30
April
2007

21, Here I Come0

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” -George Harrison At the stroke of midnight, I won’t be rushing home from the ball. You won’t find me crouching behind a bush on the Arts Quad to see if old Ezra and A.D. really do come down from their stone [...]

29
April
2007

The Thaw0

“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.” -Doug Larson The gorges are rushing with water. The jackets are off and the spring skirts are on. The frisbee, soccer and football games are in full force on the Arts Quad. The bbqs are cooking up a storm on the [...]

27
April
2007

Countdown with Nikki Gusz1

“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” -Andy Dufresne 105 – Images I cut out to study for my art history test. 64 – Ounces of caffeinated drinks I consumed in the last 24 hours. For a girl who usually doesn’t do more than 20 a day, I’ve got more than three times the craziness [...]

13
April
2007

So Long to a Legend0

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” -Kurt Vonnegut A farewell to Kurt Vonnegut, one of Cornell’s most memorable students.

11
April
2007

Maybe we should put all of our eggs in one basket.1

“The only time I’ve ever heard of a ‘T.I.’ is in dealings with a calculator.” -Sarah Last week, the headliner for Slope Day and the Convocation speaker were announced. Slope Day – our last day of class celebration – will be graced by by rapper T.I., of Hustle and Flow and “Bring Em Out” fame. [...]

2
April
2007

I refuse to be a tourist . . . sometimes. Paris, take two.1

“The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older – intelligence and good manners.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald One of our [...]

1
April
2007

The City of Love, The City of Light, The City of . . . Paris!2

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” -Ernest Hemingway I’ve been putting off writing a blog about my spring break. Not that I didn’t have an amazing time [...]