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Everything’s been frantic since the break. What people don’t tell you about college, is that you’re just tired ALL of the time. I’m so tired, yawn ‘scuse me. So if you’re planning to talk to me, bring coffee, make some effort to be interesting - clap your hands or.. something. Work piled up on me while I was sick (I missed two days!) and it radiated across my.. everything, like nuclear waste. In New Haven, you have the inalienable right to fall behind. ok, let’s put it poetically.. The microorganism was as fast and brutal as a twister and it spun, tricksily, out of a clear blue day leaving me weak, in shock and totally focked. I needed things that come after a natural disaster - wailing sirens, to clear the way for organized relief but no volunteers can help me pick-up the pieces. I guess I needed another challenge this term. Sure, my roommates check in, but they have their own traumas and they’re like those slow, drive-by accident-tourists that gawk. Too bad there’s no such thing as missed class/assignment insurance. There’s a saying (cleaned up), here at Yale, that goes: It’ll get done because it HAS to get done. . . There are several songs for this piece: ‘We're All Alone’ by Kennedy Ryon ‘Totally Wired’ by The Fall or ‘Baxter (These Are My Friends)’ by Fred again.. & Baxter Dury Two days: 4 lectures, 3 labs, 600 pages of reading. Things roll baby - they certainly don’t stop for mE. Webster: Inalienable: impossible to take away or give up

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Date: 4/17/2024 7:54:00 AM
Dear Anais, you have artistically captured the overwhelming exhaustion and chaos that can accompany the college experience. I loved how your descriptions of raw honesty about the challenges faced and the need for support. Your candid portrayal of the pressure to keep up despite setbacks highlights the resilience required to navigate through turbulent times. You offer an amazing glimpse into the reality of academic stress and the importance of perseverance and self-care. Good Luck! Blessings, Daniel.
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Anais Vionet
Date: 4/17/2024 11:35:00 AM
Thanks Daniel, me and 40 million other college students =]
Date: 4/16/2024 3:53:00 PM
Oh wait! I thought it said Totally Weird. My bad
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Anais Vionet
Date: 4/16/2024 7:02:00 PM
That might have been better

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