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December 13, 2011
Final exams are upon us here at Oberlin College, which means I have acquired a fresh contingent of acquaintances. They are called Memorization and More Memorization, and, to use an American expression, we've gotten super-duper close lately.
Calms-giving
December 3, 2011
Obies just make Thanksgiving better. I think that might sum up this entire post in one sentence.
A Thanksgiving First
November 28, 2011
Unsurprisingly, it turned out that sometime last week was Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I really should have been aware of this, given that my obsession with the festivities surrounding this November supper run astonishingly deep for someone who grew up in Zimbabwe where turkeys, if they ever existed there, had probably long buckled under societal pressure and just converted themselves into either chickens or cows or zebras in order to fit in.
Oberlin: A Fruit Exposé - Part 2
November 23, 2011
Where I run out of things to say about fruit and keep talking. Please do not read if you're in a serious mood.
Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens
November 8, 2011
It's just like Julie Andrews says (sort of), "I simply list some of my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad!"
The Harry Potter ExCo: A Preview
November 8, 2011
November means many things for Oberlin: the typical college leaf piles, a strange flip-flopping in the weather from early-fall-crispness into Winter Is Coming ominousness. It also means that ExCo applications are due.
A Few Thoughts on Safe Spaces
November 7, 2011
What's a safe space, you ask? Good question. I'm not sure either.
Fall Break, Take Two: Boston Edition
November 4, 2011
The continued description of my second Fall Break as an Obie, in which I walk a dozen miles a day, eat incredibly well, and don't get nearly enough sleep.
Fall Break, Take Two: Oberlin Edition
November 4, 2011
An illustrated description of my second Fall Break as an Obie, in which I hang out with a staggering amount of fellow bloggers, eat incredibly well, and fall even more in love with Oberthings.
Womberlin
October 31, 2011
The womb chair, taken on the macro-scale, is an analogy for the soft, supportive, wonderful, dreamy bubble of Oberlin.
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