RANT

Okay, this was going to be a rant, but instead I'm just going to calmly state that every Sunday, I call my grandparents, and they basically let me know that they think I am living in North Carolina because

• I want to "punish" our family by living in a state that isn't Illinois
  
• I couldn't get a job anywhere else
• I'm rebelling against jobs that earn money
• I'm rebelling against my Catholic upbringing by being a science pagan hippie liberal misanthrope (though this may be partially true, there would be way more effective ways to accomplish it than moving to North Carolina to get a PhD. For example: working for PETA, writing a sex column, becoming a professional groupie, moving to France and not bathing, interning for Barack Obama)
  

I think they're actually just upset that I'm not married to someone I went to high school with and popping out babies all ready. I'm not going to marry anyone from high school, Grandma. They all thought I was a crazy pagan hippie liberal bitch, and they were right.