Author Archives: Olua - Washington College


PLEASE Change the Station: Songs You Hate to Love (or just hate)

You know how it is; you’re in the gym and, even though you’ve forgotten your iPod, the radio station that’s playing has a pretty good range of songs and you have a good beat going. Or maybe you’re in the car, driving along and blasting the stereo as high as it can go. […]

On Arbor Day, Go Hug a Tree (or just plant one)

When I was a kid, Arbor Day was probably one of my favorite holidays, topped only by Christmas. All year, I picked maple seeds off of the ground, picked pine cones like I was harvesting them, and always saved my apple seeds. And on the last Friday of every April, armed with my […]

Come Play with Newmindspace!

Every now and then, I get moments where I sit outside, watch kids run around and play, and really miss my childhood. Life was so much easier back then, filled with juice boxes and random presents from Grandma and books that had pictures in them. But best of all, I got to play.
Now, […]

Let’s Play A Game. THE Game.

As I was typing this up and most likely while you are reading it, I was and still am chuckling. I can’t help but be amused. I know you’d like to know what’s so funny. Well, it’s nothing, really. I mean, it’s no big deal. It shouldn’t even upset you. […]

I Swear It’s NOT What You Think It Is. …Okay, Maybe It Is

Let’s face it; we’ve gotten to a point in time where “sex” comes into conversation more than last night’s game, politics, or the weather. Whether or not it’s being praised or shunned, it’s being talked about. After all, you guys see how often we talk about it here, don’t you? Sex is […]

Return to Romance: One Man, 1,250 Miles, All in the Name of Love

Every now and then, you wander across those stories that make the tears well up in your eyes; stories about amazing people doing amazing things that you can’t help but admire them for. Nigel Hearnden is one of those people.
Nigel Hearnden and Anne Hearnden were your typical storybook married couple, the kind that you […]

A Cleaner Room in Just 15 Minutes. No, Really!

Ah, spring. The bees are buzzing. The birds are singing. The flowers are blooming. It’s gorgeous outside, all sun and bright colors and cool green grass. All you really want to do is take your textbooks outside and do your work on the green. Mostly because your room is […]

My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 42

Well, I knew when I started this diet that I would hit a slump. I just didn’t expect it to be so early.
The scale in my room is excessively kind and flattering, and tends to give me a weight that is about ten pounds off. Now, I knew this, but I was never […]

I Never Said “Yes”

I know a lot of people who are terrified of sex. I can’t entirely blame them, really. For something that’s one of the most intimate and natural things you could ever do, it’s instinctively just scary for a lot of people. You don’t know what’s going to happen, how it’s going to […]

My Personal Weight-Loss Journey: Day 29

I guess I’ve always been a really impatient person. I can invest time and effort into things, don’t get me wrong, but I always need to see some kind of yield, and I usually need to see it fast. I do it when I’m writing papers (I don’t double space until I’m on […]

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