… and each night is as important as every other night, and each day
is as important as every other day.

I’m going to be audacious and ask IBM for what I need to do even
better on my thesis. I don’t know if it’s going to blow up. It’s hard
to finetune subtle things over e-mail. But whatever happens, I’m
better off trying the outrageous than letting things slide. If it
turns out to be a mistake – well, I’ll learn, and there are other
opportunities I can pick up. But I need this, and I deserve to do work
I can be proud of!

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