Homesick

What’s annoyed me a lot at my job is the student stereotype – young, irresponsible, foolish, unexperienced, immature, dependent, etc. I instantly felt it when I started there and it still resonates seventeen months later. 
But oddly enough, what makes the vein in my neck pop out is when anyone says something along the lines of, “are [...]

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Leave it to the ONE PERSON who doesn’t recognize Spike Lee to ring him up at the register.
I wasn’t giving him a faculty discount because he didn’t have an NYU ID and he was giving me that “…you don’t know who I am?” expression and smugly asking me to ask the manager. I wasn’t exactly [...]

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My blog’s traffic now includes a good amount of NYU students ever since I blogged about the end of free printing. Google sent you to my blog and my entry most likely disappointed you with the lack of concrete knowledge about the new policy.
I’ve been making weird eye contact with some strangers around the NYU [...]

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I overheard in New York…

It’s a Brave New World, Hombre
Customer: Are these shorts with NYU on the back for men or women?
Male employee in ghetto accent: Miss, would you let your boyfriend wear that on his ass?
–NYU Bookstore
Overheard by: Adrianna
via Overheard in New York, May 14, 2009

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I went out with Jess on Thursday night to a comedy club in Chelsea which means I took unfamiliar subway lines home to reach the random subway station I live next to: The 2nd Avenue stop for the F and V. Probably the most confusing part about the MTA is its multiple exits for one [...]

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The Grezak Sisters discuss AIG employment

silverferretcu: i haz an interview at AIG on monday
Grezakster: yay
silverferretcu: finallyz! a job interview at least
silverferretcu: it’s for a job that’s more than just an admin so they want to interview me
Grezakster: so you’ll be doing more important things than just opening boxes of toy soldiers
silverferretcu: hopefully! lolz
silverferretcu: hey i was also highstar’s #1 copy [...]

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I really overestimate my safety in New York City. I’ve walked home at 2am or later numerously. I’ve taken the subway alone at four in the morning. I’ve had a couple of cars follow me for half a block but nothing really genuinely freaked me out, mainly because I don’t let myself be freaked out.
Until [...]

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“This isn’t the first time you heard this and unfortunately it won’t be the last”

A homeless man stood up and begin his plea for financial help, apologizing for bothering us and explaining that the economic times are leaving more people homeless, including himself. No one would look at him in his beige zip up shirt while we were all bundled up in wool coats. The subway drowned his speech, [...]

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Half-assed review: Graffiti Monsters, Ponytail, Yeasayers

It’s kind of rare that I’m pleasantly surprised in terms of music and movies. It’s very rare that I don’t want whatever show I’m watching to end.
Granted I could’ve done without the first two acts. Or maybe Skirball was just the wrong place for bands that would’ve been enjoyable if given the opportunity to awkwardly [...]

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“It’s time to turn on your intellect and turn off your cell phones”

I think my night would’ve made far more sense if I was on drugs.

I couldn’t stop laughing
Finally someone satirized the people I’m surrounded by.

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Advice for Tourists in New York City

If your daughter is sick, there is a proper way to approach a sales associate in a store about the issue.
Do not begin the sentence with “Do you have a bathroom” and attack the associate when they respond “no” and berate their attempt at explaining where to find a rare but public restroom in a [...]

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Rape Victim Uses Street Art to Speak Out

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New York Neo-Futurists

You have to appreciate it for what the New York Neo-Futurists is: “30″ plays in 60 minutes. It’s not Al Pacino screaming “ATTICA” in Dog Day Afternoon, but I’m sure he had more than one take to get that done. These guys performed randomly selected plays nonstop for exactly 60 minutes. The premise is that [...]

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That was easy.

So after all my bitchin’ and moanin’, I am finally employed – at the basterdchild at Staples. My gut instinct told me as I filled out the 40 page application online that this would be the place I would end up working. Quite frankly, I love it so far because the whole store just belongs [...]

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“Greed is Good”

The more interviews I go on, the more I realize just how much the corporate world disgusts me.
The first interview was fine, even though I was annoyed that I had to dedicate 2 hours of wardrobe malfunctions and commuting for a 10 minute interview. All of this really did belong in a romantic comedy. I [...]

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