Loading ...I seem to move more frequently than most. Even in high school I packed up and spent my summer months on abroad programs, and in college I somehow managed to live in three different cities while only attending one school. In total, I’ve lived in fourteen different places (houses, apartments, and dorms) and I’ve hunted […]
Author Archives: A.G.D. - Emerson College
How to Find an Apartment Where You’ll Enjoy Living and Won’t Get Stabbed
July 22, 2008 - 9:15 am
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Comments (0) The Future’s So Bright, You Gotta Wear Expensive Shades
July 20, 2008 - 4:00 pm
I read an article in The New York Times the other day about New York shoppers spending three or four hundred bucks on a pair of sunglasses at stores like Ilori in SoHo. According to the article, market research firm The NPD Group has tracked purchases of luxury goods and, even in this constantly drooping […]
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Comments (2) Top 5 Technological Innovations That Made My Life Better
July 20, 2008 - 10:30 am
On the new iPhone you can call your friends, listen to the new Beck album, send emails, Google ex-boyfriends, and even navigate your way to the closest coffee shop for a caffeine fix. The days of finding a payphone and then realizing that you’re out of quarters are long, looooong gone. Even announcements about turning […]
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Comments (0) Moving Past Hillary and Onto Other Potentials VPs
July 11, 2008 - 10:20 am
Everyone is so busy talking about a Hillary Clinton VP spot they seem to be forgetting that there are a lot of other great contenders out there who could be Barack Obama’s number two. Considering how nasty the nomination fight got, it’s not hard to imagine a situation in which Obama would pick one of […]
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Comments (0) Finding Love in the Post-College World: Love Like Cookie Dough
July 8, 2008 - 2:30 pm
“I always feared there was something wrong with me. You know, because I couldn’t make it [relationships] work. But maybe I’m not supposed to,” Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) explains her decision to stay single in the brilliant last episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. “I’m cookie dough,” she says. “I’m not done baking. I’m not […]
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Comments (0) Finding Love in the Post-College World: Geek Love
June 26, 2008 - 1:30 pm
Post-college geeks aren’t the same as in-college geeks. These aren’t hipster boys who wear horn-rimmed glasses or cardigans with elbow patches. These boys aren’t geek chic. Post-college geeks are a special breed of boy. They are the freaks from Freaks & Geeks, and not in an ironic way. They played Dungeons & Dragons in high […]
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Comments (10) Adventures in Veganism: Day 7 - The End is Now
June 25, 2008 - 12:30 pm
I, an avid meat and ice cream-eater, have been eating vegan for the past week as a George Plimpton-esque adventure. Now, on my last day, I am literally counting down the hours until I am reunited with meat and dairy products again.
Breakfast: Instant oatmeal.
Lunch: I go with my family to Coast, the beach-side restaurant in […]
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Comments (7) Adventures in Veganism: Day 5
June 23, 2008 - 2:30 pm
Welcome to day five of my week eating entirely vegan.
No joke, this morning I woke up in a panic because I thought I’d eaten a ham and cheese sandwich last night. I’m not sure if this is because the rules of vegan eating are so strict you can break them on accident, or if I […]
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