The Brain Dump

It's official. I won't be spending the latter half of 2007 the way I envisioned. No classes, no workshops, no papers. I held out hop...

It's past 9 p.m., closer to 10, and I have yet to shower today. The smells emanating from my crevices occassional waft past my unsuspect...

Dear ABC: YouTube has compelled me to ask you for a huge, ginormous, astronomical favor. I could possibly be asking for too much, but what ...

I have a laundry list of wants: a thin body, huge hair, admission to grad school, a life in New York, a new BCBG dress, and a littany of oth...

In the five years since we met I had never seen him as anything more than a short (5'9"), obnoxious, constantly inebriated Jamaican...

If anyone asks me why I did it, I can give them a lot of reasons. It was 3 a.m. and delirium had set in hours ago. Boredom led me to it. My ...

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When is a promise no longer valid?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...