Sept. 25, 2003

1. My brother is as annoying on water as he is on land.

2. My new phone has like 10 numbers in it. Yours is not one of them.

3. Correction: Yesterday's correction referring to a correction correcting the previous day's story about the number of corrections the Missourian has been forced to run due to an incorrect correction following a story about the Department of Corrections, which was incorrectly referred to as the Department of Correction, incorrectly corrected the spelling of that department's name. It is still Corrections, as far as we can tell. The Missourian regrets the heir.*

4. There's nothing shameful about the Waterloo Corn Pone being your hometown newspaper. NOTHING AT ALL.

5. What important people, other than me, would be emailing you?

6. Did I ever tell you about the time I fell asleep at a train station for about 20 minutes?

7. Well, I'm off to my J200 lab. (When was the last time you heard someone say that? —Ed.)

8. I wanted the last sentence to read: "Thanks for the info, showed it to my friend, and I swear I don't have a crush on you." I fought the urge and left it out.

9. Did I miss the memo that only stupid people are allowed to speak up in cross-cultural?

10. And still, the crusty grammar Nazis still will not allow me to "host" a party.

11. I wish I had more funny stories for you — I guess getting kicked out of Fieldhouse and then breaking up two fights between my friends and the bouncers and then a truckload of guys. I also walked home from Big 12 Providence last night. You don't think it would be that long of a walk, but it definitely is.

12. Aaron Sorkin is a thief! He stole my joke!!!

13. I wouldn't trade any of you for a million dollars! (Well, maybe Kelsey, but she understands. It is a lot of money, right?)

14. Perhaps people know who you are because descriptions of your whereabouts are sent on the J-school listserv.

15. I'm sorry, I wish I could turn this charm off, but I can't.

16. I just fell asleep for three hours. In the middle of that time, I got up to watch Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and discovered my free cable was no longer. Damn.

17. Leave it to our school to flaunt the tackiest display of capitalism right at the heart of your visit. I'm sure you wanted to blow black and gold chunks.

Bonuses
Subject line of the day: Would I be a whore if ...
Quote of the day: "I can find infinite ways to blame the Trib for society's pitfalls."


*Credit the Jayson Blair desk stealer for this one.

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