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Another Ill-Mannered Appliance

My fridge is a little bit broken. Not full-on, throw out your food and scream at the landlord broken, but a little. It’s been not that cold in there for days. I threw out the milk on Monday; we stopped … Continue reading

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Oat Will Do In A Pinch

What to eat when you wake up too early? I’ve already had breakfast twice—a bit of cereal and all of a banana save the bit that I discarded after it took a tumble to the carpet—but I’m still hungry. It’s … Continue reading

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I Am At Home Right Now

Whether or not he cooks, every man, it seems, likes to brag that he “makes the best omelets.” Why is this? I have never heard a fraternity brother boast of his blue cheese dressing—something much harder to make than an … Continue reading

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Insomnia Over Medium

Asked to describe my current state of consciousness, I would need one word only. Loathsome. I came to wakefulness with a start at around 5:30 AM—two hours ago—in a fevered state apparently brought on by unremembered unpleasant dreams. It was … Continue reading

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Mild Excitement!

Mild excitement is, of course, the best kind. Lunch Matters—and by that I mean I—is back in an office, hard at work doing…well, something. I’ve only been here three minutes and they haven’t informed me yet. A return to employment … Continue reading

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Breakfast Fast Fast

I’m writing this in the Baltimore airport, home of that fly flyboy Arby’s, but to my left is not roast beef. Rather, I have carried with me a sandwich fragment, as precious and slight as a few lines of Sappho, … Continue reading

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Jitter Christmas

I ran some kind of analytic on my Twitter account last month, and discovered that the three words I use most are: Chicken Sandwich Coffee This was not surprising, but slightly frightening, and left me worried both at how much … Continue reading

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I Am Eating and I Am Awake

In two weeks I will embark on what academic calendars call “Winter Holiday.” As I will theoretically have graduated college this time next year, this is to be my last. I’m hoping to spend most of it asleep. Observant readers … Continue reading

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Reluctant Breakfast Warrior

I woke up on Saturday at 9:45. I had been dreaming about dinner, which reminded my slumbering consciousness of breakfast, a thought which ripped my eyes open without any ceremony of yawning, stretching, or general lazing around. I had left … Continue reading

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Like Spooning With Disappointment

A recent development has left me wondering, is there any shame in measuring out one’s life in coffee spoons? For Eliot this was the absolute bottom in the pit of middle class existence, but a lack of coffee-spoon is proving … Continue reading

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