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Don't you just love going to weddings to celebrate someone's love on the dance floor with copious drinks? It's the best! Just kidding, I feel terrible. What a weekend. After the rehearsal dinner, the family yoga, the cocktail hour, and then of course the whole weddings shebang, I'm feeling pretty damn rough. Maybe it has to do with aging - we just don't have it in us to enjoy ourselves at a bacchanalian nuptial celebration after working for an entire week. But maybe it's more of an existentia l…

There are few things more dread-inducing than a sink or swim Chemistry exam. Chemistry is the ultimate weed-out class for basically all STEM majors at most American universities. It plagues students who are planning on studying subjects that have nothing to do with chemistry and stunts their GPA from the first semester. I was lucky enough to get out of college without having to take a Chemistry class, but most aren't so lucky. Freshman in college gets packed into a thousand-seat lecture hall li…

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We've got a fresh hot list of memes for one Mr. Randy Om? Is there a Rand Om in the room? Randolph Om, are you present? Thank you, I'll be here all week. Coming up with clever and funny pun names is one of the few instances where I find the art of punning vaguely tolerable. My friends and I keep a list of different pun names we think of. They range from incredible to abominable: Collin Response, Jaqueline Turn, Miss Taken Identity, Patty O'Furniture, Heather Interior, and Cathy Lick. The list g…

We can't lie. Lately it feels like every day is a struggle. First of all, you have to wake up, and if that wasn't already harrowing enough, then you have to get out of bed. Once you've made it that far, it's time for those daily hygienic rituals that help others perceive you to be a functioning member of society. I don't know about you, but I'm not Patrick Bateman when it comes to my morning routine. I'm dragging my feet and using the drugstore branded lotion. Exercise ? Fat chance. The only ex…

Hallelujah, it's the weekend. It's been a rough week for many of us. The days leading up to the holidays can be exhausting. The social pressures, and the money issues. The lack of time and the family stress. Everyone has their own most-hated bit of the weeks before the Christmas and Chanukah holidays . For me, it's buying gifts. My family is nearly impossible to buy gifts for. My mom always says she wants “peace and quiet.” She loves mezcal, but my Dad hates it when she drinks. She is very fuss…

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Fooled ya!

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is different for everyone, and there are many different types of postgraduate academics. There are the people who are in it for the long haul and for the love of the game, aspiring to be academics forever. There are those who go into grad school straight after un…

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A little bit of everything.

Simply existing in 2023 is a pretty big deal. It feels like almost everyone I know is feeling some degree of crappy, whether due to their financial status, mental illness, or seasonal depression. But sometimes, you just…get used to it. And sometimes, the pain can transform you. For example, do you ever feel so crappy that the misery seems to transcend into a sort of dark humor ? If not, then we're sorry for you. You see, sometimes when life becomes so cosmically crappy, it can feel a lot like t…

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