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  • It seems fitting the semester should end with Wendy's and a late night with lots of people. I'm done. I'm so tired.

  • On the second-to-last day of exam week, in the midst of a fifteen page paper, my glasses broke. The left lens is currently secured to the frame by Scotch tape and glue. My roommate says I look like an adorable middle-sch…

  • So Chaucer is done now. I just finished the final exam. I only wrote four pages for the essay question, but I don't care: I'm just glad it's done and done tolerably well, all things considered. I spent almost all day in…

  • I'm writing my final paper of the semester on Robert Penn Warren. In researching, I came across his essay "Why Do We Read Fiction?" Without agreeing entirely, I agreed with him much more than I expected to. "And life mo…

  • So I didn't quite solve the mystery of Criseyde for all future generations of English scholars, but my teacher approved of my paper, and wants me to try to get it published.

  • By the time this semester ends I'll have done nine presentations (spread over three classes), three research papers (each ten pages or more), two half-recitals, accompanied seven vocalists (including two majors), and com…

  • It's one of those windy, sunny, cool spring days that makes you want to work hard and zestfully. It's not a day for sitting in a hard chair in a windowless classroom where the paint's flaking off the walls, the guy behin…

  • Are quarters really only one-fourth of a dollar? I always knew there was something fishy about colleges. I blame Campbell for my fascination with quarters. It's reached such a level of obsession that I prefer two quarte…

  • I, I am He who comforts you.~ "Comfort, yes, comfort my people!"Says your God.~ He will feed His flock like a shepherd;He will gather the lambs with His arm,And carry them in His bosom,And gently lead those who are wit…

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