so the general consensus...from every guy i've asked anyway...is that a straight guy and straight girl cannot really be friends. there are always ulterior motives and hidden attractions that make the whole thing a sham. also, guys don't usually keep girl friends that they don't find attractive in some way. the sweetest guy in the world and i had ( Read more... )

Geez, I haven't written in this thing for so long. It's a wonder they even kept my account open ( Read more... )

mom: "only idiots with no reverence for life would swim when it's storming like this."

*she turns around to me, my dad, and the foreign exchange student decked out in swim gear. the student's water shoe makes a well-timed squeak.

=) that's nothing. last year we were swimming in hurricanes...

...i can never quite spell that word ( Read more... )

i now have two rather garish cuts on my face. One is just a sliver under my right eye. the other is bigger, kinda shaped like a bird, on my left cheek bone ( Read more... )

new york fucking city. the site of all my misguided hopes and dreams has officially kicked my ass. i was nearly mowed down several time in greenwich village, terribly unimpressed by nyu and leered at by some crazies. not to mention the detour through the bronx which sucked the wind out of my chest several times. and yeah, everyone does look ( Read more... )

The JEE is back in the continental U.S. !!!!

My day is complete.

i guess it's time to say goodbye to the familiar. i've been visiting all my old spots--the beach, random bookstores and coffee shops, freshman year dorms, the del taco on the corner--so many sappy memories here ( Read more... )

thanks to a hippie chick who shall remain nameless, my room now reeks of 'nag champa.' i feel like i should be wearing a flowy skirt and hitting a four foot bong.

oh, post-college life...has it come to this?

does anyone remember that old sneaker pimps song? well, it rather mockingly came on as i was typing my cover letter for freelance work ( Read more... )