June 2011
33 posts
That awkward moment in class when your social...
There is a difference between wanting to share your experiences and being expected to speak on behalf of the group(s) in which you may identify.
I pity the fool...who doesn't enjoy novelty...
My mother wants me to start compiling a list of household items I need for when I move into my new apartment. Number one on my list:
Something tells me she isn’t going to take my list too seriously.
When I was walking across Confusion Corner today, I car sped around the corner and almost hit me before breaking suddenly.
Before what I believed to be the moment of impact, I thought: “Oh, god. But I just bought my tickets to the Harry Potter premiere!”
Priorities, guys. I have them.
Writing an email to a professor who changed my...
AMIRITE?
During last year’s award season, I threatened to set ablaze the Emmy Awards if they did not recognize the most fantastic John Noble for his work in Fringe.
At the Critic’s Choice Television Awards on Sunday, he won for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series!
Your move, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. I trust you’ll make the right decision.
“Whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through...”
– Conan at Dartmouth. Seriously, watch that speech. It’s lovely. (via wonderpay)
The post in which I talk about President Obama and...
Yesterday, a Dixie Chick’s song came on in the car, and it made me think of the comment Natalie Maines, their lead singer, made about then President Bush:
Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.
The public backlash against the entire band was immediate and...
The post in which I talk about death at some...
Our culture posits dominant ideologies as the norm, including Christianity. Today, I was thinking how when we lose someone close to us, a typical response to the grieving is:
They’re in a better place now. They are with [insert Christian figure] now.
I’ve been struggling with my faith for many years. At the time I lost my father, however, I was young enough to take comfort in...
The post in which I talk about my boobs at some...
Over the past few years, my bra size has gotten larger at an exponential rate. This has correlated in an increased interest from others about my boobs, prompting this response. Without expressed consent, one is not to:
stare at my breasts
touch them
fondle them
place their head between them
Are these things I should even have to write? Because of my own body crises, I wish my boobs were...
I'll still talk about it all the time.
That moment when you realize you should have applied for graduate school instead of pursuing work experience immediately after college because you’re unlikely to find another space that encourages you to discuss complex ideas concerning race, sex, gender, class, etc. so freely and openly.
TEN MILLION WOMPS.
On the MTV Movie Awards and villainy:
Rachel: (After Tom Felton wins "Best Movie Villain") He does not qualify as a villain by the time the 7th book/movie comes around. My inner nerd can't support this win.
Me: Agreed. It's like when people call Snape a villain. It gives me such nerd rage.
Did you hear the one about the naturally-occuring...
On our way to Short Pump yesterday, James and I passed a billboard just outside of Richmond that said:
Science rocks! My sediments exactly.
I probably laughed all the way to our exit. So much love for nerd puns.
This is why I'm going to grad school. This is the... →
