by David Babaian | Apr 24, 2023
I wrote a blog last year about what I would tell my 17-year old self after a wholesome encounter with a high school student who asked me about my experiences at the university. I find it a little laughable that I was giving any advice given that I needed some advice...
by David Babaian | Apr 9, 2023 |
There is a weird, unfortunate phenomenon that transpires senior year. Seniors, given that they have already formed friendships over their four years at college, become complacent in their relationships. They think that the quantity and quality of their friendships are...
by David Babaian | Mar 19, 2023 |
Yesterday, I sat down at Panera across from Alex Koehl (pronounced “kay-uhl,” which took me two years to learn), who asked me what I planned on blogging about this weekend. I told her there were two options: (1) lessons I took from the “Into the Woods” performance I...
by David Babaian | Feb 26, 2023
A few weeks ago, a friend called me in distress. “What’s up, dude? What happened.” The answer: he got his heart broken. He was trying to convince me that all was well but it was clear as day that that was not the case. As the conversation proceeded, he regained his...
by David Babaian | Feb 11, 2023 |
After a trip back home, a friend of mine was moved by a comment from his mother. “Your generation doesn’t date anymore.” My friend explained what she meant by this: our generation does not go on casual dates. It has become far less common to be having a good...
by David Babaian | Jan 29, 2023 |
I read a fascinating story a few days ago. It is told by writer Kurt Vonnegut at the funeral of the subject of the story, Joseph Heller, author of “Catch-22.” Here it is: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a...
by David Babaian | Jan 15, 2023 |
At the end of each year, I’ll start to feel a little bit anxious. It’s been a thing for a while now. I start to think about the future and be excited but I’ll simultaneously be worried that I didn’t make the most of the previous year. To counteract that feeling, I...
by David Babaian | Dec 4, 2022 |
Shoutout to Abbie, from whom I got the idea for this. These are only some of my favorite songs from the semester. August: “Girl on Fire” by Kameron Marlowe Why I love it: Kameron Marlowe. I love it because Kameron Marlowe has a distinctively raspy voice. Hearing him...
by David Babaian | Nov 27, 2022 |
I probably looked like an idiot as I walked around the blocks adjacent to my house over break. I had my earphones in and walked my usual route as I tried to hold back what would be a chuckle every 30 seconds or so. One would think I was on a phone call listening to a...
by David Babaian | Nov 11, 2022 |
Just as every other member of Gen-Z or Millenial does after having more than an hour of substantive discussion, Aditya and I looked at each other in the spring and said, Dude, you know what? We should totally start a podcast. It was almost like one of those plans that...
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