumptuous to assume that students in the class are
uniformly sympathetic to the cause of this group.  For my part, I'm
not interested in crusading against the activities of an American
corporation selling a perfectly legal substance.  I do not mean to
come off as disrespectful or overly forward, but the entire event
seemed badly conceived to me.

Regards,
Tom Sherman

he must not have known the answer, because the coward never responded.

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Adele is right. we depend on the weblog thing too much. but then again, i think it’s kind of fun. a few months ago, i would have felt ashamed of saying that, but what the hell — we’re clueless college students and we’ve got no one to impress but ourselves.

Mary, you’re wrong to label it the “Russ Riggins problem.” Russ, like everyone in this little crew, has his problems. Anne is by no means a saint. neither am i, and neither is anyone else. and as for him being “ashamed” of the people here, tell me you’re not disdainful of his membership in a fraternity. hmmmmm?

anyway, it’s been a pretty uneventful day here in Champaign. i like ‘em like that. i look forward to sleeping tonight in my own bed; it’s such a familiar feeling, and one impossible to duplicate.

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hey Mary… while you’re on the subject of inviting people to parties, how come you pulled all your punches a week ago before “the set,” hmmmmmmm?

you can say the rebuff “colors” my perspective, or you can say that i learned a thing or two about our dear icy friend and i’m speaking from experience. what goes around comes around, eh? mm, pesky cordless phone batteries — they’re always dying on me!

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