Word: awkwardnesses
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...bench. She ends up informing him that Oreos cause cancer, spitting her gum into his hand as he looks on with astonishment, and eating all his chips. Nonetheless, the scene ends with Cutmore-Scott agreeing to come to a party she’s hosting. The result was an awkward situation that was, brilliantly, both believable and exaggerated at the same time...
...other extracurricular activities on campus. Sure, I write a column for the Crimson. But while all of the other Crimson columnists are writing about important issues that have a profound impact on Harvard and even the world at large, I use my column to try and make my generally awkward life sound cool to girls and to brag about how sweet I am at video games...
Learning to write is a like buying a car. Going from dealership to dealership, you compare prices, consider features, and measure your desires against your means. Reading everything you can, you build your style from what observations you make of every model. That metaphor may be a bit awkward, but it’s still a bit helpful, no? Any number of ungraceful metaphors like this one can be extended to try and describe the difficult process of learning to write, and a book like “Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writer’s Guide?...
...going to be gone soon—hell, none of us had really come to terms with it yet ourselves, regardless of what the doctor had said. But everyone just sort of knew. The day must have looked like a normal family gathering to an outsider, complete with an awkward toast by the groom’s brother and the barely-concealed antagonism that sits in the room whenever a large group of family members get together. But there was one big thing that set this engagement party apart from a normal one.Somebody was sitting with Pops on the couch...
...friend who missed the last Quad shuttle of the night. On a very good Friday night, we stumble home with that senior from section. And then there are people who we don’t want in our rooms—people whose presence makes life decidedly awkward, uncomfortable, or worse. Like room inspectors, who leave us with a handful of pop tarts and no toaster oven. Or arsonists, larcenists, and on unannounced Saturday morning visits, Mom. Luckily, we have a system that makes it easy to keep out unwanted visitors. First, campus-wide swipe card access ensures that only...