Moving the “little” things June 19, 2009

Each time I move to a new apartment, I am reminded (much to my irritation) that my life is made up of small, inconsequential things that, as hard as I try, I can’t seem to live without. Like  hair creams and blowdryers and straighteners and lotions and little trinkets and porcelain jewelry holders. Every time [...]

Sera? December 23, 2008

Writer’s Digest asks:
If you had to choose between yesterday and tomorrow, which would you pick and why?
Theoretical underpinnings aside (indeed, I would always choose tomorrow), today, I would choose specifically the yesterday that happened yesterday. My reasons do not belong in a public forum, but I will share the theory that envelopes them:
I believe that [...]

Change of Age October 23, 2008

I turn 23 next month, so I’d like to reflect for a moment. Twenty-two was a gritty year. “Quarterlife crisis”, work, trying to figure out where I was in life. But it was also a year where, outside of the 40 hours in the office, I got to do pretty much anything I wanted. I [...]

Old, See April 25, 2008

I see old. I see old everyday, and not enough new. I see elevators that run with noise up and down 14 floors, I hear a chime if one lands on our floor. I see a white rail when I leave my house every morning, I see green lawn some feet below it. I close [...]

What College Taught Me April 15, 2008

Here are a few things I learned after college. Please keep in mind that this is coming from a relatively optimistic person who does believe that getting what you want out of life is entirely possible.

Adding a fifth year onto your college experience for the sake of a double major is completely worth the extra [...]

Taaaake my hand, I’ll take you into Neverlanddd February 14, 2008

Coffee & Tea 
My tea has a trace of coffee in it. This is so because I didn’t rinse the spout through which the tea filters after one of the coworkers used it to make her morning coffee. Coffee-flavored tea. I’m sure there’s a reason why nobody has thought to do that.
The Park Last Saturday
Two girls [...]

Stalin Revered, Putin Immortalized? November 14, 2007

The Economist reports that Mr. Putin is rewriting Russia’s history, but it isn’t really news. Talk of re-glorifying Stalin and painting him in a new light so as to soften Russia’s violent history appeared in American press about two years ago. Well now Putin is peddling a new textbook written for Russia’s history teachers. Personally, I’d love [...]

Where I wear September 20, 2007

I was slightly hunched over my desk earlier this morning, buttering my sourdough roll with cold butter, when I realized I’d seen this scene before only a year or so ago. I used to do it all the time, in fact: lean on the stainless steel counter, elbows on top of no give, plastic knife in one [...]

art…human bodies September 19, 2007

human bodies and actions are art. i don’t mean that sentimentally. if art is a product of discovered truths in tangible form, and if the artist is the guider of these truths into the tangible, then i am the artist and humans are my canvas. i discover truths about myself by observing others, by identifying [...]