Halp! Background: I'm doing an independent study this summer and the prof that agreed to do it is changing it into something I'm not really interested in doing and it is causing me a lot of stress. He's made it clear he's not interested in doing it unless we do it his way. So, I'm trying to compose an email to another prof to see if he'll do it with me prior to cutting my ties to the other prof. Here's what I have:

Hi PROF. I know I mentioned to you that I was going to be doing an Independent Study with Prof. B this summer, but I don't really have the bandwidth to take on the project that he's hoping I do. My intent is to produce my portfolio paper; He is hoping to turn it into an article that we jointly publish. While I think it's a great idea, I just can't commit to it with my current schedule. So, I'm writing to find out if you'd be willing to work with me on my paper during Summer Session C (dates are Aug 1 - Aug ). I'm attaching my proposal for your review.

I don't anticipate needing much assistance and we could correspond via email if you are in the UK this summer (like we did last year).

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Sorry I killed the thread. I reworked my email a bit and sent it on, so no worries.

It looks pretty good to me - you've explained clearly what you need and why it's not working out with the other guy. Hope they go for it!

Glam! H&M just got in Hello Kitty umbrellas! I thought of you as I was putting them out today.

Random thoughts:

I got lots of work stuff done today. I am so proud of me. Why do I only work good when I am busy??

I made cupcakes last night for my SYTYCD stuff, and I have too many leftover. Also, the coconut ones are SOOOO GOOD. Sadly, I have fewer of those. They are coconut flavored with coconut flakes with limey creamcheese frosting. YUM. I also have almond ones with a little bit of coffee in them. But they're mostly just almond.

Also I have a headache. Not goood.

And that stupid girl hasn't emailed me. Not good.

The girl who wants to go trolling for hoes, though, has texted me to ask where we should go out tonight. I am stumped for places. So is she.

The Landmark people have canceled on me, so I do not have 23 year olds crashing on my couch.

One of my exes is getting gay married in Canada tomorrow. She is Canadian, though. She's also 24!!! OK, technically she's turning 25 on Sunday. But STILLLLLL!!!! OMG.

percy did not get xrays today . A weekend of antibiotics to see if that calms his kidneys a bit so things will be clearer. then I get to start shooting him with insulin next week.

if he lets me

If the westbound interstate is closed Monday morning, I'm not going to work. It took me three hours to get home tonight. It's one thing on a Friday, when I know I have the next day off, but there's no way I'm willing to do this and have to go to work the next day.

Oh hell no. Just tell them you can't make it in. We get shafted enough in this part of the country by never getting snow days. Take a flood day.

so, MM had three FCOTD, I had a ridiculous day at the theatre

I had three separate patrons standing in the aisles where the actors enter and exit, volunteers that didn't know what the hell was going on, six late patrons who didn't want to wait for their proper seating time. it was RIDICULOUS.

WTF, bitches? Three posts in six hours? I know it's a Friday night, so you'd BEST be out getting your fun on and storing up stories to post so when i wake up in the morning there are crazy stories about what you were out doing tonight!!

Here, I'll start:

So, I took a nap. (I know, that's not a good start, right?). But then I drove to the bar and there was a magic parking space that I didn't have to pay for even though I was late, and because it was a nice evening out the place wasn't packed, and the dancing was fun, and we discussed the "trolling for hos", but really R, E (who was tipsy off two drinks because she hadn't had dinner), GILF, "Wallflower" and I ended up hanging out after the country music, dancing for a while (they switch to gayboy discotrance). Wallflower proved to have intriguing hidden depths, and be quite adept at shaking what her momma gave her. And told me she is signed up for a pole dancing class starting in July. I asked for more details. Hmmm. Then we went to go get E some food, and had delicious spicy polish sausages from some street vendor. And then we sat eating them in a park, and had fake (verbal) fights with each other to entertain passersby (who were arguing with each other). One group turned around and came back and started asking us if we were in a drama class. Hee. E and R ended up wrestling.

So we did not end up trolling for hos. Though at one point I declared that since I was wearing a miniskirt and fishnets, I might, in fact, BE a ho, and we might need to instead find OTHER people who were trolling for hos.

But we have a plan for what we'll do another week, and where we will go, etc. But next week is Pride, so not then.

I gave E a ride home, and we were chatting about the GILF, and in the course of conversation she was like "Did you date [GILF]?" and I'm thinking "Hi, you all met me at the same time, do you really think I managed to keep it THAT on the down low??", but i was like "Uh, NO"