Okay, who wants to be my personal references?

Emily has many interesting philosophies of teaching, although by now she is sick unto death of talking about them so please take my word for it and don't pester her. She has also actually taught actual students, and pretty much kicked pedagogical ass whilst doing so. Many functions of higher mathematics bow down and worship Emily. Emily talks about numbers and the ways to play with them as if they were friends and lovers and beloved intimate games, and certain complicated and possibly theoretical equations have been known to stammer and blush when her name is mentioned. Also, Emily is a steadfast friend and great roommate and has given her cat a really cool name. Just don't ask her about her philosophies of teaching, and don't say I didn't warn you.

Please contact me if you have any questions or need further information.

Sincerely,

One of Emily's Legion of Invisible Buffy Friends

It's been almost 4 hours. I think I might be ready to try the nap thing again.

Emily is pretty and has nice hair.

You guys say the nicest things. I managed to fill out my list, so I'm all set. But y'all are the sweetest!

I'm about to put all the listings online for the auction for my mom's chorus.

I am a giant ball of stress.

{{{Ailleann}}} Give yourself time... it takes a while to sink in, something so awful, of that magnitude. {{{hugs again}}}

Emily, I'd offer to be a reference, but it looks like JZ has it nailed.

Oh Ailleann, I'm so sorry. How horrible.

Now I would like JZ to be my reference.

A friend of mine is part of a talk-show/panel show on BET Jazz. I have started taping it and while it is really good, he has not been on it yet. poop.

ION, I am exhausted and I think I am going to bed. I have 16 pages left in a book and I need to finish that. posthaste.

Jesse is a swanktastic urban cowgirl and cat wrangler. Since I have known her, she has had several excellent jobs working for companies doing important and meaningful work. Sadly, they failed to notice her shiny hair and shiny brains and put her in dreary positions for which she was overqualified, forcing her to go out and get a graduate degree.

By contrast, since Jesse has known me, I have succeeded in giving away my own cats, widening my ass, and obtaining no graduate degrees at all. I am humbled and honored that Jesse even lets me speak to her. I dare not hug her. You dare not either, unless you are Isaac Mizrahi, and even then Jesse may roll her eyes forever at you on national TV. You've been warned, and now you have only yourself to blame.

He did, however, give her a nice suit and a perfectly spiffing pair of new shoes, so that ensemble together with her shiny degree, shiny brains and shiny hair, clearly make her the ideal employee for your enterprise. Or more probably executive money-related managerial big ideas boss lady.

In closing, Jesse has the coolest glasses in New York, and also probably the most adorable parents on the planet. She is also probably taller than you.

Should you need further information or a picture of Jesse in a cowboy hat, please don't hesitate to contact me. Should you wish to lose an arm, please don't hesitate to hug Jesse, or possibly call her your little snoodle.

Yours,

I Saved Jesse On My TiVo

Woo hoo! Copying, pasting, and saving forever. Thanks, JZ! PS: Of course you can hug me, and wasn't getting rid of the cats in the service of True Love? (The ass embiggening, too, I'd imagine....) So there's that.