He was bald, ugly and white. He was tall and chubby for a student his age - at 15 he was two years older than everyone else in the 8th grade. (It didn't seem to bother him that his younger sister was now in the same grade). He wore glasses. He had a toothy smirk and laugh to follow that would drive any teacher insane - except that he seemed to ( Read more... )

Senior year in college... I will be making my first solo appearance on stage for the Triangle club at Princeton University. We are musical theater group, specializing in comedy and hijinx. The club has been around for over eighty years, with famous alumni including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jimmy Stewart and, of course, Brooke Shields. Every year, ( Read more... )

Imagine, if you will, that you come to a crossroad in your life. A decision must be made. The outcome of this choice will likely determine all events to follow. What do you do? If you're me, you get in the car and drive ( Read more... )

So I moved to New York from Houston, Texas this summer. While Houston impresses with its width, New York achieves even more with its depth. The exposure to people, culture and capitalism is almost intoxicating. I get almost dizzy by people watching on my walk to work... and I spend way too much damn money. But even that's fun ( Read more... )

Really, where else to begin, but at the beginning. so it goes as so it was. me, i was born at Georgetown University Hospital, not far from where a priest in the movie the Exorcist fell to his doom, down a steep crooked stair case, overlooking the Potomac River. of course, G-town is famous for other things as well, such at M street and the Hoyas ( Read more... )