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  • My “X” and I…Or Why Equations And I Don’t Get Along

    (Read the whole thing. I promise, it’s worth it.) Why, I ask, must you have equations? Isn’t it bad enough that there exist letters in a subject, which should only have numbers? I mean,…

  • Lean On Me, Fall On Me, Laugh With Me…

    There’s a kind of love that I’ve heard about. There’s a girl who’s kept a wedding scrapbook since the age of 10, with bits of lace and newspaper articles talking about your perfect day! When she…

  • I Built A House Of Grape Vines And Sunshine

    Today was a good day. It was one of those days when the sun poured liquid gold and painted the tops of buildings yellow. I sat outside my room watching how sunshine streamed through…

  • Take Me To A Deserted Island…

    If you were stranded on a desert island, whom would you want standing by your side? Calculating the value of people is simple; just put two perspectives. Walking in to a room with sunshine…

  • Don’t Forget To Check Your Pulse

    Sometimes I wake up hating. I hate how wide my hips are, how my legs will never be longer, how I’ll look ridiculous in a swimsuit, how my skin isn’t glossy clear, how I…

  • 7 Resolutions, 7 People, and 7 Reasons To Love 2013

    2013 was the year of so much loss and so much more gain. I got rejected from one college, got into two others, and took a year off. In this ‘gap year’, I learned…

  • Why Being A College Student Sucks Sometimes…

    “College is draining the life out of me” “Why must this be so tough?” “I’m just stupid and I can’t do it.” I’ve heard so many people complain about how difficult it is to…

  • Knocking Down The Berlin Wall, Or, Modern European History Blues

    I used to think history would come easy to me. I mean, I had the tenacious, for want of a better word, capacity to never forget dates and names and places. And so there…

  • Say No To Slurpers

    So I’ve had some strange friends. I’ve known some strange people. I’ve seen people who breathe just through their mouths, people who pick their ear lobes when talking, and people who twitch when they…

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