Archive for category: Columns

/ November 9, 2011 3:03 pm

Uggly talk (and plastic crocs too)

They’re unflattering and they’re chunky, but oh, so comfy. Crocs versus Uggs: this issue has been hotly debated since the beginning of civilized history. And now once and for all, this debate will be solved. Right here, right now. Spoiler alert: Uggs are uglier. Crocs, for those unfamiliar, are essentially rubber shoes with a strap in the back, and theyíre [...]

/ November 9, 2011 2:57 pm

Did you know that white people live in Cupertino?

In the court my house is located in, seven out of ten households are homes to Caucasian families. In my classes, I am surprised when there are more than three Caucasian students surrounding me. According to real estate research site CLRsearch, in 2010, 50.39 percent of Cupertino citizens were any form of Asian while the MVHS school profile on Schoolloop [...]

/ November 9, 2011 2:46 pm

The Devil wears Abercrombie

A popular clothing store is a classless store filled with obscenity, depravity

/ November 9, 2011 2:40 pm

A whole lot of popular nothing

Pop music lyrics are the same airy stories again and again

/ October 16, 2011 11:20 pm

There really is no point in making your bed

There is really no point in making your bed. No matter what my parents say, my teenage brain will always calculate costs and benefits of making my bed. And the decision my brain will make is: “No.” Ever since the first intense fight with my parents about this useless chore, I wondered why all adults consistently tell me that making [...]

/ October 14, 2011 5:07 pm

Wanted: Spirit and chicken wire

I have only been to quad decs once, back in the day when we built floats. I went to gawk at the floats for a mere five minutes, and then left. I have only been to a rally once, back in the day when  we assumed rallies were mandatory. I stepped inside, ran my eyes over the huge masses of [...]

/ October 12, 2011 11:14 pm

Robots are taking over the world

And we're absolutely screwed.

/ September 21, 2011 1:59 pm

Planking: you know you want to

The world’s most exciting, complicated, and popular sedentary sport

/ September 21, 2011 1:51 pm

You’re probably thinking: ‘Where’s my newspaper?’

Let me try to answer

/ September 21, 2011 1:44 pm

Opening up the book

Since who knows when, I have been called a grandma by friends and parents alike, and with good reason, too. I’m flat out old-fashioned: I loathe TV, do not listen to music (except classical), never go to rallies (or dances, for that matter), and do not have a Facebook account. Correction: I did not have a Facebook. I had my [...]