Can you believe it? Another rejection letter!

I can't believe I got yet another rejection letter! This one is from Missing Time University. I mean, it's the only explanation, isn't it? Anyway, I checked with my portfolio service to see how long the turnaround time for this school was and I sent in the application on the 3rd of December. So, what 7.5 months?

And what did they do with that time? Prepare an elaborate, pithy, soul-searching meditation on the state of English studies? Hell no:

Dear Dr. Jihad,

Thank you very much for your interest in the Assistant Professor of English position at Missing Time University. After reviewing applications from many highly qualified candidates, the Department of English and Modern Languages search committee has completed its work, and the position has been filled. Although you were not selected for this position, we wish you the very best in your search for a teaching position.

Sincerely,

Foppish McDandypants, Associate Professor of English
Department of English and Modern Languages
Missing Time University

Oh, so generic! So unoriginal! So about time that it showed up. I have sinking feeling that I will be receiving rejections for last year's job search well into 2010. The one thing about this particular rejection letter was the fact that it was not signed. Indeed, instead of being signed by hand, Dr. McDandypants simply put it in a cursive font and used that as a signature. And then, to add insult to, well, insult, he kept to the typed letter writing format by having a print transcription of his name beneath the imaginary signature. Goofball.

HJ