What I Would do if I Fired Mark from this Blog

Hello Mark, myself, and friendly Russian robots,

I thought that I would write a response to Mark's post from yesterday, because I saw the title and expected the worst and was pleasantly surprised (i.e. "Laura, I quit! Your blog is stupid and I'm sick of thinking of random, boring hypothetical situations. I'd so much rather spend my time doing whatever the heck else fourteen year old boys do."). Anyway, I hope Mark sees this title and thinks "Oh GOD, I've been fired" and then is also pleasantly surprised.

This is what I would do if I fired Mark from this blog:

1) Probably stop posting. Mark keeps me accountable. You might hear from me once a month, at most.

2) My posts would probably become worse and worse. My brother is five years younger than me (well, four years and about eleven months minus two days if you want to get specific) and - besides some spelling/grammar things - is probably far better at writing than I am. In other words, I can't let myself slip when he's co-writing because then it will make me look truly pathetic.

3) Probably call him five minutes after firing him and beg him to come back. I would grovel, sniffle, probably wave my bouts of depression and current ailment of the stomach flu in his face to play on his sympathies, etc.

4) Cry and drown myself in hot chocolate.

So, no, Mark, I am not firing you.

-Laura