Month: December 2007

I can’t stop thinking about No Country For Old Men. I need to see it again. My consistent criticism of Westerns–regardless of their “greatness”–is their abject failure to conjure a sense of the “plains”, of the “west” … that sense of a foreboding eternity … of beautiful and rollings hills covered with sage and grasses […]

It seems I survived the week. Whoo! Actually, in terms of academics, this was a rather uninteresting dead week. That’s fortunate, though. The “big” Procrastinator meeting happened Friday morning. I haven’t had a night where I was unable to sleep … for years. Literally. I think State Mock Trial, junior year, was probably the last […]

Hey. Wait. What happened? How is it … 1:30 am? Wasn’t it just 9:00 a few minutes ago? Herbert Hoover once wrote, “Bessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.“ Yaar! This theater is eating my life. Eating it whole and raw. My grades this semester are going to suffer, (suffer, suffering, […]

Dear Whoever Just Send Me A Text-Message, I don’t mean to be rude. I’m not intentionally ignoring your text. It’s just that … Well, if you didn’t already know … Fine, I’ll go ahead. I’ll say it. I’ll let you know the TRUTH: That white light … coming from my phone … is the white […]

How to Lose At Doing Dishes A Short Story by Andrew Albers Hello. My name is Andrew, and I live in a house with three other guys. None of us particularly like doing dishes, but we all agree: they need to get done. Our house operates under a system where the responsibility for dishes rotates […]