Well, this is it. I guess the fact that this is my last article makes some people happy-a certain WC tour guide, the outdoor music gurus and sages come to mind-and I guess this final article makes some people sad. Personally, it doesn't really matter. I don't feel particularly sad, nor do I feel the need to say something profound in these last words. But I'm not gleeful at finally getting this damn thing off my back, either. I had fun writing this column, but I think I wound up burning myself out. A lot of the time, I think I almost gave myself an aneurysm thinking too hard.
Towards the end, I started to take myself too seriously, and that's cardinal sin number one for me. Taking yourself too seriously is something I can't stand, and I really can't stand it when I wind up doing it. But I guess-or I hope-that my own hypocrisy makes the point: sometimes we can think we're on an ivory tower, able to cast down judgment, when we're really just another idiot like everyone else. I guess having a job that has a little bit of power can be a scary thing. So, I'm sorry for taking myself too seriously, and for thinking my column was something more than just a chance to be obnoxious to a group of people larger than my friends and family.
After all, what is my column going to matter in four years, once all the students that may have read it are gone? No one's going to remember this thing, and if they do, well, they'd probably be better served remembering something else. My several years of columns about the Dining Hall and courtroom TV don't really amount to much (although, if they win me Sophie Kerr, I'll think the world of them, all those precious, petty rants).
So, I suppose I should say goodbye now, even though it's really not. When this paper comes out, I'll be in the Newlin Room, literally sweating through comps, and then I'll be around for finals week, senior week, and graduation. But after that, buddy, I'm gone. Hopefully the next guy they get to fill this spot can riff about the Dining Hall for a page, too.
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