For the rest of my life, when confronted with my limitations, when ridiculed by total strangers for my lack of prowess and my apathic nature, if I have nothing to show for myself and nothing to say, I can turn and look at them smuggly and say " Mine eyes have beheld the beautiful, wondrous Iggy Pop...so there." and I'll mean it, damn it. Oh, Iggy, I never loved you more than when you were calling me (the rest of the audience included) " stupid ant". I knew that these were words of love. I...

I'm in nursing school right now, which really doesn't make much sense to me. I'm competent and I'm making good grades, but all around me are people who make me think, "if I needed a nurse, would I want it to be one of these people?" The answer is a definite no.There's the political impresario who has weaseled her way into the position of class president. I have spent countless times trying to mentally picture her inserting a catheter and all I get is the image of her leading a revelutoinary cou...