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Ugh, if I had a genie in a bottle to grant me three wishes, I would seriously use one of them to never have to ask for a letter of recommendation again (without it hurting my progression through all these various hoops). Seriously, I would wish that the people I wanted to write me letters would come up to me and be like "hey there, chica [yes. they would call me chica], I have an extra hour tonight and would just love to spend it writing a letter of recommendation for you!" I hate hate hate asking for them, maybe because I hate receiving requests for them. My only hope is that they aren't as dreadfully lazy as me and really don't mind spending time that way. Maybe they don't hem and haw over every word and sentence, that would certainly help.

Seriously, I've noticed that nearly every time I send an e-mail here, I cringe and think, well, eff it, that's the best I can do and it has to be done. That probably isn't good, right?