Real Life Sentiment

By: Gabriela Yareliz From my best friend’s tumblr: Feistyfeliz.tumblr.com gabby (me): “the domino tournament is tomorrow. somebody, put me in a wheelchair.” True sentiment. I also just discovered, I don’t remember the purpose of the game I am supposed to be covering tonight. Wikipedia, enlighten me. Later though, now it’s time for an ethics exam.Continue reading “Real Life Sentiment”

Oscar Wilde

By: Gabriela Yareliz It is Wednesday, and it feels like a sleep-deprived Monday. How sad is that? It is indeed sad. Here are some awesome Wilde quotes (wink). “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” * “Keep love in your heart. A life without love is like a sunless garden whenContinue reading “Oscar Wilde”

Love Actually

By: Gabriela Yareliz I really love this love story from Love Actually (no pun intended). It always makes me smile. Love is strange. Does it creep up on us? Are there different types of love? The immature one, the mature one, the enduring one, the tragic one, the painful one, the magical one- or is thereContinue reading “Love Actually”

Some Shakespeare for the soul

/What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet. I’ld have you do it ever: when you sing, I’ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so; and, for the ordering your affairs, 2020 To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o’ theContinue reading “Some Shakespeare for the soul”

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s day is approaching. I thought I’d rewind the clock. Before there were roses, diamonds, and for some, disappointments, there were the paper bags that everyone would prepare. Teachers looked on cringing as we made a mess with glue and glitter. The pink and red construction paper grew thin and wet with excessive glue. As weContinue reading “Valentine’s Day”

What is There to Read?

  When books become shallow and unworthy of time. By: Gabriela Yareliz Gonzalez       So I was reading in the October 19, 2009 New Yorker Magazine, the article/essay by Rebecca Mead about Alloy Entertainment books. Today I was at a bookstore browsing around. I sadly walked out with only a LSAT prep book but when IContinue reading “What is There to Read?”

The Things That Don’t Change at Christmas Time

So they were giving out free Origin of Species books at Turlington Plaza (right in the middle of the University of Florida campus) and Prof. Sinan Ciddi says: “This is great, I mean you can give this to someone you hate for Christmas and it was free, and you’ll look really smart”.      Christmas timeContinue reading “The Things That Don’t Change at Christmas Time”