September 2009
46 posts
After a month of frequent use, I have finally determined the setting on the gym’s cross-trainers that gives a good workout: interval. It worked my glutes so much better than the “gluteal” setting that my tush is sore! Trial and error, I guess.
Sep 30th
Jocks are dumb wherever you go.
the405: I don’t care if it’s a stereotype, they all play into it. I eat breakfast with a bunch of really smart jocks every morning.
Sep 29th
Thanks to a generous contribution to the Bring Pop Culture into Holly’s Life Fund, I have purchased the extended version of Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon and wow, is it fantastic. Even my country-loving hallmate likes “Soundtrack 2 My Life”. In other news: I’m trying not to laugh at my roommate’s disorganization.
Sep 28th
Why is college so boring?
Tonight I experienced my first Brown fraternity party. It was like the MIT fraternity party, but in a different state. The frat: AEPi; the theme: Body Chemistry; the gimmick: test-tube shooters. I left after less than an hour because I was bored. Yes, the music was OK, and there were a good number of people dancing. But dancing by myself surrounded by my friends who were a little tipsy and not...
Sep 27th
Sep 24th
Reblog this so people know who you are:
the405: koolikeplastic: babypanda: Name: Holly Tumblr Name: hollyhunt Nickname: Hol? I guess? Birthday: Dec 16 Age: 18 Location: Northeast High school: FSHA!!! Current job: studyer Status: taaaaaken Random fact about you: I was the most successful member of Academic Decathlon! Hobbies/Interests: words Do you smoke/drink:nah Why Tumblr? I’m a blog platform addict. This one...
Sep 24th
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I have free time before my next class, so I’m sitting on one of my favorite benches. Today is humid with a cool breeze, but lately temperatures have been sticking to the mid-70s by day, mid-50s by night. It’s just pleasant. It’s just after 11 in the morning, so the campus is silent: no one is out getting breakfast, no one is walking to class because they already started, no one...
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Hello from Cambridge, where my parents just told me (over the phone) they don’t want me to be every weekend. You know what? I like it here. I went to see 9 with Eddo and his MITastic buddies. It bothers me that I get along with people here so much more than I do with people at Brown. Now Eddo is getting math help from an upperclassman in his dorm, and I’m in the lounge, working on...
Sep 19th
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This afternoon I passed a campus tour going into Keeney Quadrangle, the freshman tenement where I live. It didn’t bring back memories; my perception of Brown now is so different than it was then. After they passed, I stood on the corner of Brown & Benevolent streets, asking people to sign my notebook. I needed 150 signatures to join student council. I got 100 signatures in less than an...
Sep 17th
Yo Stephanie Meyer, I'm really happy for you and...
michaelmcgee: (via n-n-nicky) SPEAK THE TRUTH KANYE!
Sep 15th
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CHEM0330 MUST DIE
the405: hollyhunt: (via the405) Shop outttttttttt, shop outttttttttt. This is why we go to Brown. Or are you one of them engineers? I was going for the Bio major which is the only reason im taking it, but now im not even sure I like bio because i went to that academic expo thing and discovered other stuff!! arghaghr. But I wrote to my meiklejohn and i might shop out. Also, why haven’t i...
Sep 14th
CHEM0330 MUST DIE
(via the405) Shop outttttttttt, shop outttttttttt. This is why we go to Brown. Or are you one of them engineers?
Sep 14th
Sep 14th
I'm convinced that if Tupac were still alive, he...
(via the405) But the same goes for Biggie. Ya gotta be fair.
Sep 14th
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Sep 13th
The wild ride
I forgot to bring Eddo his present. (Don’t tell him what it is! [“Somebody from Brown loves me” teddy bear.]) But I did go to Boston, and ended up in a limo full of fratnerity brothers, and at Mike’s Pastry, and at Faneuil Hall, and with Maryellen. That was my Friday and Saturday. Must the MBTA commuter rail smell like vomit though? Is it necessary? Also, why is the...
Sep 13th
Bold the Truth
the405: thesunking: beccalater: loveduck: tresroc: I‘ve never watched Titanic. I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice. I’ve never been drunk. I’ve never played Laser Tag. I’ve never skipped in a public place. I’ve never sung at an inappropriate moment. I’ve never cried over a movie. I’ve never cried reading a book. I’ve never cried while watching a TV show. I’ve never owned a music player....
