I suffered a particularly nasty blow to the ego last Tuesday. A shocking midterm experience led me to “check myself, before I wrecked myself.” Thank you Ice Cube! This midterm season sure felt bad for my health – less…
Are you too old to trick or treat?!
Too old to trick or treat?! Maybe… But NOT too old to get dressed up!!! Halloween may be the only driving force dragging me through mid-October midterms, but I think I’ll make it. Looking back on Halloweens gone by I…
Occupy your Academic Don
Comrades, My mind has been occupied lately. Mid-terms, assignments, this blog and world events that seem extremely loud and incredibly close (I'm reading Jonathan Safran Foer for my Cook the Books class at the moment) are mentally taking its toll…
“I From Foreign!”
In the dialect of my home country, this phrase — in more ways than one — says that I’m not from around here. These would have been the words spoken from my mouth four years ago as I arrived in…
Has excess turkey given you a gobble?!
Hey there...Welcome back! Fingers feeling a little heavy? That turkey/tofurkey/turducken weighing you down?! Perhaps it’s the thought of impending midterms and papers that October brings... Whatever it is, (like me) you might be feeling more sluggish and tired than you…
Turkey Time!!!
I’m gonna try and make this brief because if I know one thing, it’s that we’re rounding the corner on Thanksgiving! The sooner that today, and our readings, are over, the more relaxation and festivities we can enjoy. Hopefully you’re…
Things we can all be thankful for
Let’s be honest with ourselves: in the words of Sartre (well, not really), things just got REAL. I don’t know how it is for everyone else, but my to-do list is covered in highlighting and red pen and exclamation marks.…
Walk it out!
“Round round get around I get around yeah” Ah yes, the Beach Boys with their 1964 words about transportation. For many reasons I really enjoy this song. Perhaps it’s the childlike dance it inspires in me with its catchy beat…
The student goes cheep-cheep, saves a buck…
I've found that finding free and cheap stuff on campus can be a bit of a chore, so for the last week, I've been rummaging through U of T's student societies, colleges and local hubs scouring for everything free and…
Hi, my name is Lori and I’m a glossophobic
glossophobia: an abnormal fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak. When I was eight years old, I had to write my very first speech. I wrote it about my dog "Buttons", a lovable mutt who thought he was…