; the joy hour

[everett howe]

E. Howe To be fair, this is like our third or fourth impression. I try not to take undergrads that seriously.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N ok but like, i was an adjacent formality in the past. now i am a student and i must be professional. without a tie, am i getting docked points?

[everett howe]

E. Howe I'll be merciful. No tie rules in the syllabus, I can't enforce it.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N thank god, though the britney music video era in her school uniform will never get old.

[everett howe]

E. Howe Britney who? You're killing me with these references.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N SPEARS. Jesus Christ, no way you're that out of it!!

[everett howe]

E. Howe I'm either good at chemistry or knowledgeable about pop culture, you can't have both. Besides, that's pretty old music.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N You can have both mr big brain?? Britney is like passive knowledge, you couldn't escape her.

[everett howe]

E. Howe Do I look like a pop girl to you?

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N A closet pop girl. That should be your next area of study. Pop culture and how to be relevant.

[everett howe]

E. Howe Well it's been pointed out in this conversation that I'm behind on my life experiences and pop culture references. So I guess I'll just abandon my degree progress and get going on catching up with all that.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N I think a masters in Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterly" would really just make you profound.

[everett howe]

E. Howe I'll consider it. Sometimes I really want to be disowned by my parents.

[mirren hewitt]

M I R R E N You're 24, aren't you already spreading your wings away from them?

[everett howe]

E. Howe Once I pay them back for my education, yeah. Trying.