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Egg Creams, French Fries, and Cupcakes Comments

New York has food. I have a biological need to fuel myself by regularly ingesting an assortment of nutrients. It was a perfect arrangement.

So, there are these egg creams. Egg creams are supposed to be some kind of big deal in New York. It seems they possess neither egg nor cream. Instead, they are composed of seltzer water and some type of chocolate syrup. I had my first egg cream during my late night stop at the 24-hour Court Square Diner. It was good and it was different from any fountain beverage I’ve had, but I’m not yet convinced that it lives up to the hype.

Let’s talk about French fries.

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January 19, 2010 – 12:00 pm
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Arrival Comments

I’ve arrived. Spent last night in a hostel in Brooklyn. Sleeping in a comfy bed was really great; I got no sleep in my red eye flight from SeaTac.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: everything is huge; everything is open late, so it’s really accommodating for night owls like me; the subways are confusing, but I think I’m starting to get the hang of them.

For my first day in the city, I ate breakfast at a little joint around the corner. Then I did the tourist thing and explored Times Square, Rockefeller Plaza, Grand Central Station. Today my mission was to find a comfortable, quiet, quirky, writing-friendly coffee shop like the ones I frequented back in Bellingham. I’m happy to say I found one. I’m writing this post in the Flying Saucer Cafe, where the baristas are friendly and the atmosphere is peaceful and inviting. I’m a huge fan of the cut-out comics pasted on the supports. Plus Ziggy Stardust is playing right now, so I’m pretty sure I found my new home away from home.

Now to find a bite to eat and then off to Central Park.

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January 8, 2010 – 4:00 pm
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Lifestyle Changes Comments

First and foremost: finals are done! You can’t see it, but I’m doing a little dance right now. It’s the dance I do when finals are done.

I had a really kickass day today. While exploring a park with Glenn Newcomer, we ran into the bartender who served me and some friends at the Green Frog a couple nights ago (and her beautiful dog, Raja). Less than a half hour later at the same park, I ran into one of my all-time favorite professors with her partner and their super-cute baby. After living here for over two years, this kind of thing finally makes me feel connected.

I don’t think I posted this particular announcement on the ol’ blog yet, so I thought I would mention it: I went full vegetarian (meaning giving up fish too) at the beginning of February. People have been mostly supportive and my sister seems pretty happy that she’s not the only vegetarian in the family. I have gotten the loaded “why” a couple times, but nobody seems to want to argue against “I don’t want to hurt animals.” Does a valid argument even exist against this motivation?

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March 21, 2009 – 10:40 pm
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By J. Mattocks

Fruits of My Internetting Comments

How do I respond to being overstressed? Apparently, I lock myself in my room and Internet for hours. But you know what? I learned a lot today. So you don’t have to spend those same hours, here are the highlights:

Use a Plus Sign to Make Google Search for the Friggin Thing You Told it To
No, I didn’t mean “text,” you jerk, I meant “texter!” Why won’t you listen to me? What works: +texter

Texter
If you code at all, or simply type the same things over and over again. I use it for a lot of common HTML tags now, and it has taken a lot of pain out of blogging. Just make sure to turn auto-spell-correcting off. I hate that.

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March 9, 2009 – 7:01 pm
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