Today was the annual short term clam bake at Popham Beach. This is a day where you can buy a ticket and enjoy burgers and lobster at the beach with the entire school. The weather left a little bit to be desired, it was cloudy and cold with not much sun but no one seemed [...]
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Short Term Clambake 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Longhorn Steakhouse
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | Comments Off
One night when my roommates and I were all sitting around after dinner, someone posed the question of what we each planned to do upon finishing our thesis. Now that’s a difficult question to answer as there are any number of celebratory acts from which one can choose. After thinking for a long time, I [...]
Embracing Short Term Too Early
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | Comments Off
So my roommates and I made a mistake. A big one. And we’re paying for it. The mistake? Embracing short term prematurely. A few of us finished our theses a bit early and we decided to “take a break.” This “break” manifested itself in staying up chatting until 3 in the morning, sleeping in, cooking [...]
Post Thesis Depression
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 | Comments Off
I have often witnessed the linkage of the metaphor of a baby to the thesis writing process. It’s your baby, you nurture it and love it and want it out of your life at emotional times and then you have to let it go and send it out into the world (or into your adviser’s [...]
The End of the Semester
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Each academic semester at Bates has its tell tale signs that the end is near. Whether it’s absent friends or that the study carole on the third floor of the library that you’ve occupied since the beginning of the semester is (gasp) taken by someone else (So frustrating, especially for people like me who get [...]
Confessions of a Sick Girl
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alcestis, Bates Admissions, Bates College, friends, fruit, haircut, Shaws, sickness, Skype, sore throat, theater, thesis, Willy Bean's Coffee on March 10, 2009 | Comments Off
So for the past week or so I have been sick. Really, really sick. It began with the sore throat, then merged into the killer sore throat, stuffy face, rattling lungs combo and now has progressed on to the stuffy face, rattling lungs. At least I can swallow. However, I have been blowing my [...]
How To Sleep At College
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22, 2008 | Comments Off
So, I’m typing this entry while techno that leaves something to be desired is being blasted by my next door neighbor. When I’m in my room I tend to feel as if my life has a constant crappy bass-line. Now I had a conversation with a friend about the rules and regulations involving [...]
