Dec
8
2009
The Bulb Brightens As The Cloud Descends…
Author: Fat Plaid ShirtSo today, in fact three minutes ago, as I am finishing/beginning studying for tomorrows 4 credit tax final, I checked the page where my test number is, because everyone knows the exam is “anonymous.” Anyway, my rank officially jumped several spots! Yayy!! Now you see, here’s why I’m excited: I was in the exact middle of the class, literally, the corner in the middle (please see my blog title). But the last time I checked was right after summer grades came out, and the ranks hadn’t changed yet.
To change analogies, the middle of the boat. So, it’s like I am still seated in the middle of the boat, right, but my head is leaning over the shoulder of the seat in front of me! I’m breathing on the people who are a tenth of a point ahead of me now! The same air the amazing high ranking people are exhaling, I get to wash myself in as it rushes past me in the current that is the hurricane we came to play in! I can hear their sweat dripping as they row, I can almost see their veins pulse with the adrenaline-heavy blood coursing through their hardened hearts! I wish I had seen this change to my new position earlier, let’s call it barely above barely adequate! Yay for me! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some tax to study… I want a new seat to drag my corner to…