Category Archives: New York City

This Is Not Our Destiny Part. 2

Today I was walking into Herter for Prof. Barton’s class when I heard someone shout “This is not your destiny!” I recognized his voice but I couldn’t find Marcus for a moment because he was leaning off the fifth floor … Continue reading

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Ten Things I Hate About You

In the spirit of Why I Hate My Husband, here is a list of things I don’t like about Stick. 1) He cannot pass a Comcast van without him intrrupting himself (or me!) to shout “CaaaAAAAaaable guy!” 2) He sings … Continue reading

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Hot Coffee

What’s with all the controversy with the “Hot Coffee” Easter egg on Grand Theft Auto? It’s a game about running people over. You can beat hookers to death. You can go postal at restaurants… they are even old ladies to … Continue reading

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Some People Juggle Geese

Stick and I went to see Serenity on Saturday. As we were on our way to meet up with his friends, who’d seen the movie on Friday but wanted to go again on Saturday, Marcus called my cell to say … Continue reading

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Jesse’s Girl

Thank goodness for Stephie’s new boyfriend, Jesse. Now Stick and I can go on double dates with Actually-Plans-Ahead Boy and Navigates-Successfully Girl.

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The Romance of Steph

My roommate Steph has total new-relationship giddiness with a really hot classicist… No, that wasn’t sarcasm! He’s really hot! AND a classicist! Stop laughing. They have now gone on two coffee dates and one pizza date and they are smitten … Continue reading

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Still More Reasons to hate Troy

Iliad Essay for Harris’ Class I have two copies of The Iliad. My first one is a paperback version of the Robert Fagles translation. I’ve written all over it. In my freshman year, I started by identifying the Achaeans as … Continue reading

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Bar Mitzvah for J.

So I was on the bus coming back from my second attempt to acquire my Roman Religion course packet. It’s actually my third attempt if you count when the Greatest Boyfriend In The World tried to get one for me … Continue reading

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The Plot Thickens

Today I got a phone call from a girl named Joy, saying she’d found my notebook in Lot 33 on campus. She knew it was my notebook because it has my name and phone number in it. I thanked her … Continue reading

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Take On Me

So last night I went out to sidekick on Stephanie’s night. We were going to go to 80’s night at Diva’s, and see her crush. He couldn’t actually come to Diva’s, but they did have a Moment, with a longing … Continue reading

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