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This story begins with a skunk, a watch and a column (not mine...
Just before midnight earlier this week, I strolled out of DeWolfe and couldn't help but be intrigued by a black and white animal bounding across a final club's lawn. I looked away, blinked, confirmed; it was indeed a skunk. I was yearning to procrastinate, so I followed it. Turns out it was going my way: toward Pinocchio's Pizza. I took the skunk's suggestion and decided to grab a slice...
...gave my order and, thinking of the skunk, began to look away from the counter. The person who took my order smiled at me and asked, "Well, you must be a senior by now?" "No, a junior," I responded as I thought how I had been to Noch's too many times. "It's going to go fast, though," I continued. We both agreed and switched topics: We talked about our families. I asked him about Mexico and he asked me about Connecticut. The pizza was ready; I thanked him and headed out the door. Just then I realized that...
...column, the skunk, the watch: they all point to the conversations I should be having and the time I should be spending. I should be worrying less about where I have to be in five minutes and more about where I am right...
...apologize if I sound like a skunk at a garden party," said Joan B. Pinck '50. "I think you need to put a better spin on it. I see myself calling people and saying all these things and explaining all these things and not walking away with a check...