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  • On Wednesday the Faux Paz auditioned solos for new songs. I tried out for a few and didn't make it, but I'm not really fazed, given I can't sing high enough anyway. When someone does get a solo, their name is written on …

  • The first few days of the semester are always a rush, not necessarily because of classes but because you're reconnecting with everyone and it doesn't seem like a bad idea to stay up late and, camera in hand, record the u…

  • a triumphant return to college park (four days to go!)

    first night at CP and I already went to a party and I already drank . . . a little, I don't know how much alcohol was in it, and I didn't feel anything. This girl who used to live in Bel Air threw a party at her house do…

  • pastor reed is wilson class of '79 (mackaye started in '80, sadly)

    from The Novel (Cleaning Out Dellwood's Closet), Version 2.0. If you've read Chapter Four, you'll notice it's completely different. I'm curious if, by writing this, I'm spouting more crap than Allen, but I think he (and …

  • ten days . . .

    I went back to the orthodontist today and got a new retainer, because I never wore my old retainer, and left it in my dorm room over Winter Break, and when I retrieved it, there was green stuff growing on it. There was a…

  • our time is borrowed and spent too freely

    The parking lot of Burtonsville Crossing smells like french fries and trash. With the mild weather, the cool breezes, the dewy asphalt and the boys with boxers peeking out from their gym shorts, it is an exact approximat…

  • finally: a little piece of The New Novel, working title The Vent. The scene is in front of the family shop (and home) of Rajiv/Roger, an Indian high school senior who works hard and dreams of going into politics one day.…

  • sixteen days and an hour

    The time is passing slower then should be allowed by law. I haven't been this excited to see someone since I had my date with Laura in tenth grade. The winter has to be gray and bleak but just mild enough to taunt me wit…

  • Top: a Georgetown rowhouse, painted blue with a bright green door.Bottom: an outfit at American Eagle Outfitters, just around the corner, with a blue sweater over a bright green shirt.I can imagine the ultimate AE custom…

  • I'm just starting The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow Into The Impenetrable Loisaida Jungle. It's about a thirty-five year old punk-rocker who thinks his life sucks because his um, male appendage is kind of small, an…

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