Ego
Lego my Ego
God, if you are a feminist please do not strike me down with your giant field hockey stick. Because, I tend to believe that for girls, hooking up is a lot more about ego, and for boys about unhooking bras.
Reviving the lost art of the dinner party
With summer ending and the back-to-school high wearing off, the season can start to lend itself more to social anxiety than an endless flow of good vibes.
This is my confession
There are no excuses. I know I'm very bad but I can't seem to help it. And as much as I hate to use the term, I just may be obsessed.
Just keep sucking
I was eating an entire box of Popsicles in one sitting when I realized: I am obsessed with Popsicles.
I'm not well
Earlier this week I was sitting with some friends when I realized something: I was talking about myself.
Comme Des Garcon
In 1981, when everyone else was wearing technicolored spandex and plastic baubles, Rei Kawakubo, the founder of uber-rad clothing line, Comme des Gar?on, was clothing her models in slashed up sculptures that were black from head-to-toe.
Mo' Tokyo, yo
Remember when you used to venture fearlessly around continental Europe without running into every caustic Tom, Dick and Harry from Penn that a) you already slept with, b) you loathe and avoid like e.
Turning Japanese
Tamagotchi: Also known as "gigapets," these loveable, friendly keychains were popular with sexually repressed school girls on BOTH sides of the Pacific.
Nara
I want to make art that says 'fuck you!'" says Yoshimoto Nara. The artist has earned a cult fanbase in Japan, with good reason.
The biggest egos
Matt Klapper: Matt Klapper has 691 Penn friends on thefacebook.com. He likes them all. No seriously, he does.
The surreal life
My watch has been broken for two years. Sometimes the hands move at twice their normal speed, sometimes not at all.
Photographs of a world destroyed
At last, after this long and freezing winter, April has arrived. Fling is just around the corner, the end of the semester is on the horizon and the sun (hopefully) is about to warm our aching bones.
Let there be light
Rats are brilliant architects. For them, the intended purposes of humankind's designed objects hold no meaning.
Plant paparazzi
Ever since my bamboo plant "Cactus" was featured in last week's Ego section on "Best Looking Pets," my stalky companion has developed a little ego of her own.
The cat's pajamas, etc
Anxiety Wrap, $63.95 The Anxiety Wrap is a wonderful tool that helps dogs cope with past and present fear issues.
How to: Be a brandster
Frankly, we don't care who you are. Your personality bores us, as does your pathetic attempts at conversation.
You are what you wear
In prehistoric times, a person's apparel was a testament to physical agility and hunting prowess. Your apparel was only as spectacular as the animal you had the ability to kill.
Original sin
When Eve plucked the apple from the tree in the Garden of Eden so many spring seasons ago, she was hungry.
