my heart was in my throat

[post_ironic]

when i went to the post office today. now i only have to wait a few months before i'm rejected by ucla and duke.

Comments

[lukewarmmm]

good luck. I'm sure you'll do just fine. After all, you're Ryan Hickey.

[post_ironic]

i appreciate the encouragement, but being ryan hickey means that i'm a dissolute drunk with a penchant for self-destructive behavior and spectacular failures.

[glengarry]

what would be ideal, would be if Ryan were in fact your middle name, and you could be J. Ryan Hickey, or D. Ryan Hickey, etc. Touch of class and all that.

[post_ironic]

hmmm... maybe i'll take that under consideration if i ever publish. r. patrick hickey? ryan p. hickey? r.p. hickey?

[fortasse]

Ok. So what are your shortcomings?

No. You'll get in. The spectacular failure comes when you are denied a degree because, in a fit of pique, you tell your dissertation defense committee to go fuck themselves. Oh no, better yet...present your defense as interpretive dance...