Archieves
September 4, 2004: Let's Get It Started
Hello Everyone! Okay, so I'm ten days off from leavin on a jet plane here. In some sort of attempt at preparation, I'm mass emailing everyone who I thought had requested to be on my newsletter list. If you did not ask to be a part of this, you're probably wondering if I was delusional. Your answer is inevitably a resounding yes. So, should you have suffered the consequences of my delusions, you are more than welcome to say the following: "Em, please take me off your newsletter list" Yes, by the way, there is a list, and you are, at the moment, on it. If you think for some strange reason, someone else would like to be on this mail list, let me or them know. For those of you who are followers, my xanga will become defunct once i start doing my newsletters regularly. I'm sure that will encourage so many more of you to stay on my newsletters. Yeah, right, just like a bbq apron with an emblem from a three tenors performance is actually what encourages people to give money to PBS. anywho, do or do not, it matters not to me unless it matters to you. I, Emily Rutter, am not responsible for the following: 1) Poor grammar/spelling/typos. This is a very informal newsletter and if you find yourself bothered by such petty issues, unsubscribe at once. 2) Bad Monty Python references. Most probable when the author has been up far too late past her bedtime for too many consecutive nights. 3) An almost fanatical devotion to anthropology (Note: see point #2 and understand that it is now 1:45 a.m.; Monty Python fans, if you didn't get that, you're not a fan, so stop calling yourselves thusly.) No seriously. There's a good chance I will be caught up in a passionate affair with my studies, however I'll attempt to keep the praise and infatuation to a minimum. 4) Actually, bad humor in general, especially when I'm tired. 5) Perpeptual adoration of the University of Cambridge, the town of Cambridge, England, Europe, and so forth, though I will try to keep this at a minimum. 6) Exceptionally long, pointless emails. No one is forcing you to read these. You could always save them for a rainy day (or hurricane week where applicable). Also, you can delete them. No harm done, promise. 6) Repetition. 7) I'm sure there are other things, but I really can't think, and I do believe I fell asleep for a bit there. Now, I am responsible for things that may offend you. I apologize in advance, but do wish to remind you that email is going out en masse to friends, family, mentors, and some random people. Remember that I am 19, I am going to make mistakes and worse, opinions; loads actually. Finally, feel free to email me at any time. If you have the time to write it, I will make the time to read it (within reason mind you. if it's too lengthy at worst, i'll save it until after term ends to read it, promise.) Topics are welcome to run the gamut, I'm fair game if you are. I hope this email has found you all well. With a new found stiff upper lip that apparently came with the entry visa, - Emily.
