I just received the following e-mail from the institution of higher learning that I am currently attending. (Names/identifiers have been changed to ensure privacy.)
"Hey, y’all, hey!!
1. The __________ Halloween Party has been moved to Friday. Yes, it seems like last minute, but we had to due to a scheduling conflict with the venue. Also, Fridays are awesome, and you can sleep in on Saturday.
-We need your body at FILL IN YOUR FAVORITE BAR NAME HERE from 9-12 (where you take your body after that is your business) this FRIDAY!
-There will be drink specials! They are so special, you will have to wait to get there to figure out what they are.
-As always, you are strongly encouraged (and by that I mean I you need to dust off the old fishnets) to dress up as your favorite queer icon. Please go all out.
-The event is 21 and over. And you don’t really want me to approach you, demand your ID, and find out your real age. So, let’s keep it together, pretty people. PRIZES!!
Yes, there is only one number on this list. You can add whatever you want to, but this is already number one, at the top of the list.
All the best,
Guy Who Sent the E-Mail"
Technically, I am a graduate student. In the way that I haven't graduated with my PhD yet, but still pay higher course fees than post-bachelor work because I obtained a Masters seven years ago...
But definitely different than the typical 24-yr-old grad student. For one thing, at this point in my life my Friday night activities are a little tamer. Fridays mean sweats, a Disney movie, and possibly a soda. If I'm feeling really crazy, it might mean a half-glass of wine.
If I am still awake at midnight, it has been a not-so-good evening for Weeble, Better Half, and me. When my "body" isn't in my own bed at that time of night, I am experiencing a mixture of hopelessness and helplessness that isn't foreign to parents of toddlers.
I think this e-mail serves as a great reminder for list-serv makers to be very familiar with their demographics. But, I'm not sure this school is listening.
After all, this institution is the same one that sends letters to my home (where I pay the mortgage) addressed to "The Parents of..."
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