maybe the most Hampshire College thing is an acquaintance of mine fundraised to found a comedy camp for tween girls, realized she couldn't pull it off, and kept the money to take comedy classes herself, because she decided it was 'within the spirit' of what the money was raised for.

i've spent a lot of time trying to picture what it must be like to be that confident in yourself, and it's just not within my reach. i can't even start to imagine.

@FStewartT I've learned the best way to fake it is to stop thinking and just act. Rather than think that I know what I'm doing, the trick is to not think at all.

Unfortunately the price is that I later sit and freak out because people actually believed I was confident - and that's scary.