Quarantine and relationships: Hard to hold on, harder to let go
Armaan Mumtaz/Staff
Sometimes, letting go is necessar to improve the most important relationship of our lives — the one we have with ourselves.
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Decoding your commonly received quarantine texts
What do these texts really mean? Truth is, even I don’t know, but here’s how I interpret them with a dash of good ol’ empathy.
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Why I’m going to stop living every moment wishing it was the next
My life is spent constantly chasing after the elusive “next best moment” — a moment that wouldn’t ever satisfy me, even if I caught it.
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Searching for solitude: My year without movie theaters
Cutting Room Floor
When you’re forced to put away your phone for two hours and focus on strangers inhabiting a different world, the fear that life might be slipping through your fingers fades into the background.
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Pandemic Pastimes
From gardening to baking bread, quarantine has left folks with ample time to pick up hobbies. College students have been no exception. Here’s a look at two students — a 3D-printing guru and an aspiring Bay Area rapper — and the pastimes they’ve developed since the onset of the pandemic.
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Looking on the bright side: The best things that came out of 2020
As unforgiving and upsetting this last year was, we’re not here to dwell on all the would-have-beens. Here are some of the best things that 2020 gave us.
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Preparing during a pandemic: Cal beach volleyball begins preseason quarantine, training
Within the first few days back on the court, during the low-intensity practice stage, the coaches came up with ways to allow players to get their “sand legs” into shape, including sand shuffling.
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Why small dogs are bullies (or maybe it’s just mine)
Four years ago, my parents decided to get my little sister a Yorkie puppy for Christmas. Although I love her, I must admit, she is a bully.
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Strange things you might find in pre-COVID-19 movies and TV shows
Spending an eternity social distancing can make previously normal things seem strange, and it’s easiest to see that when watching a movie or a TV show.
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The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards 2020
Here is a roster of the good that 2020 has produced, as voted on by The Daily Californian’s arts & entertainment staff, all thanks to the passion and dedication of those creating just as much as we’re consuming.
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