Sep 11th
So my email address has been a long time in the works, and it still does not work. Brown is migrating its mail hosting to Gmail, but my password won’t log me in to Gmail with holly_hunt@brown.edu. I just want to forward the stuff to my current master Gmail account! GRR!! Also: I went to the TAPS [Theatre Arts & Performance Studies] Orientation at 9, where I met people who enjoy...
Sep 10th
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Sep 9th
I'm about ready to declare my major already. And...
the405: (via thesunking) But, I have no career path! Ah, the life of a Brown freshman.
Sep 8th
Gross.
After a pretty good day yesterday, I went to the freshman dance. I went from group to group for an hour and a half until it was midnight, when I was in a circle of kids. A blonde guy in a white t-shirt asked me to dance during a Sean Kingston song. I said yes. Even during, I felt like a creep. He tried to lace his fingers between mine. It was really sweet, a nice move, totally smooth. Except I...
Sep 8th
Sep 8th
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Today is a little easier than yesterday. I just got back from doing yoga with 100 other people (including Emma W.) in direct sun on Lincoln field. I hung out with unit-mates earlier. The seminar earlier was refreshing, because it was… academic. God forbid. Last night, Eddo came down for but a few hours due to a serious misapprehension of Sunday MBTA Purple Line schedules. We ate at Nice...
Sep 7th
How did every person every associated with and/or...
Sep 7th
Sep 6th
how do i get these guys out of my room without...
the405: i don’t share space well i dont think im gonna go for a single next year I can’t wait until it’s miserably cold out, so the a-holes who stood outside of my room last night on Keeney Quad yelling and getting drunk (until two a.m.) will be too freaking freezing to do so outside.
Sep 6th
So... college
It’s about 12:30 in the morning, edging towards 1 a.m. This morning we got up early, ate breakfast, esured that our Toyota Yaris, yes, seriously, the smallest car in the Toyota lineup, was filled with as much stuff as possible, and drove to College Hill. We unpacked, and my roommate, who has been on campus for a number of days, was nowhere to be found. Later we found her and her mom, and I...
Sep 6th
the405: i have no social skills and i’m bad at making friends Once I get on campus, I’m not just going to “friend you”. Imma befriend you. And then you will realize that there are people with worse social skills. (Me.)
Sep 4th
Proof that the Cloud is for real, and really...
Now I remember why I left Flickr: Because I am the most indecisive person you’ve ever blogrolled, I decided to log back in to Flickr after months of using Picasa. Picasa has a 1GB storage limit before I have to shell out, and truth be told, I’m almost at the limit. Especially one I upload the oncoming “Moving In Pix OMG” and “Eddo’s Dorm and MIT...
Sep 4th
Sep 4th
Today I tried to contact the woman who babysat me through elementary school. Her name is Julia, and she went to boarding schools in the Alps. She’s married to some Hollywood guy, and lived in Pasadena, always complaining about the air quality. She said a long time ago that she wanted to move. With 22 hours left in Los Angeles, I tried to call her, to tell her how things have turned out....
Sep 3rd
Sep 3rd
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I like my family
Aunt Mary & family sent me a $60 Sephora gift card in the mail. Within 15 minutes of opening the envelope, I have purchased a kabuki brush, 2 foundation sponges and sponge cleanser, and a dual pencil sharpener. How’s that for practical use of well-timed generosity? Thanks, Aunt Mary!
Sep 3rd
T minus 2
It was 7:30, and my parents were about the house, making coffee and eating breakfast. In my dim, barely sunny room, I lay quietly on my bed. And then my dad puts Ravel’s “Bolero” onto the speaker system. Loud. I woke up at exactly 7:30 on my second-to-last day of summer vacation to “Bolero”. Gad.
Sep 2nd
Where is my dear Gmail? I need that thing.
Sep 1st
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Sep 1st
I have stopped cheating by ending Twitter imports...
Sep 1st
I think Mt. Wilson just burst into flames. I will Picasa the pictures in the morning. This fire is unbelievable. #Stationfire
Sep 1st
Tonight: laundry. Tomorrow: organizing clothes. Wednesday: mass chaos [packing]. Thursday: nakedness as result of having packed all clothes.
Sep 1st
Twitter addict encounter madness!
After I got home from work last Friday, I tweeted this: I just checked my replies, and saw this: Now, tell me: what are the odds of one dude at one concert finding my Liza tweet? What are the odds? Rediculous.
Sep 1st
HEGEMONY!
(via the405) Hell yes. I love saying HEGEMONY. I’m totally interested in the hegemony of the use of the word hegemony. (And in cheap articles written by the dudes at GQ.)
Sep 1st