Supportive friend: She doesn’t need a mallet, she needs a mullet!
Mullet-reluctant woman: I don’t know if I want a mullet.
Supportive friend: It’s not about what you WANT, it’s about what you NEED.
Overheard during Sunday morning brunch
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God, I Love Theater: A Review of Theatre Intime’s The Harvest
One of our writers had a spiritual experience while watching Samuel Hunter’s The Harvest
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Post fall break apocalyptic questions in the head of a freshman who doesn’t know much about anything and surely at one point thought she did
What is the appropriate time that freshmen are allowed to start being in committed relationships without being judged? Written on a ripped up napkin in the drawer of a Montreal vegan cafe table: 8 October 22 One month in Montréal and it’s finally starting to feel like home. Loneliness is part of the journey. So…
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A Friend Called Me Timid
“We talked inside for about an hour. A lot of people we knew who used to be friends were no longer friends. Afterwards, we talked for another hour in the parking lot.”
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Another Episode
“Anne liked Lola’s toes and when she was born, the doctor said they were the most beautiful baby toes. Anne liked when other people told her what was beautiful. This was the beginning.”
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Skeeter Peter
“Woodstock incubates the mosquitoes in the garage, which is uninsulated and hot in the summer. It’s recycling day, and he pours allotments of pond water into empty gallon jugs.”
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Minivan
tilted, perfectly the globe sat undisturbed on its axis the sound of stillness spoke to me being young was being free? Babi drove the minivan. Babi said it was easy un-split ends curly hair arranged itself across the glass. chills tossed my wisps into the freckled night. silly…
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In Search of an American Original in Friday the 13th and Sleepaway Camp
A pair of Nass writers look for the Original across a pair of movies that have more than a dozen sequels between them
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Bloodbath (The Halloween Issue): Full Design
Boo! You should’ve seen your face. The Nass’s first ever Halloween issue inside.
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Chronicles of a Scary Movie Convert
A Nass writer lauds the transcendent, self-escaping qualities of horror movies
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A Finance Horror Story
A Nass writer probes at some of the more proximate fears of Princeton kids these days
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Said, softly
Said, softly October crushes down, squeezing the juice of summer and all the faces are new fresh new Mouths fallen heaps of gloss and lips Sit. Sleep. October crushes, and leaves curl on asphalt like fingers. The leaves hurt, and the new new fresh new faces. The air stings pleasantly, like mint, like…