> > > > Okay. I am having difficulties.
> > > >
> > > > Ever have one of those months where it feels like all of your friends are going to blow up and kill each other? Well, all of them execpt for Darien and me, anyway...
> > > >
> > > > My roommate is a dork. She likes to not go to class (ever!) and then get all mad at me when I ask her why she's not going. And she also likes to tell *everyone* on campus anything I tell her in confidence. She also likes to complain constantly about how she can't stand Darien, which really gets on my nerves.
> > > >
> > > > Then, she goes around complaining that I never talk to her anymore and I'm never around and stuff. Well, I guess compared to one who never leaves her room, I'm not around a whole lot. And now mutual friends are telling me I'd better do something to work out our friendship or bad stuff will happen.
> > > >
> > > > Thing is, she hasn't said a single thing to me about anything being *wrong.* Am I justified in being a bit puzzled by all this?
> > > >
> > > > ~Mina "sorry to heap all my troubles on you guys but I'm still avoiding my homework" moon
> > >
> > > Don't sweat it. I've been avoiding my homework for twelve years, and I can't stand any of the friends I make, and they can't stand me, which makes me want to hang around them more just to annoy them, and... oh dear, I've gone crosseyed.
> > >
> > > Mi "I suggest you don't think about it" key
> >
> > Yeah, I'm 29, I've got two degrees, I left university years ago, and I'm still avoiding homework. The trouble is, it keeps finding me.
> >
> > Brunnen-"three weeks to my navigation exam and I'm still trying to get through chapter 1 on the reading list"G
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> Luckily, I don't have anything to do tonight. Well, except read 200 pages of Moby-Dick which I'm flat out refusing to do. Actually, I'd request that if you happen to be reading this in the next 5 hours or so, write a little inspirational message to Darien... he's going to be up likely all night writing a paper and I'm sure he'll be checking in here periodically and would love to see some happy words.

Ah, we are very different people, Minamoon. The first time I read Moby Dick I stayed up until about four thirty the next morning so I could finish it all in one go, and then went out to buy my own copy the very next day ...

Brunnen-"Starbuck"G