Riley:You can tell me how hard youlikeit.
Riley:The back rub,thatis.
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Alex:About RhodeIsland…
Riley:I will cry actual tears from my eyes if you tell me you can't go to RISDWeekend.
Alex:Don't cry. Everythingisfine.
Alex:What's the game plan? When do we leave? I need to make sure I'm not scheduled for any coverage or on-calls.
Riley:We'll leave on Friday. Whatever time works for you. It all depends on how much of the Ocean State you're prepared toexperience.
Alex:I don't know how to respondtothat.
Riley:I think you can take the full Rhodyexperience.
Alex:Um…great?
Riley:It's definitely great. There's a lot to see just inProvidence.
Alex:Aren't you also supposed to be finding someinterns?
Riley:We're going there for the art, the food, the city, and then—after we've had enough of those things—we'll talk to somestudents.
Riley:It's not like we're really hiring interns for next summer. My sister says she wants to, but my firm doesn't know what to dowiththem.
Riley:They're either disasters or my next sister-in-law.
Alex:Yeah. You don't need to remind me about disasterinterns.
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Riley:How do you feel aboutfootball?
Alex:Ambivalent.
Riley:That's a terrible way to feel aboutfootball.
Alex:Would you rather Ihateit?
Riley:Anything is better thanambivalence.
Alex:I don'thateit.
Riley:Thank god. You really had me worriedthere.
Riley:My landscape architect friend has some tickets to tomorrow night's Patriots game. You really haven't experienced the city of Boston until you've left it and made the pilgrimage down south to Foxborough.Interested?
Alex:I'm on call but if I can find someone to trade with, a pilgrimagesoundsgood.
Riley:Awesome. You're going tolovethis.
Alex:This landscape architect. Is she a "friend" or afriend?
Riley:I'm not aware of the difference between "friend" andfriend.
