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Monthly Archives: May 2005

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired

This is the third time I’ve been sick this semester, sick enough to the point of misery, not quite sick enough (yet) to justify going to a doctor. My immune system is incredibly, hopelessly lame. Within the past 24 hours I’ve taken Zyrtec, Aleve, the last drop of liquid Dayquil remaining after I spilled most [...]

The Dillons Chinese Kitchen Man

At my university, there is this coupon booklet that they hand out to people whenever they buy books at the campus bookstore. It actually has some pretty good deals – cheap pizza, free salads, etc. One of the deals is a free coupon for the Chinese Combo Meal #3 at Dillons, our local grocery store. [...]

How to Get Your Work Rejected (and still smile about it)

I submitted a story to the Kiosk, one of a few student literary magazines on campus. It has a fairly good reputation, though some of the people in my writer’s group have grumbled about the nepotistic tendency of Kiosk editors to consistently accept work from their friends. I’ve made it in before without knowing anyone [...]

These days…

I haven’t posted in awhile, so here’s some catching up: 1. Working on papers, poems and my huge end-of-semester presentation in Ethnicity and Sexuality. Back in January, when we were picking presentation topics, I decided to be all rebellious and cool and have a presentation that didn’t involve using Powerpoint (the scourge of computers). So [...]