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  • Think Tank: Internet Detoxing

    Think Tank: Internet Detoxing

    In case you were wondering, I completed my Internet Detox and lived to tell the tale. As a refresher, here were the rules: 1. Because so much of life in 2015 is dependent on the Internet, I detoxed just for the week: Monday morning (actually, I unofficially started on Sunday night after dinner) when I woke up to…

  • Think Tank: Ephemera

    One of the reasons why I like to buy used books is that I can almost always count on it to come with some kind of ephemera. I find everything from receipts to indecipherable drawings to old boarding pass stubs tucked into the pages. I don’t mind at all– it’s a neat addition to an…

  • Think Tank: Starbucks Mobile Ordering

    I walked into Starbucks this afternoon craving an iced coffee, and one of the first things I noticed was this humongous cardboard sign. My 15-year-old sister explained to me that in a lot of states across the country, you can now order and pay for your Starbucks order — both drinks and food — through the…

  • Think Tank: Advice I Would Give My 17-Year-Old Self

    I know that you’re embarrassed that all of your friends are going off to Ivy League schools or UCs while you’re going to a Cal State and living at home. But I promise you, it’ll be the best four years of your life. You’ll get to do some really incredible things and meet some phenomenal people,…

  • Think Tank: My One Gray Hair

    I was in the bathroom at school today washing my hands, and I looked in the mirror to make sure that I didn’t have anything in my teeth or gross on my face (as one does), and I saw something I was not expecting to see. One single, long, course, gray hair towards the middle…

  • Think Tank: Apple Watch

      I really enjoy Apple products. I’ve had two Apple laptops, and am currently typing this blog post on my beloved Macbook Pro. My first smartphone was an iPhone 4. I love my iPhone 5, and cannot work an Android phone to save my life. I spend most of my middle school and high school…

  • Think Tank: #Goals

    Most people do not know that I consider Ina Garten as one of my role models. Before becoming the Barefoot Contessa, she was a White House nuclear policy analyst and overall badass. Now she spends her days cooking for her blog, inviting friends over and spending time with her devoted husband Jeffrey. If you don’t know…

  • Think Tank: Going Outside

    The quarter has winded down, which means that I have a break from The Poly Post staff meetings for a few weeks. I came home from school early, had lunch in my own kitchen (which never happens anymore), brought my laptop in from my room and opened my in-progress ENG 466 portfolio Word document to work…

  • Think Tank: The Dress

    I had totally planned to write something else for today’s Think Tank, but Adrian told me that I needed to write about The Dress so here I am. If you haven’t seen or heard about The Dress yet, it’s this photo of a dress that’s been circulating the Internet today. The original poster asked her followers…

  • Think Tank: Brick-and-Mortar Shopping

    There are two things I need to tell you about myself before I keep going with this post: 1. I am one of those weird people that runs errands alone, goes to the movies by herself and would go to any corner of the Earth even if she didn’t have someone to do it with, so…