okay

[fox]

i'm done.  i'll finish this term, because i've already arranged tutorials, and it would be tacky not to show up -- but i've pretty firmly decided not to keep going with this next fall.  i mean, what's the point, frankly?  i can geek out about language and languages from wherever i am -- i don't need to be here to do it, and what are the odds i'll actually need a PhD for whatever i wind up doing next anyway?  historically, i haven't had a single job i wasn't preposterously overqualified for.  i don't have any reason to believe that won't change.

so.  that's that.

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[wholenother.livejournal.com]

See, here's the thing, Fox, you sound like me, not you -- and the language is off for either of us.

Better luck next time!

Here's about how I'll write it when I do:

Okay, so I've reached my self-imposed limit of $100,000 in debt, so I'm done with school. It's too bad, really, since I have only a semester left, but this is a promise I made myself (foolishly or otherwise) -- and $100,000 is still better than $105,000. As you all know, I've known this to be pointless for years but am unable to admit defeat. Well, so much for that; it's kind of a relief, really, to have an excuse to quit. Of course, I can't leave until I find myself a job, and since no one seems to be able to remember to write a recommendation letter on time, I'd better look for jobs that don't require that sort of thing. Walmart? I wonder what happens if I can't find a job, since I'm not taking out any more loans. Anyone want to lend me a couch?

See? Yours doesn't sound like me at all, and yet it sounds more like me than it does like you.

:p