Nothing in Life Runs Unmixed

And a great big thanks to Robert Frost for the title of this post. He's from my hometown you know, well, at least conceived there!

There's an administrator at Drexel, Mark Greenberg, whom I've never met, but I love him anyway. I've been a creeper and have definitely seen him around, but he has no idea who I am. Understandable since I slouch around in sweatpants and a sweatshirt most of the time, and he's a busy man who wears a power suit everyday.

Why do I love him so much? Well I first started loving him for his emails. Normally I abhor getting extra emails that fill my already overstuffed inbox, but his, I always take an extra ten minutes to read. Since I was in the honors college, I've gotten the Greenberg emails since freshman year. They are always about life, always inspirational. And he always knows just what to say! A year-ish ago, he was moved from being the Provost of the Honors College, to some other position in the University. He still writes those emails, but now everyone gets them. And thank goodness about that.

Greenberg cares about his students, the university, and the well-being of everyone within this small community. Like genuinely cares. Like, if the University ever stuck me with a shaft bigger than my body, I could go stalk him, corner him, and he'd help me. In a University this big, that is a big, big deal. Especially when most people are more concerned with making your life as difficult as possible.

Also, the last email he sent out totally made my life. It was all about how he was born in New York and a diehard Yankees fan, but then moved to Philly and loves it here and raised his kids here, etc. Basically, my life, only delete like 20 years off of living in each place. Okay, not really, but I was at least born in New York (my hometown was totally mentioned in an episode of Law & Order: SVU in season 2 OMG LOLZ). Anyway, the point is...who do you root for when both the Phillies and the Yankees are in the World Series.

Here is my (and his answer). Root for the Phillies. Because how can you deny a team like that. And we live here and I like not getting beat up. But if the Yankees somehow win, I can still be relatively happy series. However, Mark Greenberg said it much better, and of course included Robert Frost's "nothing in life runs unmixed." What a wise, wise man.

GO PHILLIES!