Midterm Mishaps

February 27, 2022

Dreams of Ghosts

“Below, the sea was moonlight, bright as commercial breakfast milk. The tide pulled forward and back, morse code telling me all the ways to escape the sleepy town.”

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Midterm Mishaps: Full Design

This week the Nass delves into the world of international fandom, reflects on the bonds between body and earth, and strikes matches to make wishes come true.

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Translating an International Sensation: Norway’s SKAM and the Fan Translators Who Made It Happen

An interview with the Québécois translator behind a francophone fan-base.

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Mud

“There is no membrane between my body and the earth; it’s the kinship of mud on mud.”

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To cleanse

“I consider cleaning it / But a marble pattern of the last remnants of you is reassuring to stare down at ”

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Through the Haze of My Mind

One writer searches for clarity and finds mindfulness.

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Talk Birdy to Me: Nicknames for Your Sweetheart

A listicle of bird-inspired sweet talk.

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Perfect Songs

“The dead linger after their passing in the memories of those who knew them; this poem, however, lingers only on my hard drive, contextless and adrift in the sea of my thoughts and memories.”

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Cartoons

Some cartoons for your Sunday pleasure (and the caption contest results).

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Sylvia

Sylvia
By Audrey Zhang
Pen and Marker on Paper, 11” x 14”, 2018

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Verbatim

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Overhead during a study group

Elitist: My biggest flex is that I don't have any hentai recommendations.

Tasteful curator: I don't know that I'd call that a flex.

Overheard during insult

Concerned Friend: You associate cum with shitty people? How is your sexual health?

Overheard at Dinner

Overly Conscious Junior: I remember my earliest memory is on my third birthday and I woke up and yelled. That was the day I came into consciousness.

Overheard on Nassau Street

Mom Visiting Princeton From Another Affluent Suburb: She's smart. I mean, she went to Brooklyn College. But she's smart.

Overheard in a Conversation about Internships

A Very Good Friend: I'll hype you up. I'll give you a dramatized reading of the rejection letter. Even if it's just a two-line email, I'll milk it.

Overheard at an Amateur Party

Drink Server After a Disastrous Cork Removal: Here, you can't see any cork in this cup.

Overheard in Seminar

Professor: You should be skeptical of me for giving you that kind of assignment. I mean, really ticked off.

Overheard over tea

Inbox-Irritated Junior: I haven't gotten a single good email all day.

Overheard at Dinner

Aspiring HBO writer: Wait, can we keep talking about me?

Overheard during Nostalgic Debrief

Philosopher: I would have dreams about my memories but I couldn't remember them. So I've been trying to find my memories since I was four.

Overheard in Whitman Dining Hall

If your mom and your girlfriend switched bodies, which one would you fuck?

Overheard in RoMa

Cynical Physicist: At some point when I was a kid, there was a zap, and I was like, “Why do I have to keep being nice? Screw this.” And I'm still like that today.

Overheard in Forbes

Observant Sophomore: The thing about 2 Chainz is that he often wears more than two chains.

Overheard in German Seminar

Black-clad Sophomore: Why do we have novels if not to check the validity of our critical theory?

Overheard during conversation about club meetings

"I know I only show up once every five meetings, but that doesn't mean you have to lose your personality around me."