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Is there anything more attractive, more sexy, more Carrie Bradshaw than a girl with seasonal allergies? It’s hard to ignore the stares I get from men as I walk down 5th avenue wiping my nose on my shirt sleeve and doing lines of Claritin. And by stares I mean looks of disgust from everyone around me who freaks out every time I sneeze. You wouldn’t believe how frustrating it is to have to corner pedestrians at the crosswalk until they offer up a meaningful “bless you.”

According to Perez Hilton, allergies are worse than ever this year due to extra pollen in the air or mold in my shower or dust collecting knee-deep on my dresser.  I don’t really understand why Obama isn’t stressing pollen issues and reform more, but that’s probably why I’m writing for CollegeCandy and not C-Span (NSFW). All I really know at this point is that I’ve spent the past few weeks feeling so disgusting that even the Nasonex bee turned me down at the bar this weekend. And when a pretentious bee with a fake accent turns you down, that’s saying something. Read More »

Now that I’m halfway done with my college career (a pretty cushy place to be, considering I have two more years before the real world), I anticipate all the bright eyed and bushy tailed freshmen about to invade the dorms and use fake-id’s at all my favorite bars. Putting myself in their shoes, I wish that someone had been there to give me advice for my college career (all I got was my Mom telling me not to hook up with any fraternity boys until Spring semester). So I dove in head first and learned a few lessons of my own.

I learned the value of my dry erase board to my social life, I learned that “attendance optional” classes are not always a good thing. I learned that I should always have an assortment of costumes readily available, and that sharing drinks with my friends meant sharing drinks with whoever they made out with (and whoever they made out with…) All of these were very important lessons, and I’d like to share some of the pearls of wisdom I gained my freshman year. Read More »