Between being back in the dorm with all the fun and taking history, anthropology, developmental psych, and religion, you can expect a lot more updates and a lot better updates. That said, let's get this party started with the kind of update everybody loves who knows the context.
Since the boy moved into the office it's become the place to be for both my groups and his. I was kicked out of his a while back but now they're working their way in here and it's hard to avoid unless I just leave, which looks bad. But mostly there's been one in here that I was never able to stand. She too, was never a fan of mine. I don't know about her (but I got the feeling), but I always made it a point to avoid her. She knows this, I know this, but it's never been discussed. Now she comes in here with the loud one to watch TV and play with the boy. She's the type that can't stop talking about things she doesn't want to talk about, but usually she doesn't do that in here, which is nice. She has for several days not been deathly ill, which is unusual, and I've actually had what would resemble a civil conversation with her on several occasions. I did what I always do when I'm trying to make somebody not hate me - bite my lip and pretend to have something in common with the simpleton. It seems our mutual parody at the expense of the boy was the only way. Anything else I might say is off limits; only if I'm making fun of the boy can I talk to her. Of course, that's the only reason I would ever have to talk her, as I don't want to hear anything else from her either. So I've killed several birds here - found a way to communicate with a new and richer subject, got on my way to having her not hate, got on my way to not hating her, and of course found a receptive outlet for making fun of someone. The only way this might turn ugly is if she starts thinking I'm her friend, which I don't forsee. I think she'll agree that the optimal stopping point for this relationship is that of well-wishers, in that we won't wish each other any specific harm.
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