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Aight! here's the dealio. My sister's visiting in three and a half weeks, which is the joy of my life, the sun of my summer, and I gotta be prepared. So this is how it's goin' down. There's gonna be a rough draft of this dissertation in my advisor's inbox by the time Emily gets here, or else . . . something fierce.

I'm lookin' forward to her coming - we're gonna hunt us a Haggis, get the low-down on the Nessie situation, and hit up some of the more widely frequented apparel shops over in New Town. Be prepared.

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  1. Lil_Flip07 July, 2007 20:36

    Yeah... so I had to read that second paragraph a few times before I knew what it said. :-P
    Three and a half weeks! Eeeeeeek!
    WRITE THE PAPER!!

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