5. mr fox is apparently making house calls.

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Apparently I'm leaving for the Middle East tomorrow morning. I've had medical conferences in Vienna and London, but this seems to be an entirely new kind of professional voyage. For one, it involves subtle lies to my non-tale coworkers.

I don't resent an opportunity to travel, but it does make one wonder about the sorts of hoops one is expected to

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!!!

I love the middle-east! Though I do prefer the East, as Virginia is my favourite state!

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[itwasnotso]

Jess?

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[itwasnotso]

What possible sort of self-improvement could a soap opera encourage?

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[itwasnotso]

Judging by miss Dickering's descriptions so far, wouldn't this only teach me how to indulge in sordid love triangles and, consequently, make my coworkers resent me all the more? Fisticuffs, duels at midnight, fights for the woman, et cetera.

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[itwasnotso]

[Abrupt pen streak.]

If so, I'm sorely behind on the cafeteria gossip.

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[itwasnotso]

The moment I begin "dicking around" with one of the interns, I'll join a prime-time television show to document the fact. There will be aptly-chosen emotional music; it'll be heart-wrenching.

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[itwasnotso]

There ought to be a manual for these things.

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[itwasnotso]

Life: The Soap Opera Version.

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