talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

For those of you reading this who have a habit of setting unrealistically high standards for yourself (and you know who you are), you may find this amusing: a new graphic novel by Joanna Rubin Dranger, Miss Remarkable and Her Career. I had to stop at UCLA's main bookstore this afternoon (well, I had to stop at the cash station, and one way to get there is through the bookstore...) and came across this. Honestly, I wasn't wasting time browsing. It was on one of those table displays in the aisle. Really. Stop pursing your lips in doubt like that.

Miss Remarkable doesn't feel so remarkable, particularly when her career goals are frustrated and she watches everyone around her finding fame and fortune. In the end, she realizes that she has to follow her own advice, not what's hurled at her by others. Perhaps it's not a coincidence that I came across this during the on-campus interviewing season?? The older I get, the less I believe in coincidence.