Well, I guess this is it. Yes, this my last column for The Tech Talk as I look forward to graduation in two short weeks.

This week, I faced a tough decision. There are so, so many columns I wanted to write before I graduated, but before I knew it, time was up.

For one, I've always wanted to do a top 10 column. I would have loved to do one on the top 10 things most people do not know about The Tech Talk.

This would definitely not be one of those behind-the-scenes, boring pieces describing the jobs of all staff members.

Instead, it would contain the juicy drama that is the newspaper business, and it would list all the people that are rude to us as a staff and who we therefore hate.

It is a surprisingly long list. However, I'm not quite sure that piece would have been printable.

Another topic I have a lot to say about is the sweeping generalizations I faced when I had my tongue pierced.

For some reason, I was immediately labeled a freak, even though I consider myself pretty normal.

I tried to explain to my family that it was just my way of self-expression, to which they replied, "Whatever you say, freak."

I tried to explain to my friends that it was just an experiment, to which they replied, "Whatever, freak."

I tried to explain to my bosses that it was just a phase I was going through, to which they replied, "Take that out of your mouth, freak."

Just for the record, I am not a freak.

Speaking of my bosses and work, I cannot express how long I have wanted to whine and complain about my job.

Let me say out front that my job put me through college and I will be forever grateful to it for that.

However, I am so sick and tired of being a waitress. Tired of dirty dishes, long nights and having to smile for a dollar like it was manna from the heavens.

And I guess this obviously has to be said: Tip, people! Not for me, for I will not be there, but for all the waitresses trying to make it after me.

I also wanted to do a column on T-shirts after I saw one that really, really offended me. It contained a glowing bit of wisdom that I immediately connected with.

It said, "In life, there are leaders and there are followers. It is funny how you are reading the back of my shirt."

Ah, of course! Obviously because I am behind you, you are the leader, so I must be a follower.

Thanks for that major revelation, random frat guy.

You know, I have my own gem to impart: "In life, there are writers and there are readers. It is funny how you are reading my column." If that is not clear enough, my T-shirt should be here in a few weeks.

And, of course, there is the standard last column where I would cry pitifully and talk about all my good times here. I would say how I will miss all my friends and lament that in eight quarters I never got a letter to the editor.

I would go on and on and fill the entire page with tearful farewells. But no one wants to read that crap.

It is obvious that there are tons of columns I would like to write before I leave.

Aside from these five, there are a dozen more topics. However, I do not have the time or the space to do these columns.

I had this week and this space and both have ended.

So, I guess I will settle for a simple goodbye.

Cassandra Brown is a senior journalism major from Woodville, Miss., and serves as managing editor for The Tech Talk.