A Year in Review

It’s that time of year again!  Finals are done (for me anyway) and 2012 is coming to a close—plus isn’t the world supposed to end on Friday?  It’s hard for me to believe that one year ago I was just getting ready to start my study abroad adventure in Cape Town, South Africa.  A lot has happened in the past year!  So here are some of my favorite moments to share with you all. (m...
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Almost There

The semester is almost over!  Today is the last day of classes!  We are ALMOST THERE!  I don’t know why, but somehow now that we’re so close to the end I’m finding it extremely difficult to motivate myself to get to work.  Like right now, I’m blogging instead of studying.  I just don’t want to do anything.  But the thing is, we’re so close!  A week from today I will be done don...
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Fall Does Exist!

A lot of my friends here at Pomona are from far-off places.  Here in Southern California they often remark (complain?) that we don’t “have seasons”.  As a Los Angeles native I am here, armed with camera in hand, to prove that we do, in fact, have seasons. As some may have been surprised to find, Claremont is not sunny and warm all the time.  Now, I concede that our seasons are ...
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Amores Perros

For my Spanish class, Advanced Conversation Through Film, we just watched Amores Perros, a complex film by Alejandro González Iñárritu interweaving three different stories connected with a major car crash.  It’s a bit gritty, with lots of blood and violence and no one really gets a happy ending.  But at the same time it was really interesting and a well made film, and it speaks...
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Writing About Writer’s Block

I wasn’t sure what to write about for this post, so my friend suggested writing about writer’s block.  I guess it’s not very relevant to this post, because once I write something I will have (in theory) gotten over it.  On a related note, however, I am writing the first chapter of my thesis (ack!) and I’ve kind of gotten writer’s block on that as well.  I mean, I have quite a b...
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Questions of Registration

I know what you may be thinking.  Registration issues?  But you’re a senior!  You get top priority!  You don’t have registration issues! Au contraire, mon ami.  True, I am a senior, and true, I did already get to register yesterday.  However, my registration time wasn’t until 4:15, and seeing as I, like many other seniors, am almost done with all my requirements I wanted to ...
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Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is tomorrow!  A time for giving thanks, right?  I suppose some things I'm thankful for are having an extremely easy week almost without classes and of course being home with the family (I survived the traffic!).  Like many families, mine has some interesting traditions around this time of year.  Some examples: (more…)
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The Magical Moving House

Most of the time, following in my mother’s footsteps is a wonderful thing.  After all, I followed her to Pomona.  However, this past week represents one of the few times when I reeeeeeally wish I hadn’t done exactly what my mom did.  Let me explain. One of my mom’s few regrets from her time at Pomona was that she did not go out at midnight to watch Seaver House move from whe...
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(Jay)Walking Around Campus

Jaywalking: a ticketable infraction that starts with my favorite letter.  Sure, technically it’s against the law, but we all do it.  It’s a fairly innocuous crime.  I think many of us regard the entire campus as free pedestrian reign, and cars can simply wait their turn.  (As someone with a car, though, being a driver on campus is exactly as frustrating as you think it would be...
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My Last SCAMFest

Though we’ve already heard about SCAMFest from Lauren I wanted post about it as well from an insider’s perspective—since this was my very last SCAMFest!  I’ve been in Kosher Chords since my freshman year and we always have fantabulous time.  SCAMFest is only one part of what makes my a cappella experience so magical, though it is pretty special with the matching outfits, th...
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