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the ambition to become an author, is

happy to spend the evening writing

peacefully in her journal. I do the same.

Of course, the weekend is not completely

without tension. Some people

are reserved to the point of appearing

sullen. Sometimes the do-your-ownthing

policy threatens to devolve into

mutual loneliness as everyone goes

their own separate ways. In fact, there

is such a deficit of the social behavior

we call “cool” that I begin thinking

someone should be cracking jokes, stirring

things up, handing out rum-and-

Cokes. Shouldn’t they?

The truth is, as much as I crave

breathing room for sensitive types, I

enjoy hail-fellows-well-met, too. I’m

glad for the “cool” among us, and I

miss them this weekend. I’m starting to

speak so softly that I feel like I’m

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