On Family, Friends, and Everything in Between
Bwog will be slowing down for Thanksgiving break–even cynics like us are spending time with family.
As per tradition, we present a list of everything Bwog staffers are thankful for. Thank you for reading and enjoy this break!
| For when we can’t get mom’s cooking… | |
| 25-cent coffee in the German department Acquiring a taste for beer Animal crackers Apple cider Apple cider donuts Apple pie, really all apple pastries Apples Belgian beer Bubble tea Cafe East’s french vanilla tea Cafe East’s hot #9 Campusfoods.com Coca-Cola Coffee Corn casserole Free food Free hot water in Butler French toast at Sip on half price food mondays FreshDirect Friends who work at Oren’s Gas stoves Gchatting with people sitting next to me Getting my 13th drink free at Oren’s Ginger ale Granola bars Haada’s halal cart HamDel breakfast sandwiches til 4pm Having a kitchen Holiday cups at Starbucks Indian food John Jay frozen yogurt John Jay omelets |
Milk Thistle Morton accepting Flex Munchos, the deli snack that is 2% potato, 98% fry No meal plan Nutella On-campus lattes paid for with dining dollars Oren’s, and their french roast Oreo and ice cream sandwiches PB-filled pretzel nuggets Pumpkin bread Pumpkin muffins at Westside Red Bull Roti Roll SeamlessWeb Shakeshack Soup Tap-a-Keg’s noon to 7 happy “hour” The bartenders at 1020 when the let the $10 credit card minimum slide The greenmarket The new Whole Foods on 97th The smell of Nuts4Nuts on a cold fall day Trader Joe’s Turducken Unlimited salad toppings at Nussbaum Unopened jars of peanut butter Uris vending machines Watching TV online Weird sushi Wheat thins Wondee Siam V |
| For the city that never sleeps… | |
| 24-hour subway system Always waking up before my alarm and getting to sleep more Automagically-refilling MetroCards Being able to talk about anything/anyone at Sip because everyone there is old and they won’t rat me out Bolt Bus Boots Brooklyn Bridge Central Park Chelsea – arsenal on Sunday Chinatown buses Dogs walking their owners on nyc streets Easypay MetroCards Free entry to MoMA |
Hudson River Greenway + Palisades + my bike LIRR Not going to 1020 that often Off-off-Broadway theater Onlineclock.net Reusable grocery bags Riverside Park Riverside view of the Hudson at 72nd St. Snooze buttons Strolls to Columbus Circle Subways That strangely adorable cluster of buildings on like 90th and West End When the 1 train comes at 96th right when you get off the express |
| For the technology that separates them and keeps us together… | |
| 67 St. Apple store An hour with a clear inbox AppleCare Warranties: i.e, getting my computer fixed for “free” Arrested Development, especially on Hulu Blackberry Messanger CAPS LOCK Competent webmasters Dexter Endnote Glee Gmail Google Calendar Google Docs Google Wave Grey’s Anatomy |
iPods JJ Abrams Karmic Koala Massage chairs Megavideo’s time limit forcing me to do actual work Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” List Pandora Scrubs’ “ninth” season The Bad Romance video The Facebook live feed The League on FX Unlimited texting WiFi WordPress YouTube |
| For the school that we love to hate… | |
| 24/7 reference room 65° weather in November A campus you can discuss forever in architecture classes A dorm room with sunlight Actually having a campus Ballpoint pens Barnard tunnels to 47 Claremont Bizarre advocates circling campus Brownie’s cafe Classrooms where you can put your feet up Coöp (and its listserv) Crispy fall weather Dingles (especially of the walk-through double variety) Free Purell, courtesy of swine flu Grade curves Lawns Lookout ledge at Low Mahmood Mamdani Metro North Mouseless dorms New York Times travel slideshows Not going to B-school Not talking about homework |
Paying with exact change People who know how to use the Broadway turnstile Proactive RA’s Professors who cancel class the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Professors who remember your name Professors who work with you even when you’re no longer in their class. Six packs of High Life for seven dollars at 109 Deli Squash team Swipe access-fueled ego trips TA’s that seem to really care how you are doing That there’s only 4 weeks left of U. Writing The sunlight at the top of the McBain shaft The way Alma winks at me as I walk to class Toddlers playing outside Low Urban raptors Walking in a straight line from Avery to Math What I think all the offices on the sixth floor of Fayerweather look like Wide-eyed freshmen |
| For the wide, wide world… | |
| America Baby cousins Barack Obama Bathtubs Beds Cashmere Cool mornings at Weaver Street Market Dress shirts Eminem End of decade lists Family in NYC Farmer Flannel sheets Fresh sheets Freshly-painted walls Friends that stick with you Friends with their own apartments Indian summer Jorge Luis Borges Kibble Mika Moleskines |
My yearly hope that the Mets will be competitive Our troops, for their service Packages from home Parents who pay for your cab to JFK Planning: days, my summer, field trips Road trips Second chances Sheep Snow Sprint’s 23% “employee” discount Surviving the porcine menace The $ 86.30 in my bank account The big shanty festival– Kennesaw, GA The Greater Boston Area The return of the Varsity Theater The staff of Westside Ty Lawson Warmth When people call back Winning bets Wooden floors Working fireplaces |
Tags: Bwog gives thanks, meta, thanksgiving
26 November 2009 @ 9:05 AM · 16 comments
this was nice.
megavideo time limit saves my ass every time even though I continue to get irrationally angry at it
ditto on the megavideo time and being thankful for watching tv online. good stuff guys!!
god’s great YANKEES
SERIOUSLY? WHERE? they always make me pay $.75….I’ve spent $.75 so often…
it’s free if you bring your own mug/thermos…
Don’t try the use Flex at westside or milano’s — system all f*cked up yet again! Why does this rich University provide such dumbass service? What is such a big problem that off campus flex still doesn’t work when we need it? Seriously, guys, what’s going on here. I am really pissed!
missed the point.
It may be me.
hey it’s Friday and flex is still not working, and i have don’t have enough cash for my sandwich. what gives, columbia???
Thanksgiving CU!
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Thank you guys soooo much for mentioning us in the list of stuff you’re thankful for, that really means a lot to us!
We’re thankful today for the great fans we have of our alarm clock website, and blogs like yours that keep mentioning our website.
We hope you had a happy turkey day.
Yours,
Webmaster
OnlineClock.net
P.S. – I once lived at W. 95th Street and Riverside Drive for three and a half years – not far from Columbia!
Morton takes flex? Since when?
for a brief moment, i thought “PB filled pretzel nuggets” actually said “Prezbo filled nuggets.”
That might actually taste even better.
Thank you Bwog. This made me smile :)