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	<title>The Ink &#187; bacne</title>
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		<title>A Letter To My Freshman Self</title>
		<link>http://www.universitypressclub.com/archive/2009/09/a-letter-to-my-freshman-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Meyer</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1826" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1826  " title="bacne" src="http://www.universitypressclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bacne.png" alt="bacne" width="200" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Not actually me. </p></div>
<p><em>Hey.</em></p>
<p><em>Looking good in that American Eagle polo and drawstring cargo shorts. Might want to pick up a deep-V at some point, but the current ensemble probably won&#8217;t prevent you from rolling into Quadrangle, six dudes deep. Quadrangle (colloquially &#8220;Quad&#8221;) is one of ten eating clubs,  which are places you&#8217;ll go to up to four times a week to drain brews and nervously learn to socialize at an advanced undergraduate level. Tactics should not include: &#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m totally a senior,&#8221; &#8220;Aren&#8217;t we Facebook friends?,&#8221; and &#8220;What activities are you doing to get into Woody Woo? I&#8217;m in Sustained Dialogue.&#8221; On that note, don&#8217;t be anxious about talking to girls&#8211; all the pretty ones have already slipped out of your reach and into the enviably post-pubescent arms of upperclassmen anyway. Maybe for now you should do me a solid and knock off an ST.</em></p>
<p><em>It&#8217;s cool that you love your entryway and your RCA is a total sweetie.  Enjoy those late-night philosophy discussions with your roommates and be sure to savor all those nuggets of bona fide intellectualism, including &#8220;Existentialism IS a humanism,&#8221; &#8220;Dude, that&#8217;s totally post-racial,&#8221;  and &#8220;You should totally rush St. A&#8217;s.&#8221; </em><em>Soon the pseudo-intellectualism will begin to wane and you&#8217;ll find yourself power-walking directly to the liquor store once LIN360 lets out. Make sure not to schedule too many classes that end at 4:30&#8211;you&#8217;re going to need time to pick up a pack of 100s and a soy latte  (with room for Schnapps) before Nassau Weekly meetings.</em></p>
<p><em>Also, that mine-field of bacne you developed on OA should be clearing up any year now (consult Neutrogena), so cool beans. But, unfortunately, that hope you&#8217;re holding out of bulking up in the gym is change you can&#8217;t believe in. Your time is better spent funneling beers and volume booting all over your suite-mate&#8217;s wall.<br />
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<p><em>Oh, and word to the wise, chief: photocopying Tower passes in Marquand is a no-go. They&#8217;re embossed.</em></p>
<p><em>Love, </em></p>
<p><em>Ted</em></p>
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