Okay, okay. Maybe I didn't walk coast to coast, BUT I did walk the Brooklyn Bridge last weekend. Here are some pictures from my adventure!
For these photographs, I chose to make them all in black and white, giving the Brooklyn Bridge a classic, timeless feel. I also decided to embrace the graininess of the photos because I felt that it just enhanced the 'vintage' feel I was trying to achieve with the black and white.
Hope you enjoy!
As an English Major in college, I have a lot of writing and especially creative writing pieces that I work on throughout the semester and sometimes, I'll find it hard to get the motivation to type a few pages and the thought process that goes behind it. These are eleven thoughts that I have as a writer while writing my stories.
1. Man! This character would be cool! I'm writing fast now!
2. Man, so many plot points to hit, so many things to do...oh! I should look up references pictures!
3. I guess I could take a break and get some other homework done...
4. Ha, just kidding, back to the writing grind!
5. Well, I don't want cheesy romance, it can't be uncomfortable like 50 Shades of Grey, painful like Twilight but faint and fake like Katniss & Peeta...hmmm.
6. God, Katniss should've been with Gale, the chemistry was there.
7. Back to typing
8. I've gotten three lines written out, I need a pee break
9. ...And maybe a snack
10. Now I'm rereading these lines and they're shit...
11. Guess I'm start again tomorrow.
Every college student knows and understands the struggle of forcing themselves to continue to care about school. Between the piles of homework, the hours of studying and the painfully long lectures, the desire to dropout is something that is constantly weighing on each and every one of us, but the glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel helps to keep us motivated. While we are somehow managing to stay enrolled and (semi) alert, that does not mean that our inner-demons aren't telling us otherwise, and who is better to explain inner-demons than the beloved April Ludgate herself? Because of her dark-spirit and lack of filter, April has successfully been able to describe the emotional roller-coaster that is college on at least 13 different occasions and here they are.
Let's cut the small talk and skip ahead to the part where you let us leave.
All of your talking broke my brain. I hope you're proud.
Not all heroes wear capes; some wear sweats and the same shirt they slept in the night before.
Where's the part where I get to sleep?
It's probably best to forget that this day ever existed and repeat this coping method once you get your grade back.
No need to drown your sorrows after all.
Is it too late to drop out and work your way up in the fast food industry?
Normal humans should not be able to survive on this minimal amount of sleep.
If I have to pretend that one more of your corny jokes is funny, I just might barf.
I hardly want to be in the same room with most of these people, let alone depend on them to help me pass this class.
The only reason I'm talking to you is because I have to. I had no say in the matter.
Oh, sweet freedom, how I have missed your warm embrace!
I'm way too broke for this life.
While the struggle is so intense that it tends to bring out the dark side in all of us, just remember that the pain is temporary. Also, remember that you probably won't see most of these people again after you graduate, so that's always nice.
For many undergraduates across the nation, the home stretch has begun. Only one more semester remains in our undergraduate career. Oh, the places we will go! For the majority of college seniors, this is simultaneously the best and worst year out of the past four and here’s why.
A schedule full of easy pottery throwing and film courses is merely a myth on the average campus. With all of those
A staple of any undergraduate resume is the internship experience. By senior year, you finally have the necessary course work and experience to land a position at your dream company. If you are like me, in the humanities, then that also means long hours worked each week with no form of compensation. It is not all about the
You have finally reached the point in your academic career when you and all your friends are legal and can venture away from campus to participate in those late night shenanigans. Chicago is unquestionably a perfect place to do so -- Wrigleyville, Boystown, River North, the possibilities are bountiful. But alas, recall that you are strapped for cash, and time with your internship, and course load and sometimes taking advantage of all Chicago has to offer gets pushed behind your other responsibilities. Never fear, even though you may not be the party animal you used to be, it is always comforting to know that you can go buy a bottle of wine to enjoy at home with friends while writing that long term paper for class.
You used to relish all of the academic breaks for the chance to head home and see your family. Free food and laundry, oh my! Now, every time you head to those large family gatherings in celebration of the holidays, you are plagued by questions of your future. Where are you heading next? Any plans? Do you have a job yet? For many of us, our plans are still uncertain and not being able to respond only stresses us out more. So thanks, we appreciate the
Following this path of stress over the future, on top of balancing your course load,
Senior year is undoubtedly one of the highlights of any undergraduate career because of the perks that come with it. You have a core group of friends, you can pretty much partake in any activity across the city and yet it comes with certain responsibilities that make the entire experience bittersweet. The only thing we can do is embrace it, enjoy it while its lasts and persevere through its valleys and peaks. We are on the home stretch with one-eighth of our bachelor’s degree to complete, keep your heads up, fellow seniors!
1. You're tired of school food and have resorted to surviving off junk food and cereal.
2. Your financial aid/money is running out...and chances are it all went to textbooks and takeout.
3. You've calculated exact percentages needed on final exams, projects, and papers in order to pass the class.
4. You will make any excuse to not attend class.
5. When you do attend class, your notes consist of absent-minded doodles.
6. You're blaming everyone from your friends to Obama for your level of stress.
7. But you won't stop procrastinating, which stresses you out even more...the endless cycle!
8. You roll out of bed five minutes before class.
9. You stop caring about your physical appearance...eye bags and oversized sweaters are in!
10. You've given up on cleaning and making your bed.
11. You reward yourself with three hours of Netflix after studying for 15 minutes.
12. Naps during the day substitute for real sleep.
13. You try cramming an entire semester's worth of information the night before the final.
14. The smallest things start getting on your nerves.
15. You're actually homesick and miss your family.
16. You give your friends pep talks and advice you should probably take yourself.
17. You're considering dropping a class because there's no way you'll catch up at this point.
18. "Cancelled class," "extra credit," and "non-cumulative" are your favorite phrases.
20. You've convinced yourself that you've done your best and failing a class won't be too bad after all.
We’ve all dated someone who just wasn’t quite right...but, why?
Here are nine reasons you're probably still too in denial to admit.
1.We’re too lazy to search for Romeo, but we don’t want to watch Netflix alone.
Finding the right person takes effort, like, putting on real clothes and going outside kind of effort. Why do all of that when Brad lives right next door?
2.They were, like, Channing Tatum hot.
Smart? No. Sexy AF? Absolutely. We’re only human, after all.
3.We’re bored, so why not?
It’s not like we’re going to date forever, I mean that’s obvious. So what’s a few weeks?
4.They were supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-ly nice.
Talking to this guy gave us the same taste we’d get from chewing wet cardboard, butttt he was so, so nice. Like, we were the Queen of England to them kind of nice.
5.We’re afraid that our actual standards are too high, so we end up settling.
Where are the Richard Geres of the world?
6.They were the perfect distraction.
From work, school, family, and basically everything else that is life.
7.We’re terrible at coping, so we just accept what comes along, even if it sucks.
Sometimes being depressed makes us needy, even if the guy is a super douche.
8.Because it’s nice.
Is this the man we will reproduce with? Probably not. But we’re not bothered by cozying up with Mr. Normality for a few more weeks.
9.And, going through an actual breakup is hard AF.
Ultimately, we’re afraid of how hurt we’d be if we actually found the guy that was meet-the-parents perfect and then we had to go through the pain of losing him. It’s simply just too much to deal with at this point.
