The Brain Dump

I have a date. I don't know where or what time. Just a vague agreement to get together on Friday night. I should probably shave my le...

I have an irrational fear of relationships. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy being snuggled up on a couch with a 6'0 piece of man candy ...

I know, I know, I've been neglecting the blog. Grossly neglecting it. I'm in the midst of applying to graduate school. Three apps...

Since I've barely been posting for the last couple of months, I figured I'd do something different. I'm not going to lie and sa...

I just experienced my first Hanukkah miracle! NYU extended the application deadline by two days! Praise God!!

My first grad school application is due in less than 2 days. The writing sample is only 3/4 finished, the personal essay is 0% to target, a...

Ever since I was a little girl, I've always liked boys. I can still remember the crush my four-year-old self had on my next door neighb...

When is a promise no longer valid? If you swear up and down about ANYTHING are you held to it no matter what? Are the promises you make to...

The screen is mocking me, daring me to write something impressive. "Type. Do it. Say something remarkable," it says to me. I p...

At the moment my conscience is not allowing me to blog. I have to take the GRE at the end of next month. According to Baron's diagnost...

My hair used to be straight, all the way from the roots until the ends curved under my chin. I parted it down the middle and leaned forward...

The change was subtle, but unmistakeable. She folded her arms across her chest, shielding herself from me. The gregarious energy that had ...

She emerged from the murky lake water, dark hair dripping and water glistening on her olive skin. Her smile was triumphant and proud. She ...

Everything was beautiful. Incandescent lights reflected off the freshly polished hard wood floors. Unknown flowers with long tubular stems...

The air is tense, thick with anger, hurt, regret, and longing. It suffocates me. I pick at the untouched breakfast sandwich beside me. Ma...

When I go to New York City, I spend money, lots of it. Between dining at the finest chicken spots on the corner of E 219 St and White Plain...

Women talk. It's a fact of life like taxes, underpaying jobs, and the freshman fifteen. We talk when we're happy, when we're b...

I push send and wait for the confirmation. That's five texts in less than five hours, with no response in sight. Each message is more ...

Two months before my 20th birthday, I made a decision. I was going to get married before my 30th birthday. Although ten years is plenty of...

She was on the verge of tears for the second time in one night. He'd done it again and she couldn't understand why he treated her a...