Whither Cusack?

Oh,my! Now it’s time for the real world. It’ll be interesting but, from the evidence of this blog, you’ll do well. Still, it’s too bad there aren’t any small countries looking for a king. Good luck and keep blogging.

Does The Nation need a new editor? From our perusal of its recent issues, they do, whether its staff knows it or not.

One decade ago, I graduated from my own Alma Mater. I’ve had many experiences since then, but it’s amazing how many times I find myself reminded of (and nostalgic for) my undergraduate years. It’s wonderful that you’ve written so splendidly about your own experiences (and thanks for sharing!) — Ten years from now, wherever the winding road of life brings you (and most assuredly, it holds a many great things in store for you), you’ll find yourself reminiscing of your days at St. Andrews; then you can return to this online journal and relish the adventures of yore. Best of luck to you, and please keep up the good journalism! Please contact me when you return to New York — it’d be nice to know a group of professional, erudite, traditionalist Catholics ’round here!

Congratulations! You’re so lucky to be done with your exams! En tout cas bravo et je te souhaite de trouver un travail qui te plaira, qui te fera gagner plein de fric et dans lequel tu t’épanouiras! Bisou and take care ;)

Do what I did : Work very hard at something you enjoy until you find someone willing to front you for life.

My advice is simple: continue to plan to have someone else support you while you and I travel the globe being outrageous and hilarious.

Andrew, Do take Mrs. P’s advice, but watch out for her “until” clause–could be a longish wait. And pay no attention whatsoever to advice from Cruden.

Ditto advice from Fiendish love the former source of support

Congratulations indeed! I think the idea of establishing a new line of royalty is a fine one. We could use a nice Catholic king in Canada. We don’t have a military any more, all five of our remaining soldiers are in Afghanistan where they have to borrow a cup of bullets a day from the British and Americans and usually hitch a ride home. So, I’m sure there would be no problem with bringing a couple of stout lads borrowed from Scotland to take care of things here.

Let me know and I will arrange a red carpet and band at Pearson airport.

Your great Canadian fan,

Hilary White
anglocath.blogspot.com

Andrew, there is always Graduate School to consider!

Do what I did : Work very hard at something you enjoy until you find someone willing to front you for life.

Alas, Mrs. P., I doubt anyone will pay me to potter about libraries and wander around New York.

Hilary: Many thanks for kindly offering the throne of your great dominion. However, I think it’s rather too large. I suggest making the provinces independent principalities (ditto our states) and then perhaps we can have a Holy American Emperor to keep all the princes good and Catholic. As an aside, I was once told that I would make an excellent Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Andrew, there is always Graduate School to consider!

Trust me, there isn’t! Unless there’s a graduate school somewhere that is free and requires little or no attention to academic work while still maintaining a high level of respectability.

Join the Jesuits and see the world. Seriously, why not consider the priesthood?

A bit presumptious to think I haven’t! I have no vocation to the priesthood, thus no reason to further consider it.

Andrew, perhaps the biggest mistake people make is to put too much pressure on themselves with ‘the’ job after graduation. You don’t need ‘the’ job, you need ‘a’ job. Any job, if looked at properly, is a learning experience. You will be a stone’s throw away from Manhattan, provided your parents are still willing to billet you after graduation. Look at the two things you like; books and New York. There are 1000’s of jobs in Manhattan for that. Just go for an entry level job at a great magazine or publisher, after 8 months look around and move up. You needn’t set the world on fire or the funds to purchase a home in Bronxville upon your triumphant return, you just need employment that works toward your long term goals.

Andrew, do as I have done for almost 16 years now…listen to Mrs. P.

I would say she is wise beyond her years, but like me’s she’s getting up there so I won’t. Instead, let’s say she is wiser than many I know who have had about the same number of summers and winters pass over their heads.

The main thing for you, as for any force invading a hostile country, is to secure what the strategists call a lodgement or beach head; a base from which to build. And believe me, the country is hostile and the natives rarely friendly. I hope your experience will be different, but for me it has been much as Wodehouse described it: wresting a living from a resistant world. Still, as Bertie Wooster constantly reminds us, “these things are sent to us…probably to make us more spiritual.”

And part of me envies you. Not your youth, for I wouldn’t have mine back for love nor a large cash settlement. No, I envy you the tang of Setting Out. It is a great adventure. As long as you keep a supple approach to the day-to-day contest–I mean a willingness to take on anything within the bounds of law and morality–then you will have a memorable time.

why not try doing something adventurous for a couple of years, like being a lay missionary for the underground church in China? Before you’re 25 you have time to drift around and try different things, it’s a helpful thing to do.

Andrew,

I don’t care what you do so long as you keep telling us all about it. Don’t stop blogging.

And my friend from Nova Scotia says she seconds the suggestion of Andrew Cusack for Lieutenant Gov.

ooops!
used the b-word.

Sorry. I hate it too.

I think you should write for some distinguished journal that propagates right thinking. Either that or become Otto Van Haspburg’s personal assistant.

If you had a professional architecture degree, Notre Dame’s architecture school would be free.

Andrew,

There is always New York State. The current Gov will
be leaving soon. I don’t see much competition, an outsider just might carry the contest.
After all, that is how we got a US Senator.

Uncle Matt