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I really hate when people speak in up-talk all the time, and I find that in young academia, it is rampant. Ugh. If there is one thing I am glad about from law school, it's that I kicked that nasty habit. So today was the end of the first phase of my studio project this quarter. It is entirely group/partner work this quarter, which is quite the difference from other quarters. But, sadly, today I got thrown under a bus. Much of my group kind of let me down, and for some reason, I ended up taking the fall for it. But, c'est la vie. I shall persevere. As for other things in life, there's a boy that I kind of like. Well, there's actually two boys that I kind of like, but only one is within dating distance. But, I'm not sure what to do. I'm seriously putting the vibe out there, and he's responsive in a friendly way, but I never know how to read these situations. Sigh. I wish boys would just do the approaching. It would make life so much easier! Also, small observation, when did it become fashionable to do smilies backward? Like: (: instead of :)? This random change makes no sense to me. It seems arbitrary for the sake of being arbitrary. But, what do I know?