Post Grad Grays

I’m a Person, Not a Zip Car: Thoughts on Commitment

Lani — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:58:58 +0000

By fearing that you're missing the something better, you'll miss the something good that's just right where you are! Or in the words of that committed polyamorous trio, Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Love the one(s) you're with.

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On Rejection, and Why It’s Important to Always Look Your Best When You Go To The Grocery Store

Lani — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:04:08 +0000

"You just aren't what we're looking for right now. And no, it's not your bangs."

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Playing “Chicken” With The Fridge

Becca Russell-Einhorn — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:59:57 +0000

It’s like some higher power (God? Zach Morris?) is testing me, asking “How tough are you REALLY?” How many days can I carry on without going back to the grocery store for food and blowing my budget? How many days can I subsist off of only that weird stuff I found in the back of my cabinet and that one tomato I have left from last week’s purchases?

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Facebook For Losers

Lani — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:49:48 +0000

I'm talking of course about the punk rock social network called Facebook. Facebook -- and its social media lessers -- necessitates a lot of comparison. It's too easy to look at your "Friends" drinking green smoothies and going for hikes and publishing movies on Kickstarter and see them as hopelessly cooler than you are.

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An L.A. or New York or Minneapolis Story

Lani — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:31:12 +0000

I don’t like to admit it, but I’m a stranger in what should be my homeland. New York is my heritage. The bagels here taste like history; they are full of carbs and Lower East Side memories. The hot dogs and street food are salty and heavy, like the breath of my Great-Grandmother Ruth.

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Country Music And The Jews, Or At Least This One

Lani — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:51:03 +0000

My parents' greatest disappointment is that I'll never be the next Tammy Wynette.

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Roughing It

Bronwyn — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:06:49 +0000

This was our first substantial vacation together. I’d just lost my job. It was late, I was hungry, I couldn’t read my emails, and the question, “Do you understand what we’re trying to do here?” suddenly had greater heft than he’d intended.

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It Gets Blah-er Before It Gets Better

Lani — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:25:18 +0000

When I was a rising sophomore in high school, I had a lot of things going for me: a great pair of corduroy pants I wore year round, Pantene Pro-V extra volume mousse, and a spirit just a little less buoyant than my hair, which led me to believe that things would get better.

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Graduation Present

Jessamyn — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:31:34 +0000

My father was a poet when he had me.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Strangers

Lani — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:30:28 +0000

Space is running out, everywhere. And until we successfully colonize the moon, we're going to have to get used to being crowded, rubbing elbows and sharing napkins with people we don't know. We're going to have to get over our fear of the unknown and the weird..

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