candace, i think you make me realize that the academic life is not for me. because when i hear you say things like "oh i can't WAIT to write my milton paper" and i'm like... wow, i don't think i've ever felt that way about writing a paper. i guess that's a good thing though, you've stopped me from going down a path of utter wretchedness for my personality type!
your enthusiasm is really, really wonderful and almost infectious though. i'm glad that you're smiling a lot this week, because everyone else is just so doom-and-gloom and that gets really old fast.
Erm. I'm glad I helped you realize this? Although I must say, I'm sure there are people in academia who don't like writing papers at all...and that's not really my reason for being an academic. Really it's just a bonus -- the immediate reason is because I love teaching, and isn't it great that to be an English professor you get to teach AND write papers about good books
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your enthusiasm is really, really wonderful and almost infectious though. i'm glad that you're smiling a lot this week, because everyone else is just so doom-and-gloom and that gets really old fast.
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