• Think Tank: “Treat Yo Self”

    In the “Pawnee Rangers” episode of the fourth season of “Parks and Recreation,” Tom Haverford explains to the audience that he and Donna Meagle set aside a day every year in which all they do is pamper themselves. They splurge on clothes, fragrances, massages, mimosas and fine leather goods. “Three words for you,” Tom tells Donna. “Treat. Yo.…

  • Think Tank: TV Revivals and Reboots

    “Gilmore Girls” is quite easily near the top of my list of all-time favorite television shows. For most of late middle school and throughout high school, I made watching afternoon reruns on ABC Family a ritual. I remember saying in my interview to be on my high school’s newspaper that the fictional character I was most like was Rory…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Flight of the Conchords

    This summer I haven’t watched that much television. I’ve watched assorted Bravo reality television shows sporadically, the end of Hannibal (RIP),  the second season of True Detective (which was incredibly disappointing) and Show Me A Hero (GO WATCH IT, but that is not the point of this post). But when I heard that Flight of the…

  • Undergrad Adventures: ENG 451 Presentation

    Last week, I got an email from my capstone mentor asking me if I wanted to give a presentation on my last capstone paper in his Modernism & Postmodernism class. So I took part of the afternoon off of work and went and gave what ended up being a much bigger presentation/discussion. Despite none of this being for class…

  • Gold Star for the Internet: Mozart in the Jungle

    I just bingewatched four episodes of Mozart in the Jungle and have many thoughts — Zoë Lance (@zoellance) January 2, 2015 The production values are incredible — Zoë Lance (@zoellance) January 2, 2015 The story is superb, and I can't wait to watch more tomorrow and blog about it next week. Stay tuned. — Zoë…

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