Sunday, April 30, 2006

Notes Composed After An Abortive Trip to Bobst Library

To the Powers That Be at NYU: Build a Grad Library now please.

To the architect of Bobst Library: I could live with the bleak panopticon design, if there were more outlets available at the desks. As it is, 45 minutes of wandering around looking for a place to park with my laptop left me wanting to kill myself. Seriously, next time you do a library, think light, think fuzzy, think thousands of kids with laptops.

To the numbers of undergrads wandering around gabbing on your cell phones: If you are the jerks who have left your dell, backpack, wallet, and ipod unattended to have an angsty conversation with your mom/dad/best friend/boyfriend/frenemy/current crush/latest hookup: Please be aware that I am one more afternoon away from stealing your money and wiping your hard drive.

To the lone person WITHOUT a laptop sitting at the large table near an outlet near the best sunny window: You deserve to DIE.

Thank you,

Me.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Je Suis Une Mal Etudiante

A week from today I leave for Paris.

Between now and then I have approximately 35-45 pages to write.

What am I doing now? Blogging of course.

Word.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

And the Winner Is...

(drum roll please)...NYU for the next 4-6 years people. Yeah big surprise huh. But it's amazing how much sense it makes to stay here. Everyone is very warm and fuzzy, which will undoubtedly cool once they see how bad my thesis turns out.

Spence and I went to see this band tonight at Avalon, formerly Limelight, of Party Monster fame. Awesome show. Must now become obsessed with all things Shiny Toy Guns-related. It was the first of three shows we're seeing this week. Next up, The Sounds, and then Ladytron. I never go see live music and now three shows in one week.

It was a nice way to celebrate the end of the application process, reintroducing myself to NYC in a very New Yorkish way. I've been resting lightly here for nearly two years. Now I'm looking at staying in the same apartment for another year. It's nice to have a feeling of permanence.