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I happen to be aware of the magnitude of the plight of academics. Some of my professors were not at all shy about broaching the subject. One straight up said that life is miserable for them before getting tenure. Another told us that they owe far more in loans than they bring in each year: “...Seriously, it’s not good.” The “publish or perish” aspect of it all was the most daunting to me when I considered it as a profession. They have to keep churning out literature to stay afloat in the estimation of their respective universities and the academic realm in general.

It was totally a jest ? we were lying in bed after the fact when we had this exchange, and we both laughed.

Client (who is a professor): You could be my boyfriend. Me: Are you tenured?

“A custom more honored in the breach than the observance” is one I’m still trying to work into everyday conversation. Same for “To the manner born.” First time I heard it, before The Prince of Denmark, was in the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (it was said by Gwyneth Paltrow). (I was actually able to use this one with a client I deemed to be from a patrician background — all signs pointed to it — but he then informed me that he had built himself “from the ground up.”)

“I won’t disturb you with the details because they would —“ “What?” “Disturb you.”

I very nearly forgot another of Douglas Adams’: “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”

I’ve been jonesing for Souplantation for a couple of months now. I once went with a (Black) friend and as we ate we just happened to discuss the name of the restaurant. “I wonder if the ‘plantation’ in the name stirs up any negative thoughts or imagery in some people’s minds,” I observed. “Yes,” she answered, “they should probably get rid of it. They’d get more Black people [customers].”

Perhaps an elaborate frame-up of her disobliging neighbor?

I was just curious. The vast majority of hotel doors are fairly heavy (so it couldn’t be propped open by a chair) and opened only electronically by keycard. I suppose I overlooked that it might be an older hotel, or that he used the upper, metal latch as a buffer between the door and the doorframe, etc.

If you tickle an escort, does he not laugh?

In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Spotted the sociopath. That’s only okay when I say it!

Call me Eve Harrington. And fasten your seatbelts...

Yeah, it was most displeasing. Took forever to clean off the diatomaceous earth residue from my furniture after the bugs were extirpated, too. Thanks a lot for the compliment

That awkward moment when it doesn’t. This is quickly becoming an offshoot of my journal. I haven’t quite given up yet, though.

This is the sort of thing with which I have to contend today.

How did you get inside his room without his opening the door for you?

I don’t know the third one. But the first is from Romeo and Juliet — I think most people at least vaguely know it or have heard of it: “...so Romeo would, were he not Romeo called.” Fun fact: In the scene when Juliet says “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” most people interpret it as “Where are you, Romeo?” However, “wherefore” means “for what reason/why.” He is a Montague, and she is a Capulet — the surnames of two warring families. She is asking “WHY do you have to be Romeo (a man from a hostile clan with whom I could never legitimately associate)?” The second is from Hamlet, the Shakespeare play which houses my favorite Shakespearean quotes — good ones in it are plentiful.

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To juxtapose slightly with the last, stolidly cynical, independence-affirming quote above: “You are the poem I never how to write and this is the story I’ve always wanted to tell” -Tyler Knott Gregson

“Don't attach yourself to anyone who shows you the least bit of attention because you're lonely. Loneliness is the human condition. No one is ever going to fill that space. The best you can do is to know yourself, know what you want, and not let the cattle stand in the way.” -Janet Fitch

These days I typically apply the quote to workouts; if I’m too weary to complete a “full” workout, feeling I won’t be able to dive into it with adequate alacrity, I figure “Might as well wait till tomorrow.” It’s a case of the “all-or-nothing” cognitive distortion, as they say.

“The comfort zone is a nice place, but nothing ever grows there.” -Unknown

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_loafing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility ? I’ve already seen a fair amount of these phenomena on this site especially re: an unknown, unreviewed escort/masseur — “Someone take the plunge/leap and advise of his good/badness, etc.”