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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The End of Free Printing at NYU Labs

NYU certainly has its flaws, but one of the wonderful positives was the free printing. Please note the past tense of that sentence: was.
On one hand I understand the decision during the recession: NYU must spent a lot of money on paper alone considering how much of it was wasted in those labs. There always [...]

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Story of my freshmen year.
I didn’t hate my freshmen year, but I didn’t particularly enjoy it either. I was surrounded by jocks that should’ve accepted their football scholarships at UCLA and girls who only cared about making an impression upon the opposite sex and stirring drama. It wasn’t quite what I expected at NYU. Where [...]

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I’ve tolerated some stupid behavior in college. While this certainly isn’t anything like the Psycho-Ex-Roommate, it would’ve come close if I did not turn my ringtone off. (Digression: P.E.R. has prank called and prank texted me around 3am on a couple of saturday MONTHS after she moved out. She wasn’t too smart about it (shocking) [...]

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I’m having a big “fuck my life” weekend. Not only did I break my camera AND mp3 player in ONE day, I woke up at 12:30pm when I had to be at work at noon.
I’m expecting to get hit by a car tomorrow.

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I always get the strangest messages on myspace. The porn offer I received when I was 17 will always win, but last night’s is a close second:
Hi there. I’m sorry if this is a bit strange, but I had to give it a try. I’m a young writer, and I’m in a band. We’re new, [...]

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Dear Diary,
The summer is going swell – It’s barely 60 degrees on a New York City day in June!
I’m feeling more positive about work this week, mainly because I’m not deprived of hours while past employees have clocked in over 60 in a seven day week. Do I want to clock in over 40? No. [...]

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I have shocking news for everyone.
When you naturally have this bust size and decide to wear summer clothes in 90 degree weather – you’re not asking for attention, you’re not asking for comments, and most of all, you’re not asking to be sexually harrassed when you walk down the street.

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I’m getting extremely tired of having my work ethic critcized in the store considering that I’m one of the few student workers who spends their entire shift WORKING.
Apparently leaning against the registers with an a nasty attitude and Oren’s coffee cup in one hand is more work than shelving a cart of books and pulling [...]

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My Sheep Keep Tripping!

I decided to give up my sanity for Lent.
But at this point, it feels like I gave up my sleep.
It’s getting to the point where even my mother told me to just get a prescription for sleeping pills from a doctor. These are directions from someone who strongly opposed my use of over-the-counter sleeping pills [...]

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Inconvenient Truth? More Like Inconvenient Weather

As much as I hate below zero wind chills and freezing my ass off while walking three blocks to work, I don’t like warm/hot weather either. Have you ever spent the summer in NYC? 100+ degrees AND humidity? I had great hair volume because the constant heat activated my hair product all day, but it [...]

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An  [ex]boyfriend broke up with me over the internet, which is something I’ll never stop laughing about. Phone breakups are pathetic themselves, but this guy didn’t even have the balls to hear my voice while he was doing it.
I wish I was able to quit over the internet.
It was awkward because the boss clearly wasn’t [...]

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Pressing my Buttons at Staples

There’s one thing you learn from working retail: how to maintain a face of steel.
I can easily recount some of the horror stories from these past 2-3 weeks, but it’s not really worth the time. I completely understand if the order was not completed or lacks quality – but don’t scream at us when two [...]

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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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Invasive Introduction

My summer suite mate came back after 10pm with a friend she mentioned was going to sleep over. These are both things I’m used to and honestly barely pay attention to. My freshmen roommate and I had the rude but non-intentional habit of just ignoring everyone in our apartment – mainly because they acted like we didn’t live there, so we [...]

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