Post by topher lane on Jun 18, 2009 19:52:36 GMT -7
KENNETH ADAMS !
contrary to what his picture might tell you, kenneth is not a sad panda. in fact, he is pretty much the epitome of awesome. he’s the kind of professor that can hold your attention for more than thirty seconds during class (a little more if you’re attracted to men, because if you’re attracted to men, you’re kind of obligated to be attracted to him) because he actually cares about what he’s teaching and is good at what he’s teaching. you know, interest sort of helps. he’s even been kind of reinvigorated by the new environment; see, he used to be a professor at new york university, but tenure at mcgill offered a little more prestige. besides, mcgill was his alma mater and all.
in fact, he attended mcgill about twenty years ago, as a graduate student. he was assigned to a discussion group for a class not unlike the one he teaches now. and there was just one girl who kind of needed “extra help” with the material. well, that would’ve been a convincing excuse for the unreasonable amount of time they spent together, except karen lisbon was a scholarship student and had earned the scholarship for a reason. except, after the semester was over, he’d never heard from karen again. what he didn’t know was that karen had dropped out of mcgill after becoming pregnant and – hoping to re-enter the program – she gave her and kenneth’s daughter up for adoption. the baby girl was given to bill and linda proust and given the hideous name of desdemona. of course, kenneth knows none of this, so he just barely tolerates desdemona – who goes by mona and is now a student in his class – just like everybody else.
luckily, he has someone who understands all too well about what a self-righteous bitch mona proust is; his teacher’s assistant, topher lane (whose younger brother mona is dating [and cheating on]). he began mentoring topher when the hairy persian boy was but a wee freshman and ushered him into a journalism career. aside from being close professional partners, they’re good friends outside of school, and often go out for a good beer and go people watching when they don’t have anything to do one a sunday.
aside from those nuggets of information, if you want to take kenneth and have any questions about him, feel free to pm the admin (miss leading) account.
