Everyone knows about Magic Mike hitting theaters. Tons of my girlfriends have been talking up a storm about it. At first I reacted negatively to it: after all, its a movie about male strippers. I have no interest in going to a strip club, and wouldn’t be okay with going for a friend’s bachelorette/birthday party.… Read More Magic Mike: to see or not to see
Yesterday I was back on UNC’s campus for the first time in a while. In some ways, it didn’t feel that different. I’ve visited several times since graduation. For three summers I worked on campus, so it didn’t seem weird to have a different (and considerably smaller) crowd in the pit at lunchtime. I’ve grown… Read More Gone to Carolina for real
The holiday season is upon us. Now that Halloween is a distant two weeks past and most of the candy is gone, the stores which had been slowly introducing Christmas décor for the past month now feel it fully within their scope to unleash their holiday wares in full force. Christmas lights have been strung… Read More Where the holidays, Swahili, and video games intersect
It’s Christmas eve, and I’ve been doing a little reflecting on the past year. Its been intense to say the least: God has stretched me and taught me a lot in 2010. But more on that later. One of the lessons that has stood out throughout the year is the idea that I am screwed… Read More ‘Twas the night before Christmas and Emma was musing…