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October 31, 2011
On many an occasion during and after orientation when I have had to introduce myself, I have encountered a number of interesting scenarios in which my first name ignited a hilarious chain of events.
Starting the Search Again
October 31, 2011
Oberlin has been the small, tight-knit and stimulating community I have needed for the past several years. But I am on the brink of exploring life and discovering my specific place in the world — a both exciting and terrifying prospect.
On an Empty Oberlin and NaNoWriMo
October 31, 2011
I made the choice to stay on campus this fall break, partly to decompress from midterms and gear up for the next half of the semester, and partly just to embrace that deceptive stillness.
Womberlin
October 31, 2011
The womb chair, taken on the macro-scale, is an analogy for the soft, supportive, wonderful, dreamy bubble of Oberlin.
Faux-op
October 30, 2011
This year, I didn't get into a co-op. Where was I going to get my weekly serving of granola? How could I say goodbye to the cinder block-sized bricks of cheese that arrived every Wednesday? Was I going to waste away trying to cook all my meals for myself?
Person First
October 27, 2011
Sometimes I feel cloistered here - safe and spiritually grounded, but disengaged from the problems of the world. How to fit the real world into Oberlin? Well, for starters ...
Teaching
October 22, 2011
One needs laser sights attached to their clown wigs. Am I trying to do too much?
Snatches of a Conversation, I
October 18, 2011
A rather broken transcript of the open conversation portion of Salman Rushdie's visit.
Snatches of a Conversation, II
October 18, 2011
The continuation of the transcript, covering the convocation.
Pleased to meet me
October 16, 2011
Yeah, that title is a Replacements album. I thought it would make a great title for this post, which is a more detailed, list-y description of myself.
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