Living in the place where education and bureaucracy meet in the middle at academic mediocrity. [Extraordinary Observations]
The instant transformation from student studying abroad to daughter back home for the holidays (and how NYU prepares parents for the returning expatriates) expressed well by Jess. [Jess and Josh Talk About Stuff] Excerpt:
And then all of the sudden I was eating Chinese food at the dining room table and my sister was talking about field hockey and I was thinking about how I was tired/wanted to get stoned and then everything was back to normal and Paris never happened and I never before had thought in French or shopped at Monoprix or slept with a British doctor or watched the Eiffel Tower loom while taking the 6 train to school.
Jobs are disappearing, salaries are lowering, and the economy is generally not awesome. So Nisha asks, in a recession, should you settle? [Politicoholic]
Tech Dorm Gone Wild? I think I saw that infomercial late night on G4. A profile of one hardcore teched MIT dorm. [Dorm Room Decorating Ideas]
