Missing you from across the Atlantic.
Also yesterday as a special treat, the building manager and RAs unlocked the doors to the balconies on the top floor, to reveal the most beautiful collection of nearing-a-century old buildings surround a courtyard, as well as a breathtaking view of the city. It’s too bad the policy of this corporation that is our University prevents me from experiencing this on a regular basis. That being said, for some reason (absent-mindedness?) they have allowed my windows with a full range of motion! Thx nyuPrague<3
We have evolved from the primitive teenaged Manhattanites of yesteryear, into borough-hopping and international 20-somethings. As these bloggers’ locations have split (one in an nyc APARTMENT, another still in a dorm, but a PRAGUE dorm), college life is not going to be what it was, although it will probably be kind of similar. JUNIOR YEAR PREDICTION: WAR AND PEACE
my girls are currently getting ready for the last dance of the session. It’s an emotional time, and they listen to Jason Mraz and The Lonely Island and sing along, loud, and compliment one another and talk about relativism. These are girls who have opted to spend their summer studying philosophy for 7 hours a day. Aged 13 to 16.
One is a deadhead who once showed me the graphic novel she had published. Another plays her electric guitar every day. At night, when they’re on the phone to their parents, I hear Russian, French, Korean.
These kids are really cool.
also, got my first catcall since leaving newyork in the mall today! a nice clear “hey baby” from the guys at the sprint kiosk!
My google reader has recently been flooded with reposting of a particular blog post concerning the following topic:
To all the managers in the world: You suck.
nyclife:
Yes, dear william… this is true. However, your very being is a constant reminder of what they will never be- young, talented, and actually going places. They realize, by looking at you, that they will never be any of those things- that for you this is just a part time job on the road to full time success… so feel bad for them as I do… pity them if you will. After all, it must be a REALLY pathetic existence.
will-n:
Yes you may have spent 9 years of what you call a life after high school working at the same job, but that doesn’t mean you are any better at life then me. Yes you are a full time employee, but that doesn’t mean you can be a full time asshole. I don’t know if you missed that memo. Thanks.
I would like to speak up for the voices of managers that lay silent, and defend their position. If given opportunity for occupational advancement, wouldn’t many of us in retail/food service industry take it? Does this course of action mean the be-all end-all of our vocational search? I, for one, am looking forward to moving from hostess to waitress someday yet still pursuing alternative interests simultaneously. I guess what I’m saying is, my super-hott boyfriend is a manager and he is one of the most intelligent and self-motivated individuals I know, with multiple degrees and accomplishments and an array of hobbies and interests and personality characteristics that culminate in a person that continuously fascinates me. To associate a stigma with managers as a group and apply notions to them of being undereducated and pathetic is presumptuous.
