j'espère qu'aujourd'hui la journée sera bonne

Spring has sprung. Sorta.

2007-03-19T20:21:48Z

To borrow the extremely disturbing words of Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal--I saw the movie in Asheville over a week ago and have been unable to shake my fear of strange old ladies since--today has been a Gold Star Day. For brevity's sake, I sha...

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QotD: Thanks But No Thanks

2007-03-12T02:14:28Z

How do you handle phone calls from telemarketers? As a telemarketer myself--although I have been trained to call myself "fund raiser" (What's in a name? That which we call a rose, etc.)--I am somewhat sensitive to the brutality suffered by all p...

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Margins: not just for bad haikus anymore.

2007-02-07T01:12:51Z

A few weeks ago, I was taking notes in a typically bland spiral-bound notebook (with a blue cover that read FREN-366 on it for identification purposes), when I suddenly was struck by an enormous revelation. That is, I could write in the margins i...

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Myself, yourself, himself, herselves.

2007-01-21T18:30:58Z

I have never resented schoolwork as much as I do currently, sitting in a cubicle in the dreary library, missing the first flurries of snow (that landed on my banana as I walked from the cafeteria to this tomb of books). Perhaps that is not true, a...

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Life through a plastic lens.

2007-01-10T19:29:11Z

I had a resentful encounter today two days ago at the camera store, which involved only receiving negatives of my photos instead of the actual, asked-for prints. In an ideal world, we (the store clerk and I) would have chosen champions to fight f...

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I eat success for breakfast.

2006-12-11T21:35:52Z

The greatest, and at the same time saddest, thing about to-do lists is the vindictive pleasure I get from crossing off every task. All that is left for me to do before winter break (I am, technically, allowed to say Christmas break, as I go to a ...

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Social inEtiquete 101

2006-11-22T01:43:21Z

Once when I was in class, sitting there and diligently taking notes about Dostoevsky, I heard the unmistakable sound of a cell phone vibrating in someone's bag. I rolled my eyes as students around me attempted to inconspicuously check their phone...

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Let's get colinear.

2006-11-13T17:38:48Z

I've been told I need to stop depressing people who are otherwise attempting to have a normal conversation with me. me: how are you?Jenn: me'eh me: muy mal is college really necessary anyway? in the end we all die Jenn: ... ...

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Spring forward, fall back, and a bit further back still.

2006-10-29T15:33:48Z

I went to my first "real" concert last night at The Black Cat (I mean "real" because I have been informed that concerts at Carnegie Hall and other music halls don't count because I don't stand in a crowded room for three hours with blaring music)....

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Horse horse tiger tiger, take two.

2006-10-19T23:48:11Z

The following marks my third installment of the PPP (Philosophy Post-It Project): Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. - Soren Kierkegaard The piano practice room is a fitting place, I decided, to complement my other places (the study lou...

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