The Brain Dump

My old roommate called me the other day. He wanted to share his latest running accomplishment: 4 miles in one hour and ten minutes, an avera...

"I think you should have lunch with him." I stared at Chesty LaRue through squinted eyes, surprised by her declaration. I gave h...

I get easily annoyed with people who won't let things go. People make mountains out of molehills and obsess incessantly over things tha...

I'm embarking on a journey. Five years ago, if someone told me that I'd be taking this journey I would have punched them in the face...

"You scare me." My eyebrow shot up and I adjusted the phone against my ear. "I scare you?" I repeated, wanting to be sur...

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When is a promise no longer valid?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...