Clearly my time is better spent thinking of new essay questions for the (Un)Common Application than doing ANY of the work I initially set out to do ( Read more... )

Do we have an apartment yet? No ( Read more... )

Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico Democrats, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho Democrats, Illinois, Kansas Democrats†, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee ( Read more... )

So I'm reading Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on "Self Reliance" for my Civ class, and I note these interesting parallels between what he says about the self-effacing nature of dogmatic social groups (like political parties) and what Chuck Klosterman wrote about in my absolute favorite passage of his work, ever ( Read more... )

Today's Fabled Wacky Situation ( Read more... )

So while I love my Resident Heads, I feel as though this needed to be said ( Read more... )

I HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE ONLY CAPS LOCK WILL SUFFICE

CREATING A RESUME IS TERRIFYING

BUT ASKING FOR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION IS TERRIFYINGER

AAAAAAAASHGUGHSLDKFJ;LSAKDJFLSDJFLSKDJF;LSKDJF;LASKJDF;LAKJSDF I DONT LIKE THIS AT ALL.

So i just had one of those "holy shit this is what it means to go to the U of C" moments (which have come few and far between in comparison to what I felt during O-Week first year ( Read more... )

GAAAAAH google search has revealed that he is married and i am an idiot

Well, I did it. I successfully combined limericks and haikus into one form, the "limeru ( Read more... )