Category Archives: college
I suddenly miss New York more than ever
I miss going to The Strand, the store with 18 miles of books. I miss walking and smoking by the Hudson, strolling into Chelsea galleries on a whim. I miss exploring the community gardens and street art of the Lower … Continue reading
Let’s talk professors
[I'm just going to refer to all of these professors in the male pronoun to avoid the tedium of using he/she, him/her, etc.] I was just reading for a class i hate, and it occurred to me why i hate … Continue reading
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Indignant
[update 04/13/10: My TA more than redeemed himself today. He started out recitation by saying that in grading our papers, he was forced to reconsider the criteria that he'd laid out for us for writing our papers, one of which … Continue reading
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Mapping out your life is overrated
A wise friend of mine recently said to me, “Knowing what you want to do is not quite the same as knowing exactly where you can go.” School and society put so much emphasis on the where that i lost … Continue reading
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My last NYU September
The past week has been the best i’ve ever spent at NYU. This is my third semester dorming (the first, fall of freshman year, and the second, spring of junior year), and i have never been this happy with my … Continue reading
Now i can say that i can catch mice
Anyone who’s lived for a significant period of time in NYC has a mouse story. I have three, but let me tell you about my most recent (and triumphant!) encounter: I was woken up at 2am by rustling noises, covered … Continue reading
Closure
Today, i got the closure i needed. I was hurt a year and half ago and brutally reminded of that hurt two weeks ago, which made forgiving very difficult. But i’ve come to realize that it’s not forgiveness that matters—it’s … Continue reading
A new home
I just moved from 2nd and Bowery to 9th and 3rd Ave. I loved the location of the former—it was a quiet, secretively hip neighborhood, and i was two blocks away from Whole Foods, three blocks away from my internship, … Continue reading
2008: My year in music
Back in September, i talked about my annual soundtracks and shared my very first one, the 2007 anthology. Another year has gone, so it’s time for me to share my 2008 soundtrack: 2008: My year in music Pre. Regina Spektor … Continue reading
