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Michaelmas
“MICHAELMAS” is EXTRACT SEVEN — FROM PART FOUR: EPISODE FOUR of tales told “out of school” and (intentionally) out of order: i.e., extracts from /S/4: Ego-histoire, an anti-memoir of a PhD project, written across the years 2021–2023, and ending with the (un)timely discovery of the mysterious phenomenon (agency) of THE EDITION OF ONE.
For a summary, plus DRAMATIS PERSONAE, see https://medium.com/@agencex/ego-histoire-85b118e1b986 …
EXTRACT SEVEN — PART FOUR: EPISODE FOUR
A dance with ultra-contingency as Michaelmas 2023 closes in.
MICHAELMAS
As Michaelmas, September 29, crept closer, on September 25, I received 0.29 USD from PayPal in “cash back.” This was from small purchases associated with café society over the past few days as my bank accounts slowly evaporated and I resorted to small balances on various cards to subsist. Perhaps the number 29 was no coincidence? Also, on September 25, at around 6:30pm, I received a message from the gloriously high-octane law firm now “representing” me in pursuit of the student visa, such that I might not have to run away again in mid-October and waste further money dodging Schengen rules. Agent provocateur “GČ” from this posh law firm stated in the email that she would send a letter “today” to Upravna enota. They were writing, not calling Upravna enota. Perhaps that was better. I…
