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Who moved my cheese?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008A lot of jobs I’ve had have influenced certain qualities in myself, but not in ways I would’ve guessed when I took them. Working as a maid in a retirement home resulted in my tendency to rarely be grossed out by anything. Working as a college tour guide gave me the remarkable ability to [...]
Aquainted with the aftermath
Monday, July 28th, 2008 I started writing this post a while ago, uncertain of where I would end up going with it.
A lot has changed with this website over the past few years. I started out completely anonymous, and even then, there are certain things I wouldn’t touch, even though, in a way, I started writing primarily to [...]
Viva insanity
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008I can’t stand gambling. I lost $20 the first day I was here and I am done. That got me a good 40 spins on a slot machine, which equals about five minutes, at the end of which I was all that’s it? Where do I get my refund? No refund? But I didn’t [...]
Release
Monday, July 21st, 2008
You know how you have a list of things that you usually avoid bringing up, for fear of how it’ll affect others’ perceptions of who you are?
Here’s mine.
I only listen to mainstream music. I am more jealous of the girls my age who are starting families than those who are on their way to [...]
Literary narcotics
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Hey, you got a minute? Neat.
I’ve been required to spend nearly 10 hours outside every day since last Saturday. This span of direct sunlight has resulted in tennis shoe tan lines so extreme that it appears as if I’m wearing bright white socks (with realistic toe artwork) while barefoot, and has fried my brain [...]
“Girl Goes Out,” the Broadway Musical
Friday, July 11th, 2008 It’s early Friday morning, and this weekend’s setting is Syracuse, NY. Characters include police officers and sweaty athletes. The plot will revolve around sunburn, rest stops, and one girl’s fascination with hotel rooms. And, scene.
I had a crisis with my bank earlier this week, conveniently in the midst of my workday, during which time [...]
This just in
Monday, July 7th, 2008I had my cable turned off a couple days ago, and even though I’m unsubscribed, I have yet to unplug and return all of the boxes, so while I can’t actually watch any shows, the wonders of digital TV make it so I can still view the on-screen lineup. In short, I can see [...]
Undimmed by human tears
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
“Then hug Chuck,” or, “ThatNight.net”
I was terrified of fireworks when I was little. Besides that, I don’t remember too much about my previous Fourth of July’s, up until the summer of 2006 when I ran off to Maryland and met a bunch of foreign kids working in the states for the summer.
We decided to [...]
Speculative opinion of college, according to age
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 10 years old: It’s where teachers come from (“Mrs. Smith went there last year and she’s teaching us fractions and she’s SO SMART.”)
12: It’s mandatory (“It’s like, 13th grade, right?”)
14: It’s where you learn solely about the things you like (“I’m guessing I’ll have three photography classes and three where we take field trips [...]
All your face are belong to me
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
I like video games. Really, I do. I used to love video games, but my obsession was laid to rest a few plots down from Sega Genesis.
Derrick received an Xbox 360 for his birthday last month, and after watching him play a few games which I would be uninterested in playing myself, rented something [...]