Like a fool

E-word,

Free falling lately. Work absorbs my every thought. It's getting on my nerves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/education/01girls.html?hp

I know you'll probably have read this, but I also have to recommend going to nytimes.com and listening to the multimedia section.

I was nowhere near this when I was 17. I can't even understand where these girls are coming from. What amazes me the most about these girls is how articulate they are, despite the ums and likes. These girls are so confident and self-possessed, or whatever or something. I don't get it. I know that they are being interviewed by a major newspaper, so maybe that's why they don't talk as much about their fears and weaknesses.

I've met some kids like this, and their self-possession throws me the fuck off. Why aren't you more sullen and inarticulate?!? Aren't you supposed to be aimless? I can't relate.

Maybe it's a front, or maybe they really know what they want. Maybe they think they know what they want.

By the by, I did get your phone message. Work has totally consumed me lately. If I'm not at work, I don't know what to do with myself. Well, I guess if I'm not at work I'm at school.

Happy April Fool's day.

Toe