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LATEST ARTICLES ( 80 )

• Update: The Final Countdown… with a Vengeance

  Here’s your earworm to suck on (to hell with keeping metaphors straight): Greetings, fellow bloglings,Stressed Out Student here with a final countdown at the... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Update: Three Weeks into the Academic Quarter… What the Hell Am I Doing?

  

  My eyes feel like they’ve been run over by a Mack truck carrying a trailer full of elephants covered in wet laundry. But god, life is good. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Update: I’m Abandoning Y’all for the Mormons

  

  So for the next 2-3ish weeks, I’ll be hanging out in Utah with a couple of friends in the woods, doing morally questionable activities, and (hopefully) having... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scrap Paper Poetry #9: Final Final Finally Finished

  

  Final final finally finished: My mind is numb, all brain waves diminished. But the year is over and I can easily breathe; Summer is here, a much needed reprieve. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Update: In Which the Student Apologizes for Falling Behind (Yet Again)

  

  Normally, here is where I say “well golly gee, folks, long time no see” and then make a resolution against my better judgment to post more for you fine folks... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Midterm Music Madness! (Now That’s What I Call Music)

  It’s week 6 for those of us on the funky quarter/trimester university schedule. Midterms have been and still are in full swing. Here’s a list of 5 songs and... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Meandering Thoughts on the Eve of My 21st Birthday

  I turn 21 tomorrow (today, as of the actual publishing of this post). This post could have been profound, meaningful, or at the very least relevant. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Introducing: The Poetry Concierge

  stressingoutstudent:Just answer a few questions and she’ll try to figure out a poem you’d like. She’s already made several suggestions for other [potential]... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cure for Literary Laryngitis in 300 Words

  Unleashing Me suggested a writing exercise on April 19th: “Pick an object sitting on your table and write a description of it in 300 words, in your voice. Make... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Easter, Eggs, and The Etymologicon

  My family, not being particularly religious, doesn’t celebrate Easter. The most we do is take my youngest siblings Easter egg hunting. Maybe eat at Red Robin. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Freewriting on a Lazy Saturday (Or “This is What the Internet Was Made For”)

  Surely, the world is still capable of creating original ideas. Or perhaps now. not. There is nothing new beneath the sun, just the same turkey with gradually... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shelf Life Expiration Review: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder

  

  Slowly but surely, I’m flipping through the pages of the books I’ve hoarded and neglected and will be giving mini-reviews on what I think of them in the new... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dead Week: I’M DOING MY BEST(ish)

  

  “I’M DOING MY BEST. A journal in which to prove that despite any indications to the contrary I am constantly working on myself and trying to become the very bes... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scrap Paper Poetry #8: Rime of the Alumni Caller

  

  Hello! my name is – do you have the time to listen to a caller’s rhyme?Night after night, machine after machine, a voicemail greeting most obscene, rejection... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• [Reblog:] Midterm Stress Relief Week: House of Cards

  stressingoutstudent:In honor of the release of season 2 of “House of Cards,” winter quarter midterms, and my blogging laziness. Cheers. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 101 Damnations: 101 Stressed Out Ramblings

  

  Because I, like every neurotic narcissistic individual on the Internet, enjoy celebrating mundane trivialities.Here on Stressing Out College, we kicked off the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Writing ’13 Instead of ’14 on My Papers ‘Cause I’m A Rebel… Or Forgetful

  

  Congratulations, fellow Stressors. You’ve made it to another calendar year. (So what if I’m a week late. 2014′s not going anywhere anytime soon – unless... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Minute Minutiae: I Know You’ve Missed Me

  S.O.S. is currently in the midst of holiday hangover recovery in preparation for a New Years hammering (a.k.a. Watching Parks and Rec reruns). Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Final Examinations: The Intermissionary Position

  

  Well, we have arrived at the middle of finals week. Here’s some intermission music for you while you read this post:  Yes, yes, you get it, I like Monty... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Scrap Paper Poetry #7: The Studying Dead

  

  The students crawl in, The students crawl out They stalk the library And lug about Their arm-and-leg textbooks And coffee stained pages With eyes lacking luster... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION