Don't Stop Doing What You Love. Don't

Most Of My Friends From Columbia Are Going On To Get Advanced Degrees. And Why Not? A Ph.d. Is The New M.a., A Master's Is The New Bachelor's, A B.a. Is The New High School Diploma, And A High School Diploma Is The New Smiley-face Sticker On Your First-grade Spelling Test.

We Are Adam And Eve Born Out Of Chaos Called Creation Ribbing Me Gave You Life Yet You Forget There Will Always Be A Part Of Me In You Yes I Taunted And Tempted You With My Forbidden Fruit Does That Make Me The Serpent Too? Believe What You Will But If I Am Exiled Alone I Know We Will Be Together Again Someday Naked Without Shame In Paradise My Thanks To You For Being In On My Sin

And Yet I Know I Am Too Young, That We're Too Young, For Me To Live My Life Only As It Relates To You. If You Had Asked Me To Marry You The Night You First Told Me About Your Acceptance, I Would Have Embraced Princeton As Part Of A Larger Plan That Involved Me. I Probably Would Have Reacted Differently. I Might Even Had Said Yes. Alas, You Didn't Ask Me Then. You Made Plans For Your Future Without Me In Mind, And That's Okay. But How Can You Now Ask Me To Arrange My Life Around You?

I Used To Think That I Wouldn't Change Anything From My Past, Because Doing So Would Inevitably Affect Who I Am Now. But Considering My Current State, I'm Thinking It Might Not Be A Bad Idea To Go Back In Time To Fix Things.

You Called Me A Natural Con Artist And Asked Me What Other Secrets I Was Hiding. I Didn't Answer Because I Already Knew, In Some Deep, Primal Way, What Furtive Truth You Were Referring To: That I Was Destined To Fall In Love With You.