Category Archives: New York City
Who’s On First For Classicists
“Do you want to go to Elektra with me?” I asked Stick, “It’s at HCC,” “Sure,” Stick said. “What’s the lecture about?” “You took Greek drama, you know what it’s about!” “No, I never heard about a lecture at HCC!” … Continue reading
Dinner In Sterling
Mama Hoffmann: And our new Pope is named Benedict the 16th… Dad Hoffmann: *sings Benny and the Jets* Mama Hoffmann: Oh, thanks honey, now every time the Pope is on the news I’m going to think of a flamboyently gay … Continue reading
Canterbury Tales
A girl in my Chaucer class turned to me and said, “I hated our reading this weekend! All those long, rambling descriptions, and nothing actually happened! I tried, but I just couldn’t finish the Squire’s Tale!” “That’s ok,” said a … Continue reading
Bjorn To Be Your Baby
Stick caught me with another boy’s phone number today. I’m usually a bit more subtle about it, but I saw an old friend and after a few rounds of we-should-get-together he wrote his number on the back of my hand. … Continue reading
Testing My Character
Tomorrow I’m taking the GREs. The best part about being a terrible driver is that I’m more worried about the drive to East Longmeadow than the actual exam.
Talent Search and Replace
Have you heard of American Idol? It’s a talent search TV show. Basically, there are a bunch of musical contestants who perform a song and then are critiqued by the judges. The judging board consists of a Mean Guy and … Continue reading
Symbolism
Once there was a girl named Meg who drove a rusty blue shoebox named Squeaky. Her boyfriend Stick, on the other hand, drove a pretty ultramarine Cougar. (And Cougar is the model, not it’s name) He’d bought it new, and … Continue reading
Hugo Is Famous
My friend Hugo is quoted in the Daily Collegian article about Brazilian Night. When he said “it didn’t matter if you knew how to samba or not, everyone was just having a good time”, I think he was specifically referring … Continue reading
Minute Humor
Kristine got a cute little red-bellied newt! Like a good roommate, I devoted a lot of time and attention to naming her new pet, even though I don’t like him as much as I like Yucatan. “How about Gingrinch?” Stick … Continue reading
Andromeda
Eric has a pet mouse named Andromeda. Eric thinks she’s named after the ship’s AI on the Sci-Fi show, but I actually named her that because she was rescued from becoming food for Kristine’s snake. Walter, the cuddly snake
