Thoughts from the Mod, Vol. III: Choosing a Successor

There comes a point where every king must step down from the throne. Even our Glorious Mod.Yes, all good things come to an end. However, as the late 90's heartily affirmed, that means there's also a new beginning! And this one could involve you! A tantalizing excerpt from a Mod interview:

You might think moderating during exams is therapeutic, but really, all it does is trick me into thinking I've accomplished something. Filing my taxes, updating my resume, and even folding my laundry all have similar effects. Assuming I make it to senior year, I'll probably hold a "moderator bicker" during the fall semester so that PrincetonFML won't be to blame for me being hopelessly behind on my thesis.

Um. In case you missed it:

"moderator bicker"

Kindly retrieve your jaw from the floor and resume breathing. Princeton kids drool at the prospect of anything selective, let alone the most socially influential position on this (cyber)campus.  You could be the bearer of a noble responsibility. The wielder of a prodigious wit. The object of public adoration (sometimes verging on lust), all under a veil of secrecy. Round up your prize FMLs, hone those HTML skills, hit the grammar books, get a lot cleverer: there's a new breed of bicker next year, folks. Apparently it will involve a "trial run" sometime around Winter Break, with the Mod staying at the helm until he makes his official selection.Lest you get too excited, remember that s/he's still got a ways to go -- including an entire summer, which promises to be interesting. S/he offered some reflections upon wrapping up the first academic year of Mod I's reign:

PrincetonFML provides a lot of insight into life at Princeton - what people are doing, what they think about, what's important to them, and also what's going on at the University in general. I would've probably loved it (and read it obsessively) as a prospective student. Of course, readers will only be able to piece together an imperfect conception of Princeton, kind of like in the story they tell about the blind men and the elephant, but that's just because there's no real substitute for experiencing Princeton yourself.

Yeah, this one'll be hard to replace. Bring your A game.