I’m thinking of tea-bagging final exams

Phil | April 23, 2009

It’s a little-known fact that graduate students have a natural instinct to hibernate twice a year. Incidentally, the five weeks we crave the chance to shut out the world, curl up in a ball on the sofa, and catch up in one fell swoop on all the sleep we’ve lost over the last few months [...]

In which YouTube makes my studying more interesting

Phil | April 12, 2009

Every once in a while, it really pays to be studying speech pathology. I was working on my homework and trying to understand the hilariously titled “mucosal wave” of the phonation process, so I decided to see if YouTube had any videos depicting the process. It didn’t, exactly, but I was able to find some [...]

Hipster Hip Hop

Phil | April 10, 2009

Last Friday, I did something I’ve never before done: jumped into my car and took a road trip up north to San Francisco. While the catalyst for the trip was that I had to visit a hospital for one of my classes, I ended up basically losing 20 lbs. by walking around the entire city [...]

Cherries Jubilee and that’s it.

Phil | April 2, 2009

It figures that the week before spring break, I wake up Saturday morning with a fucking cold. I suck at being sick, because I’m the kind of person who can effectively prolong the onset of a cold for a full week, month, or half a year before actually letting it take hold of me. It [...]

A much-needed change of pace…

Phil | April 1, 2009

Ever have one of those moments when you step back for a moment and look at your life, and just for a moment, wonder what it’s all about? I had one of those moments last night, when I went roller skating. Something about the way the little wheels moved beneath my feet, and the way [...]