Birthday bombardment
By Emily Churchill | November 7, 2012I’ve never really been a birthday person. In the past, the event has been riddled with enough anxiety to make it generally unpleasant.
I’ve never really been a birthday person. In the past, the event has been riddled with enough anxiety to make it generally unpleasant.
I’m apt to loathe politics. It all seems to be happening so far away — in some other time, on some other planet.
What’s your favorite item in the closet? I have this amazing grey sweater that’s chunky with braided material on the arms from some thrift store in Staunton.
Hauling a heavy backpack across Grounds can be difficult, especially when attempting to walk from class to class in 10 minutes.
At this point in my column-writing career, it becomes harder each week to think of a new and interesting topic.
Much like my current favorite fictional heroine Lady Mary Crawley of “Downton Abbey” fame, I am very lucky.
For the first several weeks of my stay in Lyon, Sundays were the dreaded day. In France, everything is closed on Sundays.
1 – Download the SelfControl App: This app allows you to block certain websites for a chosen amount of time.
Dear Edgar, I’m on day three of Halloween celebrations, and I can’t think of any more creative costume ideas.
If you decided to go to Marco and Luca on the Downtown Mall on any Thursday, Friday or Saturday night at 8 p.m.
My sister’s room is littered with Hemingway quotes, pictures, books. She drinks Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale because it’s named after one of Hemingway’s short stories — and it doesn’t hurt that it also has a pretty high ABV.
In a season full of political ads and fury, I’m going to endorse a different type of political situation.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve fallen into a routine. I start my week early Monday morning, and I can’t wait for the clock to strike 5 o’clock on Thursday.
It is humanly impossible to gain the freshman 15 — or should I say first-year 15 — and I can prove it with a simple story.
Wahoo wow: University graduate James Eysenbach was recently named Cosmopolitan’s Bachelor of the Year for the state of Virginia.
It’s hard to believe that by the time I sit down to write my next column the next president of this great nation will be elected.
As a fourth year, I’ve realized that even though we have what seems like 1700 libraries at the University, there are only so many places students can do work before the pattern starts to repeat itself.
*1. “50 Shades of Grey”: *There are two ways to do this and they’re both pretty bad. First, you could embody the Red Room of Pain (really regret having to Google that). Think Rihanna’s S & M but more, just more.
Kevin U.Va. involvement: Bhakti Yoga Club, Community Garden Ideal date (person): Preferably somewhat athletic, but, like most human beings, I’m keen on a relatively symmetric face — can’t go wrong with that.
Statues are built to commemorate historical figures, but they often take on histories of their own. Charlottesville’s monuments of Lewis, Clark and Sacagawea; Robert E.