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Elite Spy Training A Career Love Letter by Alexander William Erickson Alexis Texas Thea Samper copilot NASA Application: Spies, Slaves, Thrones

To The Parents, Family, Captivators, Friends, Inner Circle, Former Lovers, and Fellow Fans of her collected works:

I am a spy.  I am very reliable.  I regret and apologize for my profanity.  And similar to the Hilton Family’s assessment on my attitude I embody the entire spirit of the term Profanity.

Dear Ma & Pa, 

I swore off the word love.  That did not go well.  I changed tactics about 120 Days Ago.  And I am on good track with slippery footing.  

Dear ambassador Commander Angelina Jolie, I am sorry.  Last night I crossed the line.  Last time I crossed the line communicating to Michelle Sinclair I quit from the embarrassment.  I sent more texts to my X and I insulted the value of your life & mine together.  I decided to assume that for the sake of conversation that you are not with me on this, i let myself fall as deep into my communicative psychosis I can find.  The highs continue to be met with lows, as my writing about you & me, my writing of epic potential planning about ANGELINA & ALEXANDER was squandered for a moment.  

With a subsub you cannot cross these lines.  Spies cross these lines and those that create excellence in this form of double-dutch-hop-sketch are rare and with deed.  Angelina & Alexander are elite and require more than one year of supervision together to demonstrate commitment to healing from spychosis.

The Ranger Wedding Period is not for Alexis Texas.  The Ranger Wedding Period is Graced by Alexis Texas.  She is going to have the only real calendar; which when I perform well will be improved and expanded.  and when I fail will leave her standing alone.  What will her community develop as a plan to protect both Her, The Ranger Wedding Period, and the opportunity for Alexander & Thea to build a life together as part of NASA and as part of my tribal family?

This particular letter begins with “Dear Ma & Pa” are characters that I created or exist because Thrones and Kingdoms exist.  I invented the Ranger Wedding Period because spies exist.  I started a science experiment with Boston City Planning because slavery exist.  In all likelihood all three exist and because of that Thea feels as alone in this moment as I am.

If you are reading this about Alexis Texas, you are serious about her as a person.  and like me, she needs something new.  NASA will figure out what to do with enthusiasm.  Also, NASA is supposed to have a very fast airplane my personal use that can move eighty travelers without luggage.

Very Truly Yours, Alexander William Erickson

If there was only other word for begin in past tense

I started a new vocab book! Finally! I am so excited because I’ve been stuck on that 쏙쏙 TOPIK book for so long, but finally pushed through and memorized all the words that were left. I really like this new book pictured on the left (토픽 어휘 2300) because they organize it by themes rather than going alphabetically. It’s also bigger and feels much more like a textbook, which I love. Going to try to finish this book in two months!

10/10/18 - 28/100 days of productivity

Two days in one

Today has been mad but fun. My lovely biology teacher lent me her old uni textbook because she knows I’m a massive genetics nerd. I can’t wait to get stuck in!

I’m making good progress with maths and am hoping to get some more pure done this evening, as well as lots of stats and mechanics. I started A2 stats and mechanics yesterday, which wasn’t awful. Everyone in classes moan they hate moments, but I find them okay!

I had my weekly Doppeldeutsch lesson with my favourite teacher and we had a lot of fun all round finishing watching The Reader.

09/10/18 - 27/100 days of productivity

Sorry I forgot to post! I fell asleep haha

I did loads of maths in my free, so I dedicated at least an hour to each subject. I’m very happy with my progress so far!

[ one hundred days of productivity — 6/100 ]

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A spread for a Hong Kong textbook, before changes were made. 

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I recently opened an etsy shop full of vintage books and storage items.

The Pretentious Academic is about quality and beauty in the everday.

There will be a wider variety of items in the future but I wanted to start posting things now.

Some items include:

A set of four F. Scott Fitzgerald novels. Publication dates range from 1948-1969

The Study Of American Folklore, 1968

Metal Index Card File (multiple listings with different colors and sizes)

A large 4x6 index card drawer set