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Love and Expense (Valentine's Day)

I'm not white, and, despite what other people might think, I'm not black, Mexican, Mongolian, or Armenian. I'm not Indian, either. Nevertheless, I guess I am somewhat more ethnically-aware than most of middle America.…
The Friends Conundrum

Whenever my friends force me to recall my past relationships, what they are really asking is for me to tell them more stories about one particular girl I dated in college. None of my current friends have ever met this g…
manilajones' Liner Notes

My right arm has been hurting lately, and I know exactly why. I have a laptop computer and I’m too lazy to get a mouse for it. For the few hours each day that I am on the computer, my right hand hovers over my computer…
Friendship Blues

A few years ago I attended the wedding of my good friend from junior high school through college. The girl he was marrying someone we had both met while we were undergraduates at UC San Diego. She was a couple of years…
The Commitment Issue

Last Thursday I was standing outside of Starbucks with the intent of smoking a cigarette when I realized that I had left my lighter at home. I walked over to a guy named Rodney (who coincidentally looks a lot like Rodne…
What is Really Going On

I have a photographic memory. I have an uncanny ability to not forget things. This “talent” has been, for the most part, beneficial to me. This single quality of mine is the only reason why I was able to successfully…
Understanding White People, Part 2

(For Understanding White People, Part 1, go here.) I recently took a Facebook quiz entitled “How White Are you?” and I got the result “25%”. Without even considering the sociopolitical ramifications that arise from posi…
The Reconstruction of Shane Varnet

Ten years ago Lauryn Hill released a song called Everything is Everything. I assumed that this song was about a concept that angsty college poets and coffee shop philosophers like to talk in excess about. It’s the conc…
Every Year Has Thirteen Junes

It’s June and that traditionally heralds the beginning of wedding season. If you were born between the years of 1974 and 1980, then that probably means that you will a) be getting married sometime within the next three…
Sarah's Encore

Three years ago I started this blog as an outlet to express the emotive reactions I was going through at that time. This was the direct result of the disastrous ending to a relationship I had with a girl named Sarah, a…