Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Cool Things I See in New York City

Grand Central Terminal is unique enough on its own to be pretty awe-inspiring when you walk through it. The ceiling alone is jaw dropping, and will most definitely cause you to bump into a few angry commuters (I’m sorry). But when I was passing through GC last week on my way to Park Ave. I came across something so beyond cool that I had to chronicle it for you all – The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions Squash. Effing nuts, man.

So basically someone one day said, “I want to play squash in the craziest place possible,” J.P. Morgan sponsored it, and this was the end result. Oh my god there’s a tournament poster! I’m falling in love with all of this as I type.

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Basketball Fever!

It’s only January (ok, close to February) but I’m pretty sure I’ve already surpassed my basketball game total from last season and the season before, combined! Between my St. John’s season tickets, trips to North Carolina for some ACC action, and a few Ivy-A10 match-ups here and there, it’s certainly been an exciting few months of college basketball for me. And now I share it with you.

Take a peek at my basketball life so far in NYC. See for yourself how Wally Szczerbiak’s eyebrows have a mind of their own. Get a good look at Lou Carnesecca in my creepy stalker picture. And of course, analyze the breakdown of Duke’s defense in their last second loss to FSU. I have at least 50 times. Enjoy!

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Deportation: It Can Happen to You

Or anyone, really.

So I’m a little behind on my news because I moved and I have no internet in my new apartment (Time Warner comes on Tuesday and then I’m going to be killing life people) and work has been crazy and well, that’s it really. But I was recently reading this story about a teenage American girl who was erroneously deported to Mexico in May 2011 and was just let back into the States in January. This may sound extraordinary to some of you – implausible, you may say – but I am here to tell you that the line between unassuming American citizen and being arrested as an illegal alien is very thin. I should know.

Like any plucky and enthusiastic teenager, I made my parents take me to the DMV the day I turned 16 so I could get my learner’s permit. What a day! After years of driving my parents around town illegally I was finally going to have a piece of paper to hand over to the police when they pulled me over. I could not have been more excited.

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