I'm sitting in Penn Station with an ungodly headache, waiting for a train which won't arrive for another forty-five minutes. My learner's permit is lost and I'm afraid to stand up because every time I've done so today green light has engulfed my vision.

It probably sounds like I've had an unpleasant trip, which is patently false. I had a lovely trip ( Read more... )

Colleges I’ve never applied to keep offering me free rides. Mostly colleges in Idaho, nice schools but not ones I’m going to. I guess this is the post-admission-deadline version of the “free application, no essay, and answer in two weeks!” offers. Shame none of my schools offer that.

On the more relevant side, my grades and test scores have ( Read more... )

It tends to be my conviction that holding things (or people) in too high regard is a plea for disappointment. Expectations can't be exceeded if you idolize something, and they can certainly be left unsatisfied.

My two days at Pomona failed to confirm this conviction.

The campus isn't the marvel Occidental is, but the dorms (in Wig, at least) are ( Read more... )