Finding a Girlfriend, Drake Equation Style

So let’s say that I was in the market for finding a significant other. The total candidate pool (C) would then be:
C = Pdc * F * G * A10 * S * Dn * Ra * A
Where:
C = total number of candidates
Pdc = total population of DC metro area
F = ratio of females
G = [...]

A Feminist Viewpoint

Feminism is a tough subject for me to discuss, if only because I generally hang out with a lot of feminist friends who hold distinctly different ideals than I on the topic.
This is not to say that I am anti-feminist, nor is it to imply that my friends are anti-feminist. On the contrary, both my [...]

A Prescription For Failure

I feel sick.
This is not happening. I am worried and scared. My best friend needs my help, yet I am unable to help her.
“But there is nothing you can do about it, Eric. It is not your fault; so why worry about it?”
Do you honestly think that I am doing nothing wrong? Even this very [...]

Rearranging Ketchup Bottles

He still works there.
Every day I see him, rearranging the ketchup bottles. Except on weekends. He has weekends off.
I wonder if he ever notices me watching him. Today, he wore black jeans. His face reminds me of how old these college grounds are. There is a building on campus that was built before the civil [...]

On The Jewish Question: But What Exactly Is The Jewish Question?

The following is an assigned essay which was completed for a grade. Unfortunately, some formatting has been lost in the transition to LJ.
Eric J. Herboso
11 September, 2003
On The Jewish Question: But What Exactly Is The Jewish Question?
In Karl Marx’s essay entitled On The Jewish Question, Marx explores the question of how to emancipate the Jew. [...]

The Virtueless Girl

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” -Socrates 
A tear rolls down my cheek as I look at her. She, like so many others, is ignorant of the fact that I am watching her. But her ignorance does not stop there. She lacks so many qualities: intelligence, beauty, persistence… And yet she strikes [...]

A Thanksgiving Horror Story

I like cheesecake. 
I spent Thanksgiving with my family. It was a horrid affair; I positively abhorred the whole event. I say this because my family is far too critical for my tastes. Not with me, thank God, but with people in general. If you thought I was intolerant, then you should hear them. 
“Where they went [...]

Anarchy Versus … Me?

He is there every day when I go to the cafeteria for food. Forty hours a week he toils, sometimes more. Yes, he gets paid, but so what? How does he get out? 
“How does he evade the system?” my friend asks me. 
I’m stumped. I sit for five or so seconds, and the smile on his [...]

Illogic & The Idle Banter Of Normalcy

As I sit here typing this, I am helping others with their homework. At first, there seems to be nothing wrong with that, but if you look at it logically, then there is. 
You see, if I help someone with their homework and because of it they end up doing better than I did at this [...]

On Prejudice

My heart’s just not into anything today. Although I went to class this morning at eight a.m., I remember none of the lecture at all. I don’t recall falling asleep in class, nor do I recall waking up, so I’m pretty sure that I was awake the whole time; it is just that when the [...]