I spent HOURS upon HOURS on this FUCKING article to the detriment of my PERSONAL HAPPINESS and, well, SANITY over the past week because I thought it would be HEALTHY for campus DIALOGUE and it's not in the FUCKING Daily Gazette, which I COMPILED last night, so I KNOW it was FUCKING in there. WHAT THE FUCK ( Read more... )

My roommate likes to call me "Swarthmore" as a code name.

"Lauren Stokes is what's wrong with Swarthmore. Discuss."
"Well, of course. Lauren Stokes is Swarthmore."


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If I were going to take a year or a semester off from college, what should I do with myself during that time?

(You can comment saying "That's a horrible idea" if you really want to, but you'd better give reasons.)

The paper is now 1400 words longer, but I've gotten only one-half of the way through the points I wanted to make and it's supposed to be 1750 words at most. Weimar Germany's pretty dense.

Ideal schedule for next semester:

GERM: Intensive German, Werlen and Plaxton
MWF 10:30-11:20
TTH 8:30-9:45

ARTH: Renaissance Art in Florence and Environs, ( Read more... )

Everyone should listen to "Strong Eliza," the radio show by Jon Peters and myself that is debuting this Monday at 8:00 pm EST. It's primarily a sketch comedy show, and the central character is Eliza Hinckle-Stromberg, a middle school anthropologist based on and voiced by yours truly ( Read more... )

I told myself I was too daunted by the coursebook to even think about my first semester, but yesterday I caved and planned out four whole years at Swarthmore. The last two are admittedly sketchy, but it's a comforting sort of document, and provides for my learning German, double-majoring in Art History and Sociology/Anthropology, and effectively ( Read more... )

This is a poem about one year ago today.

( Untitled (First Date) )

HECK YEAH, I GOT INTO SWARTHMORE!

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I slouch into position against the center wall of the Denville train shelter. The center wall is important because it is where the best heat lamp is. It is where the wind blows in from the missing wall, given, but it is where the best heat lamp is. The heat lamp on the right is temperamental, and the heat lamp on the left is always busted. I can ( Read more... )