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(04/23/09 5:00am)
About this time every year, I get fat. It's because of exams and Spring Fair. I scarf down anything fried or sweet, sample every vendor at the Fair, snack on Doritos and guzzle Red Bull, and predictably, I'm waddling soon after. This year, I plan to refine my typical spring bikini body from manatee to porpoise. I plan on doing this by eating more spices. I actually hate spicy food. The hottest I can tolerate at Chipotle is the corn salsa. Why will I put myself through this pain? Simple. Spicy foods have tons of health benefits.
(04/08/09 5:00am)
I lead a busy life. I'm a college student. I read a lot, write a lot and do a lot of homework. I stress about accidentally tripping onto the Gilman seal before graduation. I worry that my ceiling is going to collapse on me thanks to my sexually ambitious neighbors. With all this bustle, it's very hard to concentrate on my homework sometimes. So I take drugs. One drug, actually - I guzzle liquid caffeine by the latte, and it keeps me up and makes me work.
(03/26/09 5:00am)
Welcome back to MSE and drudgery. I hope everyone's spring break was more entertaining than mine. I spent it shuffling papers at the doctor's office. Although it wasn't Cancun, the upside of my spring break is that I didn't return to Hopkins Sunday evening burnt to a crisp and hung over from a week of drunken revelry.
(03/05/09 5:00am)
With spring break fast approaching, now is a good time to evaluate the dangers you face during vacation. Like most of my friends, I plan to travel somewhere warm and balmy, run around in the sand, snorkel around some coral, pet a barracuda or two and collect a few starfish. Two of these things are a bad idea. Guess which.
(02/18/09 5:00am)
I could live off peanut butter. My favorite thing to do is spread a piece of bread with chunky peanut butter and honey and sprinkle a few corn flakes on it, then munch away. I made myself a pb-and-honey sandwich last week for a snack on a plane ride, and halfway through the first flight, I felt like I was going to spray those sitting next to me with half-masticated chunks of soggy bread and honey.
(02/04/09 5:00am)
Sometimes I think of football, wrestling and boxing as modern versions of jousting and broadsword tournaments, minus the horses. Players smack each other around and get hurt all the time. So, watching the Super Bowl is painful for me. It's not that I'm not a big football fan (I'm learning) or that I can't stand the enticing commercials (I love them), but more that with every HIKE! I wince as the defensive and offensive lines smash their backs and glutes against each other. But I wince even more when the running back is tackled and his head bounces as he hits the ground.
(12/04/08 5:00am)
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving, ate both healthy and unhealthy food, sweet and savory, got a lot of rest, didn't worry about calories, got a run or two in, ate protein and fiber and didn't avoid the pies.
(11/12/08 5:00am)
I am one of billions of females over the age of 12 who is blessed with nature's gift - menstruation. It sucks. I get cramps, I get anxious and moody, my stomach hurts and I get indigestion. For two days a month I feel like I've ingested sharp pebbles.
(10/29/08 5:00am)
Ahh ... Leaves are turning golden-red and brown, the wind is brisk and chilly, the sun comes out later and it's already sunset when I head to the library. My breath puffs out in little clouds, the stars seem brighter and everyone is getting their yearly flu shot - autumn!
(10/02/08 5:00am)
My roommate suffers from atrocious allergies. Her immune system is generally shot, which I attribute to the ludicrous amounts of work she does, and she is likely to contract a semi-lethal strain of streptococcus and be down for the count for the next eight weeks if anyone within a radius of seven kilometers sniffles.
(09/13/08 5:00am)
Ah, another school year begins. No doubt I am too late to warn freshmen of what not to do with their newly-found nocturnal liberty. Instead, I am going to write about my newest pet peeve: soy product.
(04/23/08 5:00am)
Among the many vendors listed to appear at this year's Spring Fair are Hoffman's Funnel Cakes, Big Fat Daddy's, Yum It Up, South Carolina BBQ and MacBrand Foods.
(04/02/08 5:00am)
When I went home for spring break, I rediscovered yogurt. My mother usually stocks the stuff when it's on sale and although I sampled it occasionally, I generally avoided the Fruit on the Bottom variety, particularly peach.
(03/12/08 5:00am)
Too many of my friends are going to Mexico for spring break, no doubt for the tequila sunrise, sex on the beach, margaritas with tortillas and - for the boys - Brazilian-cut bikinis.
(02/27/08 5:00am)
My future brother-in-law resembles a gorilla: hulking shoulders, shambling walk and jacked forearms. How does he do it? I refuse to give credit to his long hours in the gym. No, it must be the creatine, the whey protein and trillions of protein powders mixed with skim milk.
(02/07/08 5:00am)
As school starts up again, so too will the times of pulling all-nighters and using Red Bulls as meal substitutes.
(11/15/07 5:00am)
Smoking is bad for you. No one debates that. It clogs up your lungs, fills them with tar, makes it harder to breathe, turns your snot gray and makes kissing gross.
(10/31/07 5:00am)
Several years ago, a friend asked me to pierce her ears. I complied but suggested she buy gold studs in case she was allergic to nickel.
(10/22/07 5:00am)
By the time I moved in my sophomore year, more than half of my girl friends had had at least one pregnancy scare, whether imagined or real. Since pregnancy is a possibility in this hormone-raging age population and abortion is often considered, it's best to know your options.
(09/19/07 5:00am)
You can always tell when a freshman is a freshman. Freshmen girls are the ones who are dressed up rather too nicely for frat parties - she hasn't yet discovered that inches of sudsy alcohol will be swamping her shimmering Jimmy Choo's. For guys its the one who is boisterously cliquish with pals, but demurely cautious alone. You know another way you can tell freshmen apart? They're unaware of how to take care of their health. Since I love you freshmen so much, I find myself obligated to write a little something that will keep our darling new class well.