Overcoming senior year anxiety
I’ve always liked to think of myself as a rather anti-establishment individual. I scoffed at the SATs as a meaningless tool of wicked bureaucracy. I viewed good grades as worthless without real...
View ArticleSwap a new read using Bookmooch
The only thing better than reading a good book is reading a good book that came directly to your mailbox and cost much less than retail price. This is the beauty of book-swapping service BookMooch.com....
View Article“Locked Up Abroad” is real-life adventure
If you had any doubts that real life is more exciting than fabricated plots — or even partially scripted quasi-reality — the National Geographic Channel’s show “Locked Up Abroad” is here to renew your...
View ArticleBeing eco-friendly means thinking locally
As I approached the purse section of the quintessentially teenage store, I was pleased to see that a few organic cotton tote bags with decals of phrases about being green were included in the...
View ArticleFasting Day 1
It is now after 8 PM, which means that it has officially been over 24 hours since I last ate. As someone who normally struggles to get from one meal to the next without snacking, the past 24 hours have...
View ArticleDay 2
Today I started the refugee rations fast, and aside from the fact that the food is tasteless, and I felt somewhat light-headed and hungry, things didn’t go badly at all. In fact, I felt pretty guilty....
View ArticleDay 3
“We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur.” - Nicholas D. Kristof As you’ve heard (or read) me say before, this fast was undertaken...
View ArticleAbout Day 4.. on Day 5
Well, yesterday I stopped fasting. I wrote up a nice, little entry attempting to explain exactly why I decided to do that… but I apparently didn’t save the entry properly. I am very sorry I unknowingly...
View ArticleMore thoughts on Darfur
When I was doing some more research on Darfur a few nights ago, I came across this article. I have been thinking about it ever since. What is exactly is the best term to apply to the crisis occurring...
View ArticleLiving Thing is alive with wit and style
If there was any doubt that the Swedish indie rock band Peter Bjorn and John could outdo their famously catchy, whistling tune “Young Folks,” Living Thing, their newest album, proves that there is much...
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