The Right to Remain Silent

By Kara Hopkins

What if you threw a party-and 100 million people refused to come? You could blame them for lacking festive spirit, but odds are it wasn’t much of a party if they preferred to stay home.

( The Case For Not Voting )

At 4:30PM on Tuesday, we boarded the 20-Madison bus at the corner of California and Madison only to find M. sitting there and reading the paper!

He was out west searching for soul food, to no avail. I'm still not sure what we were doing.

Mount Greenwood: Unremarkable. There are far better bars in Bridgeport that have less of a tendency to attract screaming drunks and more genuine Irish warmth.

( Music Survey )

The culmination of the weekend has been just as fun as the beginning. We went to Books, Boats, and Brushes in New London and then went with my parents to Michael Jordan's steakhouse where the food was absolutely amazing this time. We tried blackjack and did really well, but while waiting for my dad at the craps table, lost a LOT of money and couldn ( Read more... )

The roadtrip was a success! We simply drove 1-95 to Maine, which marked my first time in the state. The leaves were already beginning to turn in New Hampshire and Maine. Rhode Island and MA passed without incident, even though Fats declared MA drivers to be "positively insane" and he would know, having visited 30+ states. We couldn't resist the ( Read more... )

The flight to Connecticut was quite eventful, as, thanks to AA mileage and my poor advance planning, we flew first class. Naturally, we began drinking at take-off and I think I had four glasses of actually decent wine that came from a full-sized bottle. The cabin ran out of Heinekin before take-off. My age was questioned, but not scrutinized, as I ( Read more... )

I set two measly goals today. I did not accomplish either ( Read more... )

Last night, we were lounging around in the local watering hole since I decided to forsake my Japanese homework before it forced me to quit school and wait tables for the rest of my night, and I noticed 3 'punks' hanging around the door. They left snickering.

The next thing I knew, they had lit the huge garbage can in front of the bar on fire. It ( Read more... )

Come September 1st, I will officially not be homeless ( Read more... )

Why is it that people will sit directly behind me while I'm working on the computer, and make no effort to disguise their interest in my affairs? I count 12 other available seats ( Read more... )