the its lauren servideo college of farts and sciences presents the first of a two-part abstract study on albany’s favorite college bars: the abbott tavern and bOgieS.  they’re actually really biased reviews/survival guides but “comparative analysis” and “abstract study” sounds more fancy, like sticking your pinky out when holding a drink. the name “abbott tavern” [...]

psych majors, riddle me this: is it okay to listen to “layla piano exit” by derek and the dominos on loop while you do your homework? what does this say about me? what if i said i half agreed with karen hill when she said “I know there are women like my best friends who [...]

have you ever been certain you were going to spend the rest of your life with someone? i have: they were on the today show today and the 1997 version of me, aka hanson stan, went bonkers. they are all married and have gorgeous wives so of course a meth addict like myself would never [...]

i’ve officially been bitten by the (film) photography bug. my cousin alicia kills it when it comes to the camera and she has since i was young. one of my favorite memories is when she invited me to go with her to ritz camera to pick up some photos from her trip to europe (this [...]

at first i was like “wow, this poll is balls! nobody is prettier than megan fox except for the Virgin Mary,” and even then i’m all: but then i clicked and whoohoo! if she can do it, i can try but i probably won’t succeed. one sweet day: ]

i went for a run when it was about 70 degrees and i turned a dark shade of lobster. and i was so sweaty. i was all over craigslist missed encounters that day facemask, done 10 minutes ago i look like nicholas cage’s son happy easter bros…or not i always get strangers coming up to [...]

big news! over the summer i will be nannying for two girls, aged 6 and 11 from 630am to 530pm, five days a week. this obviously leaves no time for blogging so im like thinking about how this blog has so much potential to diminish during that time. however, i have come up with an [...]