that’s the question I’ve been asking myself all week. Thanksgiving break was nice, but instead of coming back to Swat well-rested, I came back tired and not at all ready for the amount of work that would hit me this week (and next week, and the week after that…basically until finals are over).
It’s not that [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Is it Thursday yet?
Posted in College, Life on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s something very off about this…
Posted in College, Life on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I find Swarthmore to be very strange each time coming back from break. Not really strange in a bad way, but just odd, different, like there’s something off that I just can’t quite put my finger on. I guess it’s because break disrupts any routines that you’ve established while at school, and once you’re back [...]
Boycotting Black Friday?
Posted in Life on November 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
for as long as I can remember, the day after Thanksgiving has meant shopping. Black Friday only comes once a year, and with it comes people camping outside of Best Buy to get the best deals on big screen televisions at outrageous prices. I don’t actually recall my family ever being diehard Black Friday shoppers; [...]
Happy Turkey Day!
Posted in College, Life on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(minus the turkey)
Thanksgiving Break is such a cop-out…I had class until mid-day yesterday, and I actually would’ve had class until 4 PM had our class not been rescheduled. Classes resume Monday. But nonetheless, it’s nice to be back at home, especially at the same time as everyone else.
Too bad I’m also swamped with work, but [...]
Congratulations everyone…
Posted in College, Life on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Part one of getting into college is now done for some of you. Now’s the hard part: waiting out those 20-something days (who’s counting? just kidding…) until December 15th, when ED I letters go out (actually the letters should be sent out earlier than that…I think I got mine the 13th or 12th). I think [...]
You all know what tomorrow is…
Posted in College on November 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
- Carl Sandburg
I guess I could make some comment about how ominous, foreboding, and sinister (yes, I like to use strings of synonyms all the time in my writing) it was today and yesterday at Swat, sort of what [...]
College Veg Pledge Day
Posted in College, Food, Life on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many colleges, including Swarthmore, are taking part in College Veg Pledge Day:
“As a university student, I realize that I am a leader for my generation and an example for society. I am concerned about the inherent cruelty of consuming animals for food and the impact meat has on global warming, the environment, and my health. [...]
Course selection, Spring 2008
Posted in College on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Advising for pre-registration for second semester courses starts this week and of course I’m freaking out because I have about 5 different possible schedules that I could have and all of them involve me having most of my classes on Tuesday/Thursday which would make the rest of the week really nice but those days extremely [...]
Happy Corduroy Day!
Posted in Art & Fashion, Humor, Life on November 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, today is the most random “holiday” ever, Corduroy Day. Why? Because 11/11 is the day that most looks like the wonderfully familiar lines of corduroy fabric. I’m not making this up, it was on NPR. So I hope everyone is wearing corduroy today to celebrate!
edit://I forgot to mention that today is also the late [...]
I’m too young for this…
Posted in College, Life on November 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today during my Russian Novel class I was playing with my hair and what should I happen to find? A white hair! Is it stress-induced? maybe, but oh dear, oh dear, my parents are going to freak when/if I tell them. Over the past week the skin on legs have been really really dry and [...]
