Guest Columnist

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote this mofo and had my two minutes of fame?
And how all the comments on my story–fact: every comment is from someone I know, and 6 out of 7 are from people from home–were like, “Anna! Send this to the Express!” and how I talked to my mom [...]

FB with Father

The dam has fallen–my family is Facebook-connected now. As soon as my step-sisters friended my step-mom, I knew that resistance was futile, and that I would have to give in and friend my dad after 2 years of avoiding it.
(What really broke me down? That my dad sounded so sad and confused over the [...]

Friday the 13th

Here’s what happened on Friday:
My sister got into her master’s program. I’m so happy for her. Once, Simon Cowell said, “I don’t get this ‘happy for’ thing. How can you be happy for someone… oh, silly Americans!” (That was paraphrasing). Anyway, I thought about that for awhile at the time, and was like, “Simon, maybe [...]

Name Nerd

Something I noticed while in my colloquium yesterday: there’s like 15 people in that class, and only 4 names.
*2 Annas, 1 Ana, 1 Anne and 1 Diana
*2 Katherine Annes, both of whom go by Kate
*1 Erin and 1 Aaron
That’s 9 people, and basically, 3 names. So that 15/4 thing? Hardly an exaggeration. This probably [...]

Definitely a Freak, Not a Geek.

If I were to see James Franco asleep in class, I would maybe take a picture. But I like to think that I would not send that pictureto TMZ, my least favorite of the (many) celebrity gossip sites.
Especially now that James and I are so close–we did be in 209 at the same time, and [...]

Bonus (Jonas?)

I just found this on my computer:

Yes, my dog is very talented, thank you very much.

Back in!

Ok. I was doing really well here. But then real life interfered. I’m jumping back in.
Read this article. It is quite possibly my favorite thing I’ve read in weeks.
I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry. So I went with laugh. It prompted Rachel and me to have this exchange.
Me: If that was my [...]