Nasstro Enteritis

April 2, 2016

Lyssna: A Review

The performance was viscerally compelling. Immersed in evolving harmonies and asymmetrical rhythms, I found myself transported to a space outside the predictable and rigid schedules of junior spring, of deadlines and word counts, into a rustic, sunlit world where patterns existed to be deconstructed and reformed.

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Alt Empire

An informal history of Princeton’s party task force

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Crazy

I decide that if only girls are crazy, I will be a boy—

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Reuse, Recycle, Recover

Maybe he would drop the umbrella, walk away with long strides, and not even glance back at the girl with the ladybug canvas at her feet.

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Kat Kulke

Yet while my parents could censor my wardrobe, they were powerless to change my name. At home, of course, I was Catherine. But at school, I could negotiate on my own terms.

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Untitled Diptych

A photographic study of bodies, relationship, and motion

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Rebecca Julia Sobel Solomon

The flexibility of the name signifies the countless times I, too, have bent, becoming an altered version of myself that only barely resembled the original.

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The Nass Reviews Flaked

This show is like the less-funny, homosocial version of Love except there’s still chicks in it and dudes who are bad at talking to them.

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For a COS Major

I am 1, she is 0, and maybe that’s all there is.

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Soap Poem

found an old bar of yr soap in the bathroom closet more like i found it in the store (amazon) n bought it n brought it home n bathed myself w it n had a v v emotional time ie … Read More

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Rothko

i remember the anguish of space— standing half a step too close to you under the copper light of streetlamps,   with every word and gesture, feeling surprised by how my hands would strain against their own skin to touch … Read More

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My Mother’s Ring

Wasn’t the diamond an engagement diamond? Why was she wearing her engagement ring on the wrong finger?

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Verbatim

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Overheard in Forbes dining hall

Freshman girl to freshman boy: ...and that’s why physics is easy and sociology is hard.

Overheard on iMessage

Student: Why is the flag at half mast today?
Other student: Isn’t that a sexual thing?

Overheard drunk on the street

Adamant frosh girl: I’m not your cow!
Senior boy: You’re more than just your milk...

Overheard on Facebook on Easter Sunday

Things that come back to life on Easter: Jesus and puwireless.

Overheard outside the Architecture Library

St. A’s terran, listening to a gregorian chant while smoking a spliff: I like the idea of faith.

Overheard TI dancefloor

Female varsity athlete: This place is full of dudes who think they’re the shit but who have the smallest penises.

Overheard at Whitman dining hall

Pensive junior: When I was younger, I posted really embarrassing things on facebook... (pauses) unladylike things.

Overheard outside 1903

Nerd: I’m excited that my lab goggles are coming in the mail today. The nose bridge is really comfortable.

Overheard at Say Cheez

Satisfied customer: That was delicious. I’m going to trip advisor the hell out of your guys.

Overheard on Nassau Street

Teen girl, as teen boy proudly hands her enormous latte: You didn’t get it iced? How could you not get it iced? We’re breaking up.

Overheard on iMessage

TI senior male: We need volunteers to slather [Chi Phi senior]’s nipples in petroleum jelly.

Overheard in Wu

Bubbly frosh girl, to boy: I like your beard!
Boy: I like how you don’t answer my snapchats...

Overheard at Miami airport

Lululemon-wearing, Louis Vuitton-bearing girl: I was in this cabana with a bunch of old people, you know, like architects from Michigan. They were so old, like old enough to be my boyfriend — I mean my grandpa — oh em gee I can’t believe I just said that, whatever.

OH in Frist

Tower junior: All of Bourbon Street is like TI, but like, more colorful and gay.

Overheard

Contemplative Junior Film Watcher: I don’t get uncomfortable watching sex scenes with my parents. After all, aren’t we all just sacks of jello with teeth?