I drink, like, three cups of tea a day. Sometimes four. It's getting kind of ridiculous. And I love trying new kinds of tea. If you bought me a basket of 20 kinds of tea for Christmas or something, I…
Software and internet things for undergrads, ‘overgrads,’ college kids and passersby! Round-up #1!
I peruse a lot of DIY fashion/craftilicious websites and "blogs,"* and they always have these "roundups," like … "Crocheted Nintendo Character Blankets Roundup!" or "Vintage Baby Wear Roundup!" and "Steampunk Bathroom Decor Roundup!" So I am excited to present my…
On-Campus Safety: an informative yet slightly depressing post
We all know the world is a scary place. First you leave the safety of your bully-infested elementary school. You progress to the scarier world of a teenager-infested high school, where "everyone" enters their experimentation years and can only do…
Zombification by Midterm: A Call for Students to Dress Funny This Week
Halloween is on a Saturday. This only happens every few years, so it should be a grand affair. Keyword: should. I always forget that, for normal people, Halloween is a mere boost in sales for candy companies and a chance…
Major problems, minor headache relief
A lot of students change their majors. To my knowledge, anyway. You know, common tales of frivolous humanities students bouncing between Greek Mythology Expertise and 11th-Century Novels Written Backwards, neither program enough to get us a parent-pleasing job nowadays*. It…
Thy Studies: Tactile and Worthwhile, in theory
By now, diligent, vigilant followers, you have read Fariya’s post on learning styles. Sometime in elementary school, we had to take a written test to determine our learning styles, for what purpose I am not sure. This did not result in…
Strange Nuit at Hart House
Nuit Blanche was cold and weird and I wore a funny hat. I went with some friends, and although best partner in crime and I left the downtown core of evil by 3 a.m., we got home around 5. Not…
Crumpled Paper Magazine: Looking for Submissions. Draw instead of Facebook!
Sometimes I want the professor to goad the pretentious commentators in my classes just so I can doodle. I can't doodle at home. I can't doodle when I concentrate. Then my brain goes "Hey. This looks pretty good. Let's turn it into the…
Making Friends: Allegedly Possible
So I'm standing in this unending line at the registrar's office, reading a book while I wait, and... I guess that was my first mistake. There ae two people in front of me. One turns to the other, "You okay?"…
Greetings, Orientation Things, and Have Fun While You Still Can
(Backfilps were done, and thus this post winds up before you now as opposed to an earlier date when the Orientation events listed were still about to occur. Liesl was so enamoured with her 'hello' to you, that she asked…