Something fun and myspace reminiscy.

It's been going around the blogosphere, especially the girly and preppy ones. I wanted something fun to do and if I can get it from someone who is 26 then I am not too old for this.




A. Age: 21

B. Bed size: Double. I got a beautiful white iron bed from Pottery Barn when I was in fifth grade. I only have part of it in use now, but when I get back to my parent's house I'm going to pick up the rest.

C. Chore you dislike: I don't have a dishwasher in this apartment so I have to do everything by hand. I usually end up doing a large pile twice a week. Gross I know.

D. Dogs: I want a Siberian Huskey or a Klee Klai but not an Alaskan one. Someday when I have a yard, I'll have the dog, just hopefully not in the Morrisville house.

E. Essential start to your day: Checking my e-mail, CONSTANTLY. It's a dirty habit I picked up from ROTC.

F. Favorite color: Navy blue.

G. Gold or silver: Silver, almost always silver.

H. Height: 5'5"

I. Instruments you play(ed): Saxophone. Since I was in fourth grade I've been playing in my schools' bands. I took a break from music this semester, but I'll be back in full swing in the fall when Mike gets back form Italy.

J. Job title: Student. Rawr.

K. Kids: Not today, thank you.

L. Live: "All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

M. Mom’s name: MA!

N. Nicknames: I'm slowly getting rid of them.

O. Overnight hospital stays: None just a million day visits. I'm pretty sure Lankenau has my insurance company on speed dial.

P. Pet peeves: Annoying downers. Get happy people! (I mean the people who are like this ALL of the time. Everyone's allowed a few bad days.)

Q. Quote from a movie: "These are my sons: Benny and The Jets. I expected this from you Benny...but The Jets?!"

R. Righty or lefty: Right!

S. Siblings: Samantha. She has a tattoo and I'm going to define her by that for a while until I get bored with it.

T. Time you wake up: As late as I can, I need to start getting up earlier.

U. Underwear: Lot's of lace!

V. Vegetables you don’t like: Lima beans. Yuck!

W. What makes you run late: Not being able to find my keys that I already put in my pocket.

X. X-rays you’ve had: All over. I've even had my brain done!

Y. Yummy food you make: Apple anything! It comes from my love of fall in Vermont.

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Pandas!

Definitely not your grandmother's fellatio.

"I think all of us would rather have oral sex than throat cancer."

Yes, Mike I think we would. Especially early in the morning. Today in Journalism we discussed a photo that appeared on the cover of a Florida college newspaper of a guy performing cunnilingus on a scantily dressed woman. The photo caused a stir of controversy about whether or not it was relevant to the story of people possibly developing throat cancer after having oral sex with people who are infected with HPV. It sparked quite the debate in class about the boundaries in journalism and whether or not the story could have been sold without the photo. Now personally I think that the story was relevant to college students and I wouldn't have needed the photo to pick the paper up and read, but I don't see any reason that the newspaper should have been penalized for it. In fact I like the photo. Not for journalistic reasons, but because of the taboo subject matter given and the roles that were assigned to the man and woman. It's not you typical oral sex scene, well it is for most people but not the kind that gets printed often. It is rare that women get shown in a position of power in a sex scene. Very often its the woman performing the act on a man and the scene is very lewd and crude. I appreciated the photo chosen by the newspaper and the clean and powerful image that they produced. Oral sex, especially cunnilingus is still the naughty no-no for many  (silly) people and it was nice to see college students who have moved past a back of the bus lipstick game.

Remember to get yourself checked.

Outside of journalism, but still in the realm of writing, I have decided to make my fiction piece more pulpy and exaggerated. I got a lot of surprising feedback from my classmates. They loved the story and they want me to push the limits with it. I think tonight when I get back I'm going to revise another draft so I have a hard copy to give to My Hebrew Friend to go over for me. I think I'll just print him out a copy this time and let him write all over it. I found it most helpful when people wrote on their so I knew exactly where to go back and make changes with it.