August 2011
1 post
#CondeElevator →
Best new thing since #whitegirlproblems
July 2011
1 post
“To be a woman in finance is like living in discrimination.”
– W&M alum now at a big investment banking firm
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
“We in Chicago are thrilled, our waste is no longer our problem - it’s St....”
– Tour guide talking about how the Chicago River was re-routed to flow away from Lake Michigan and down the Mississippi River instead.
April 2011
4 posts
“The chicken. God wouldn’t simply have thrown down eggs because that would...”
– Classmate arguing whether the chicken or the egg came first in ITAL 309
“You need to be carnivorous when you make decisions.”
– Middle-aged Japanese man, disagreeing with the trend of “Herbivorous Men” amongst the youth (GOVT 336)
March 2011
13 posts
“Nowadays we always see dolphins jumping through rainbows on tuna cans. Instead...”
– INRL 300
An example of a topic economics would be bad at explaining
“Love hurts, okay? It chews you up and spits you out like a big ball of mucus.”
– Nathan from Misfits, s02e04
Silly
Me: Why are your eyelashes so long? *jealous*
Boyfriend: I'm a giraffe.
“The angel is the bouncer at the gate of the exclusive club Purgatorio.”
– Professor Sergio Ferrarese, ITAL 309
On the symbolism of Dante being able to enter the gate of Purgatory proper.
February 2011
21 posts
Martinique: France in the Caribbean →
The Bahamas are overrated.
The beach at Sainte-Anne, my namesake - it’s meant to be :)
One of many dream vacations.
womp womp
Me: 11:11 make a wish!
Emily: haha... it's 10:11 here
Me: LOL... whoops
“Well let’s see. For the past half-century, Germany’s national...”
– Professor Mauritis van der Veen, GOVT 330
On constructivism in the European Union
“Unlike LOLcats, LOLguts can haz cheezburger.”
– Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report
Why L'Escarpolette?
Breezy and exquisite — a piece that inspires happiness
L’Escarpolette (The Swing), 1767 Jean-Honoré Fragonard Oil on canvas
“If I engage in diversionary war with you – I might win. If I duke it out with my...”
– Professor Dennis Smith (who is not a bad person!), INRL 300
On the difference between diversionary war and diversionary spectacle
“What is hypocrisy in Dante’s Inferno? The Italian Prime Minister? He would...”
– Professor Sergio Ferrarese, ITAL 309
On the Sixth Bolgia in the Eighth Circle of Hell
Valentine's Flowchart →
Only my little brother would send this kind of stuff to me… he knows me well.
3am Skype chat
Baby Brother: I'm working on the Valentine's Dance this Friday
Me: Oh? Are you in SC? I mean... StuCo? Holy crap I've been gone from high school for too long.
Baby Brother: Yeah you've been gone for 3 years. And yes, I am.
Me: What position? Why do you not tell me these things??
Baby Brother: Because I'm a Senator, aka. the Bitch
Me: Bahahah
Baby Brother: Shut up you don't have friends
Me: :D
“May your hearts be in flight and your spirits soar forever. Namaste.”
– Flights of Wonder, Disney World (January 2011) 