I was sitting on the couch at my friend Joey's downstairs loft with his older sister and Alli. Joey was fondling his new gold chain wrapped around his neck. I hadn't noticed his trendy throat decor until the ceiling lights bounced off of it into my eye.
When Slumdog Millionaire hit theaters with rave reviews, the Indian blood in me started racing excitedly. It had been father's purpose to bring the culture of India with him into his new country back in the 60's, and devoted the majority of his life in the States to normalizing it within American culture.
It's no secret that the parking here at City College is worse now than it has ever been since construction for the new parking structure has started. I have had to continually get to the school as early as an hour and half beforehand to find parking and sometimes even getting here early doesn't help.
I recently spent some time moving heavy pieces of furniture around in my apartment which is about the size of a medium hat box. I say medium only because I've lived in smaller. The important thing to remember is that this rearrangement was necessary.
The United States Senate is currently debating a measure that would greatly restrict credit card companies' ability to conduct business in the way the companies have become accustomed to: stripping away what little money the poverty-stricken consumers have as minimum interest payments.
So, the state government is asking us to vote in a special election on May 19. They're putting six initiatives in the hands of California voters. Five initiatives directly address the budget. One initiative is contingent upon another. If you ask me, it all totals up to just another way the government has failed to do their job.
I'm going to start by telling you the truth; I probably didn't get accepted to any of my chosen schools this fall. I've been considering the possibility since November, that slight possibility, like a blazing sunset I'm expected to walk right into.