The Yglesias Juggernaut

A Harvard education and genius intellect helped make Matthew Yglesias an incredibly insightful and prolific writer and political analyst. When I was in college I woke up in sofas on lawns. I managed to pull out a fairly decent grade point average after partying for four years, but that's not the point. As much as I respect and admire Yglesias' work, it also brings me down. It would take more work than I have time to do to transform myself from a writer of speculative fiction to a writer like Matthew. I could have been a similar figure had I not enjoyed myself so much way back when.
[sigh]

If I had it to do over again, I would party twice as hard. I would try to date twice the number of wonderful young ladies. I would definitely attempt to never, ever leave college. Some people never change. I guess I just wasn't meant to be the kind of writer Yglesias is.

Late afternoon music: Stabbing Westward, "Wither Blister Burn and Peel"