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2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

It's been a while since I've written. Since that time, I turned down the newspaper position (though I'll continue to write stories for sports when needed, I'm really hoping to move to the features desk), and I only have a few regrets - mainly, that I took the easy way out. Who knows? I'm certainly glad not to have the newspaper looming over me almost every single night...

I feel a little bit messed up (and by "a little bit" I mean "extremely") - like I don't belong here. My usual self-esteem issues, and not something worth writing about.

However: I do have something worth writing about. It happened several weeks ago, but the glow of the achievement still shines in every moment of my existence.

My 101 Things to Do list has stalled a bit, though I guess that's natural at the beginning of the school year. But still, I've gotten a few things done: I started work at the Rep, I tried a Philly cheesesteak (which was delicious, by the way), I saw the first Rep show (so that I'm on track to see all six - Passion Play was great, by the way, though the symbolism got away from me a bit by the end). However, none of these can ever compare to my crowning glory, the one thing that had to be done for this to be a success. I achieved the unachievable, surmounted the insurmountable, and I did it right here in New Haven.

I have petted a llama.

There's even this sort of glow on my hair, do you see? No, that's not sunshine. It's a halo of victory.

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