Posts filed under “Rants”
The people on the bus go sleep and sound
Recently, someone fell asleep on me on the bus. Read More » » »
Read More » » »Where are the women with “bass” (and not treble)?
I try really hard not to get ranty about occurrences in pop culture, since it’s not something I can control, nor is it something I should really exhaust myself being concerned about. But this was one I could not pass up writing about, since it really did strike a chord. Read More » » »
Read More » » »(My) Nightmare on 24th Street: One year later
A year ago today, I was hit by a car while waiting to cross the street. Read More » » »
Read More » » »Lobster is the new pale
I don’t like summer. There, I said it. It’s just not a season that agrees with me. I don’t hate it like I do winter, but it can’t even begin to compare to my love for fall and my happiness for spring. I don’t fare well in heat, am allergic to everything outside, and do […]
Read More » » »Misplacement of “The Muppets”
Growing up, I watched my fair share of The Muppet Show, and that was fine, because I was a young kid. The show had a decent storyline, and was entertaining because it wasn’t a cartoon and yet wasn’t all real-live people. Sesame Street also had the same appeal for me as a kid, with the […]
Read More » » »“Athlete” doesn’t equal “special student”
For four years, I was at a school that I loved and adored (which if you can’t tell that by now you clearly aren’t actually reading my stuff). However, I was also at a school where athletes were royalty, and academics took the fall. Read More » » »
Read More » » »Back in the land of Minnesota Nice
If you know me at all, you know that I am a proud Minnesotan. My good friend Katie once told me to write about how all Minnesota stereotypes are false. I looked her dead in the face, LOL’ed and said “no, they are all true.” So, now that I am officially back in the greatest […]
Read More » » »Stepping away from the grid, without going off
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, heck, maybe even MySpace. These are the places we devote our time and energy to, day after day. Read More » » »
Read More » » »Potatoes, Beer Bottles, and Opus Hall
This morning when I walked out of my apartment in Opus Hall, I was immediately put in a bad mood. Read More » » »
Read More » » »“I didn’t choose them, they chose me”
So, just when I thought my Hitchcock Blogs readership may be on the downslope, I get a series of interesting text messages from a fellow student and friend of mine (unsure why) BEGGING to be interviewed. Read More » » »
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