"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 09:32:39AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > When I was a freshman in college at UT Austin, I hung around with a
> > > bunch of people, most of whom lived on my floor in the dorm, the rest
> > > of whom wanted to.
> >
> > My my...so modest, aren't we? :-)
>
> Actually, she's telling the truth. Everybody wanted to live on her floor
> because of Julia's incredible wit, talent, and personality. The sheer
> human magnetism she radiated turned that floor into a veritable salon of
> manners, kindness, and good conversation.
>
> She'll probably deny this, of course, and say it was because she just
> happened to live on the "honors" floor, a tiny oasis in a dorm otherwise
> chock full of freshmen swilling cheap American beer, but don't believe
> her.
Nah, it was because *Marvin* was there.
Even the year before Marvin was there, everyone wanted to live there in
*anticipation* of his arrival.
;)
Julia
it was really because of the synergy of people, of which I was only one
small individual, and not the most appealing one by a long shot, either
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