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Things to do next semester

From Things to Do Next Semester:

16.) Put the following disclaimer on all undergraduate creative writing course descriptions: "If you wish to write gangster stories, drug dealer stories, 'Ever-Since-I-Saw-Her-In-The- Student- Union-I-Knew-I-Was-In-Love-With-Her' stories, dead grandmother stories, Slacker stories, Man- Goes-On-A- Hunting- Trip-With-His-Old-College-Roommates stories, Woman-Talks-To-Her-Cat- About-How-Much-Men-Suck stories, Two-Genderless-Philosophers-Meet-In-Some- Indescribable-Netherworld-To-Discuss- The-Impending- Annihilation-Of-The-Mindless-Race-Of- Human-Automotons stories, YUPPIE-Who-Learns-A-Valuable-Lesson stories, wedding fantasy stories, 'entertainment' stories, Kill-The- Professor stories, 'Let-Me-Tell-You-How-Much-Hashish- I- Smoked-In-Amsterdam-And-Guiness-I-Drank-In- Dublin-On- My-Semester-Abroad' stories, Person-Who-Dies-Then- Comes-Back-To-Life-To-Do-Something-She/He-Should-Have- Or- Should-Not-Have-Done-When-She/He-Was-Alive stories, or any other story in which YOU have not a.) fundamentally created the characters and their lives we call plots, and b.) developed a unique point-of-view from which to tell these stories, then you might want to consider taking Photography or Pottery to satisfy your Fine Arts Requirement."

(Via Cheese Dip)

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