Back and Better Than Ever

So, the hermit days are over. I can finally show my face to the world again. I can take whatever crap the little brats throw at me this school year. Why? Because I got into Georgetown for a master's degree in English! There are few things that I take enough pride in to tell other people about them without hesitation (and even fewer that inspire the use of an exclamation point). This is one. I usually don't consider myself to be a supremely intelligent person, mostly because I recognize how much knowledge there is in the world that I don't have. When I told one of my friends that I got into Georgetown, his response was "well that's not a surprise. You're smart, don't be stupid, K." I think I've just found my motto for my graduate school experience. When I'm tired and I have to both grade kids papers and write my own and I'm not sure what I have to say about these literary works by these literary geniuses, I'm going to say to myself, "self, you're smart. Don't be stupid."

So, faithful readers (not that I expect faithfulness from you when I have denied you of my geniusness for months), come August, my postings, few and far between as they may be, will ooze with the knowledge that I will have acquired from my re-entry into academia. I will finally be around people who care again, and I'm sure most of you know what a wonderful feeling that will be. I'm going to Georgetown, baby!