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stop counterculturalism now

A Graduate Student Avoiding his Ph.D., Being Productive,
or Being Creative and Useful in Any Real Way...

Friday, December 26

Dear friend,
As I prepare to go skiing, here is an ego boost I just got. I looked up a word that my friend Jeff used to describe me, mensch: A person having admirable characteristics, such as fortitude and firmness of purpose: "He radiates the kind of fundamental decency that has a name in Yiddish; he's a mensch" (James Atlas). I can see myself in that, but fuck, I wish things would be easy to achieve. You know, so my fortitude would not be tested so much.
Yours,
posted by Brent, 12:18:00 AM

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