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Macchiato Meltdown
So, this post is dangerously close in appearance to my last one given the month gap between my first two updates, but what better time to blog than when you’re in the midst of a mid-(college)life breakdown. I’m visiting the EIC of the Voice, Jazmine Hughes, and the amazingly awesome fellow-blogger Meaghan Kelley for the ...
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On Succeeding
It’s either my third or fourth week of work, which means I know how to get here now and fall asleep on the subway for the perfect amount of time so that I wake up before my stop. The trick is: sit next to an old guy who is coughing really loudly or two girls ...
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Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
This past Friday, New York became the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. This apartment celebrated by cheering loudly and then immediately taking to Twitter to post our happy reactions. (Me: New York, you’re my jam. See you at the Pride PARADE on Sunday. #NY4M Jazmine: HOOR(G)AYS! Rachel: #ny4m) Amidst the overall joyful Facebook status ...
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A German-American Camel’s Introduction to Munich.
I am sitting on the curb of a corner restaurant, under an umbrella that boldly proclaims its allegiance to Paulaner, one of the six great beer-houses of Munich. In front of me sits a .5 liter glass of Hefeweizen from the same brewery. Its my first day in München (Munich), the capital of Bayern (Bavaria), and the third largest city in Germany. The ...
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True Confessions of a Bibliophile
Hello loyal readers and people I’ve passive-aggressively forced to check out this site, You know what you’re doing right now? You’re reading this post. (Try and not be so astounded by my wisdom.) You know what else you’re doing? You’re feeding into the burgeoning technological revolution that is creeping its way into every facet ...
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On “Shaking our butts”
Have you ever had a minute in your life that you didn’t think would end? Maybe you were waiting for your Conn professor to finish up that last point of his lecture. Or maybe you were a little kid sent to the principal’s office for putting gum in your desk-neighbors hair. Or you could be ...
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A Jury’s Duty- Part 2: The Race Case
Baltimore To properly illustrate the scene in the jury room I must acknowledge the views of those jurors who voted against me. To some extent the people who voted to acquit were correct, there were holes in the victim’s testimony, holes that also existed ...
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A Juror’s Duty- Part 1
Baltimore Today I watched a guilty man walk free. Five hours after closing statements 10 confident jurors descended from the deliberating room trailing the final 2 jurors, young men battered into consensus. Those 10 jurors offered up a charge of not-guilty to assault in the second degree as the remaining 2 watched on and said ...
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The Best of Times and The Worst of Times
The 4th and 5th week of my Dance Spirit internship have had many highs and many lows. For one, I believe my time spent in the Conn bubble, though a wonderful atmosphere for indulging in a multitude of academic classes and social activities, has not prepared me for some real life common sense. For example, ...
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Tips and Tricks for Covering a Red Carpet* Event
New York does this weekly feature called Party Lines, where you go to these swank parties and you ask people questions and they give you a one-line answer: PARTY LINE GET IT? It’s pretty cool, I think, or it was, until I had to do it. I have just returned from my first red carpet ...