1. People who blow their noses in public. First of all, blowing your nose is noisy. I particularly hate people who blow their noses during class, because the room is pretty much silent other than you sitting over there making awful fricative sounds with your nose mucus, and it’s not like nobody notices. Everybody notices.… keep reading
Category Archives: inside my head
four reasons life should be more like shoe shopping
1. No one cares about your size. No one thinks your shoe size is an indication of your attractiveness or worthiness or moral status. Your shoe size is just the size of shoe that fits most comfortably on your feet. Sometimes I think “I wish my feet were smaller,” but only because I want to… keep reading
5 reasons i want a dog
1. Dogs are snuggly. It’s cold outside, and now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, “relationship season” is pretty much over. It’s not so easy to simply trick another human into sleeping in your bed. Dogs, on the other hand, want to sleep in your bed. Dogs are generally affectionate creatures, and they want to snuggle… keep reading
hbo’s girls is upsettingly familiar
I think it’s safe to say Girls is one of my new(ish) favorite shows. It gets a lot of criticism, which is actually fairly well-reasoned for the most part, but I just can’t stop watching. I think the problem is that it’s so goddamn relatable. Every one of the characters either reminds me of myself or… keep reading
some lists about twitter parties
top five facts to know about twitter parties 1. Twitter parties are essentially a non-creepy, 2012 version of a chat room. They happen in public, so everyone has to be at least a little bit nice. 2. Twitter parties require a #firm grasp of #howto use #hashtags. That’s how you follow the conversation — everyone… keep reading
4 ways to embrace pantone’s color of the year
1. Redecorate. Now that you know what the hot new color is, you would be a fool not to incorporate it into your dorm room decor. Assuming lining your walls with dark green tapestries is out of the question (fire hazard!!!), a new duvet cover should do the trick. When you bring potential lovers back… keep reading
things cyber monday could be, but isn’t
1. Cyber Monday: The day on which students learn about computers. Suppose schools of the future worked like this: You took five classes, and every day, you spent the entire day doing that class. (Technically I think you could do this at Brown but I also think it would be miserable.) Anyway, suppose in this hypothetical… keep reading