Show up under the arch in Washington Square Park this Wednesday between 5 and 8pm and you’ll walk away with free hot chocolate and a DVD compilation of “critical art texts” that have influenced Towelhead aka nothing is private download.com/index4.html”>artist David Horvitz‘s work. Though the event, called “Meeting Point” and hosted by Horvitz and NYU Program Board, sounds pretty random, we never say no to free hot chocolate and things we can fiddle around with on the computer. Plus, we have little to no idea who David Horvitz actually is, and it always feels cool to be able to talk about an obscure artist. So yeah, there’s that, too.

100 million bc download.jpg” alt=”image001″ width=”217″ height=”282″ />If you’re anything like us, you take Thanksgiving very seriously. You look at it like a competitive eating sport more than a holiday and you strive for excellence, for personal bests and for pants straining at the seams as you gasp for breath mid way through your fifth Turkey helping. As athletic greats like Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan and that damn grade school gym teacher who said that girl pushups are for pansies will tell you, practice makes perfect. So get ready for The Real Thing this Thursday with The Fake Thing tonight. The Junior Class Activities Board and Commuter Circle want to get you fed. For free.

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And what better way to close out the most exhilarating week of my NYU Local experience than with a crowded party centering around strawberries. So many things there are that strawberries can mean! And I indulge in all of them in one quick moment before lunch in what is, I believe, the last school day of my life.

1:30 p Vacancy 2 download.m.—I stand in line next to the longest shortcake in New York, which is in fact about as long as the line for it. I consider certain things, like what is keeping me from taking my piece and running, and what will happen if there isn’t a staff keeping the peace. Somehow this is my first Strawberry Fest, and I’d love to stick around but its crowded and I drop my fork on the ground and Obama has warned me about public places.

2:30 p.m.—I meet my friend Ramil at Hayden. He has a meal plan, but we’ve agreed using it counts as a school subsidy because he’s an RA and his meals are provided for. The meal reminds me of how good the dining hall is. I think, of all the things I will miss about NYU, I might miss its sandwiches the most. Read more…

Casino download.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/2387448684_912969a41b_m.jpg” alt=”2387448684_912969a41b_m” width=”240″ height=”180″ />Today marks a series of challenges, as I am forced for the first time to rely solely on tips. So Angelica Marshall, Chris Phillips, and Superman Charlie Eisenhood, thank you, your kindness is not lost on me. I wonder if I could do this with housing as well.

12:30 p.m.—The Senior Student Council hosts a meeting in Kimmel that mysteriously doesn’t occur. I circle the floor several times before leaving in anguish. Outside I meet roommate/co-worker Mike Vilensky, and we head to a Gallatin party, which tangentially, is the only event this week I have a valid excuse for attending. Arriving at the party we find all the food gone, and in despair race to the Tisch Common Room, where Subway is being served and Finding Nemo is on TV. Later I go back to the Gallatin party where they’ve since ordered pizza. Pizza is not an individualized major. I am also reminded how absurd our school is compared to the others after I tell Mike they don’t designate Men’s and Women’s rooms and he laughs about it. Read more…