PinnedParty of OneOver Christmas break while I was sitting on the kitchen floor laughing at a moth meme on my phone until tears came pouring from my eyes, my mother informed me that I was “a party all by myself.” And, frankly, I sort of am. Self-reliance is a skill I never…Comedy4 min readComedy4 min read
Nov 13, 2021The Almost-Adult Complex — Part TwoThis time, I have a new, groundbreaking theory: there’s no such thing as grown-ups. A few years back, I wrote about the confusing nature of college — how, for all intents and purposes, you’re an adult, and yet you don’t know how to do anything without calling your parents for…Adulthood5 min readAdulthood5 min read
Jun 28, 2021How Do I Make Friends as an Adult?And is it this hard for everybody? I feel like a lot of the statements I make here are not necessarily pushing the boundaries of social commentary or personal essays or even worldly observations. I often state the obvious. …Friendship9 min readFriendship9 min read
Mar 2, 2021I found a full-time job in a pandemic — here are my best tipsJob searching is the worst. I know that’s not shocking news. Sending out application after application, putting time and effort into each one, only to get a form rejection letter — or sometimes, absolutely nothing — back is probably one of the circles of hell in Dante’s Inferno. Not to mention the interviewing process, where…Jobs11 min readJobs11 min read
Jan 5, 2021The “reality-escape-artist” discusses favorite YouTubersAs someone who was once described as the “ultimate escape artist” by a cool aunt, I’m truly surprised that I have never talked about YouTube online. Anytime I’m looking for something to watch during lunch, before bed, while cleaning the bathroom, etc., I turn on YouTube. …YouTube8 min readYouTube8 min read
Sep 30, 2020Top young adult book picks from a semi well-adjusted adultAs the world descends further and further into incomprehensible chaos, I find myself looking through my bookshelf in my childhood bedroom. Alongside classics bought in a panic like What Color is Your Parachute? …Books7 min readBooks7 min read
Sep 22, 2020Animal Crossing was my saving grace in quarantineIf you asked me in April who Tom Nook was and why he needed bells from me, I would’ve suspected that you were having a stroke. …Animal Crossing4 min readAnimal Crossing4 min read
Published in Curious·Sep 15, 2020I Don’t Believe Tattoos Need to Have Meanings — I Have 14 of ThemI have 14 tattoos. I’ve stopped counting for my own sake but for the record, and to establish a bit of expertise here, I thought I’d let you know. They range from pieces I put years of thought and meaning into to pieces that I got on the way home…Tattoo4 min readTattoo4 min read
May 8, 2020What it feels like to graduate from college in a pandemicWe used to play this game in elementary school gym class called “stuck in the mud.” It was like a game of tag, but if you were tagged you had to stop running and stand in place — stuck in the mud. …Coronavirus3 min readCoronavirus3 min read
Dec 18, 2019A picture worth a thousand words: leaving Chicago for the first timeBy Evi Arthur I cried the first time I had to leave my dorm room. Moving to Chicago my freshman year felt like a dream. Daydreaming of my future life in a big city had gotten me through high school. In my head, I’d lived in L.A., New York, Chicago…This Happened To Me5 min readThis Happened To Me5 min read
