Around the Horn

Winter break for college students = eyeball abuse. I’m currently watching an Ugly Betty marathon on ABC Family right now. Good show. America Ferrera plays Betty Suarez, a normal Latina girl who works for Mode magazine as the Editor-in-chief’s assistant. Betty isn’t the typical skinny leggy blonde assistant you assume works at the magazine, but [...]

My friend Jennifer and I reunited last night the way Jen’s do it best–by going to the movies. If you’re looking to see one movie this break, go see The Good Shepherd. I do warn anyone that this movie requires your noggin. And perhaps a large bladder. The movie pushes on 3 hours and believe [...]

My friend Katy flew down from Northern California to visit for a couple of days. In the few days she was here, we managed to tour LA in one day, sneak down into the OC, and explore my hometurf, the Pasadena area. Here are some touristy moments from our escapades. Many other places (Rodeo Drive, [...]

This entry is dedicated to a quality documentary that I finally had time to see a few nights ago: Wordplay. Many of my friends know that I am a big crossword fan. I do prefer the New York Times daily crossword, but any puzzle will do (the Sun publishes the LA Times and USA Today [...]

Winter is a grab bag of sorts; while you have wonderful things such as gift giving and the holidays, warm fireplaces and binge eating, good things always have some oogieboogies attached to it. By oogieboogies I mean germs. No one wants to get under the weather during the most important few weeks of the semester. [...]

First reference to home: Courtney, a sister in my house, received a text message from her dad a while back: “C.C. Phone Home.” I miss parental humor, the ultimate cheese. Second reference to home: Love Actually replaying in the house nonstop (By far one of the most feel-good movies ever) At the end of the [...]

My finals week kicked off last night with an exam in my International Relations class. The venue was Barton Hall, which is by far the biggest building on campus that can accomodate hundreds of students easily in one area at the same time. Add in the strong reverb and the buzz of gymnasium lights, and [...]

I had my last class on Friday, which means that finals weeks is just around the corner. My finals are all pretty spread out this semester, so I can cram each subject one at a time. International Relations, possibly my hardest final (next to econ), is the first one, landing on Wednesday night. During study [...]