D and L lounge in the grass by a skate park sometime in the late afternoon, on an unseasonably warm California autumn day. They take photos of each other taking photos of the other, both calling the other unoriginal and stupid for doing so. Their conversation is little more than a series of spirited insults [...]
I couldn’t help it. I told myself that I was going to get a clearance previous-generation iPod nano, preferably black, for my trip to Lousiana. Best Buy had tons left, all on sale, but right next to them was a display model iPod touch with a working wifi connection and it was so seductive and [...]
The French Quarter reminded me greatly of cities in Europe, particularly Amsterdam. Nick and I spent about an hour wandering the streets, sweating like crazy, trying to find this mythically great restaurant he once ate at years ago. After making a giant loop through some particularly seedy blocks we ended up back on Bourbon Street [...]
We found seats in the middle of the opposing student section, near the very top of the bleachers. My brother had secured tickets a month beforehand, and while we have been at different graduate schools (he at LSU, I in Illinois) for nearly three years now, we both will always indentify as Gators first and [...]
