Straight No Chaser

Zounds

oh--having forgotten, somehow, to highlight this as dramatically as i'd intended to, i now announce that marcus won. it was sort of unexpected, sort of not, depending on whom you ask. sean, who is pretty politically savvy, was absolutely positive, as recently as a week ago, that chris had the win. the runoff suggested otherwise, and badaboom, so it went down.

he is immensely proud of himself, naturally, as are we all. he is ready for the responsibilities, ready for the negative press that's already begun and will continue, to be sure, through graduation and beyond. he is ready for people to pull him aside at every possible opportunity, a habit they've already developed, to whisper in his waiting ear about this or that organization that needs funding, political support, whatever.

so then, my level of readiness matters none whatsoever. it's gonna do what it does, so to speak, and i'll just ride with it. i've been through worse. and he's going to do a fantastic job, of course.