April Fools

When I was back at Bryn Mawr, on April Fool's the newspapers would run with headlines like: "Bryn Mawr to turn co-ed!" or "Trustees approve the purchase of more vowels for the school name." It cracked me up. Ridiculously impossible things are hilarious. NXP, my Philly housemate & friend told her mother she was going back to Iraq to cover the war again, but this time they were letting her bring her cat along. While I laughed hysterically at NXP's retelling, I couldn't blame her mother for almost having a heart attack. I believe most anything anyone I generally trust says to me.

I am one of the most gullible people I know. This isn't because I'm naive. I just like stories. Unlike a reporter, who looks for clues or loop holes, I enjoy listening and getting caught up in a narrative or just a good, juicy yarn. Maybe this is why I would make a bad journalist and a better editor. I like bringing the good stuff to the forefront and cutting out the excess. I'm less preoccupied by it being correct. I guess I would be a good PR scout for the current administration, no? Good thing I don't swing that way.