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My goat

This should say “Ben has started reading Born to Run again” because I made my mom buy me this book when it came out in 2016, when I was 14 years old. I got about 300 pages in. When I picked it up again this morning, the cardboard coffee sleeve was right where I left it.

I fucking love Kurt Vonnegut so much. These remind me of when the VP of Mission at my university suggested I apply to write and give the commencement speech for our class. Coming from a typically aloof, busy man, this meant a lot to me. So I did it. I was proud of what I put on the page. It was true to myself and, I thought, sound advice and wishes for our class.

I got a very generic rejection letter. So it goes!