Halloween Costume Memories

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

I’m totally stealing Josh‘s idea. Some of my past Halloween costumes: My mom made these Raggedy Ann and Andy costumes by hand and I think they’re lovely. That’s my cuz in the middle. Was mom trying to personalize our costumes with matching handbags candy bags or make it easy for creepy pervs to lure us [...]

Seeing How the Other Half (or, top 1%) Lives

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Tonight I attended the Stein Prize Dinner honoring Judge John Keenan. It was a great event and I feel very inspired. Unfortunately too quickly begun and over, I would have loved to have spent more time chatting with white people who have way too much money, but it was definitely a night to remember. I [...]

Understanding the New York Senate Stalemate

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

So tonight I got to moderate a panel about the New York Senate Stalemate of this past summer. By “moderate” I really mean “ask the first question then cut them off at the end” because it was a very lively panel. Our guests included Peter Kiernan, Counsel to Governor David A. Paterson; David Lewis, a [...]

Elle’s Monday Motivation

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Our blog mascot offers some words of inspiration: Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. – Barbara Tober

What’s the 1L Year Like?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I fear we’ve reached that point in the semester when time to do much blogging becomes even rarer than before. We got our long memo assignment this weekend, student group committee obligations are coming due, professors are beginning to realize they have to adjust their syllabus to finish the course, etc. And, of course, after [...]

Karaoke pt. Dos

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Thanks to Chris, here’s part two of the karaoke night video. Yes, it includes the already infamous “rapping.” I’m sorry. It also includes me looking completely confused and lost during a Miley song.

Blogger Karaoke Puntabupeople Meetup Extreme!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Over the weekend, several bloggers who met each other through Puntabulous got together in New York for a night of karaoke and innuendo. Craig, Enrico, Josh, Polt, Dave S, FDot, David, Kári, and Chris D all have their version of the story to tell. This is mine. This is what I imagine we would have [...]

Why didn’t I know this?

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Afterelton.com is saying that Broadway hottie Jonathan Groff publicly came out recently. He’s the first leading man I ever saw on the Broadway stage (along with Glee sensation Lea Michele). And he’s very easy to look at. Swoon. And he’ll be appearing on Glee in the not-too-distant future. If you didn’t know, I’m a Gleek [...]

Elle’s Monday Motivation

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Our blog mascot offers some words of inspiration: History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. … But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it. – Robert Heinlein

News and Stuff

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

It’s been a while since I did a news roundup, but here are a few things catching my attention this week. LDS leader Elder Dallin Oaks compared backlash against Mormon anti-queer politicking in California to the intimidation Blacks faced from anti-integration forces in the civil rights era. Ironically, he said this 11 years and one [...]