Weekend binge — Move out of the friendzone, get cuffed
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And what better way to find someone to get cuffed with than reaching out to a friend and asking if there’s something more?
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Love, Actually: A Valentine’s celebration of friendship
My time at UC Berkeley has slowly chipped away at this vision, of the lover with the boombox who holds the answers to my life’s questions. Yet for me, the vision has been replaced with something more glorious, something I never would have dreamed of.
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Picks of the Week: Rainy days with old music and new Netflix
The forecast for the next week in Berkeley is looking pretty rainy and foggy, and that has always been my favorite look for Berkeley. Spend Wednesday walking to a cafe and listening to a playlist full of romantic comedy songs.
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Love, laughter and money: wealth in romantic comedies
Hollywood audiences’ sudden aversion to rich-people rom-coms is fascinating, especially because these films captivated audiences for decades.
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The friendzone myth
2 cents on 2 sides
“When did you friendzone me?” one of my housemates asked, implying with his question that there was a time in the past when I was down for the dick. “Uhh, the first day I met you,” I replied, feeling uncomfortable with the cop-out concept of the word “friendzone.” “That’s so
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In Honor of Valentine’s Day: My Top 5 Romantic Comedies
Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d start my weekly blog with giving you my personal list of the five greatest romantic comedies. If you still have no plans, I invite you to sit down with your special someone, share a bucket of popcorn, and pop any one of these
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Welcome to Wonderland
Reel Life
In reality, half of our travel time was spent orienting our phones in an attempt to read maps and pausing in our steps to make sure that we, as the blue dots in Google Maps, were moving in the right direction. And for some odd reason or another — we were advised again by Google maps — to get off at the Ashby BART Station and walked the four-mile trek to campus with our suitcases in tow. Tired, we settled dinner at Walgreens and opted out of socializing for a quiet night in. Our first night in Berkeley, we spent our night with Harry and Sally.
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Custom Screening: Sleepless in Hollywood
I was looking out the bathroom window of the cheap Hollywood hotel room I had rented for the week. It was 1 o’clock in the morning and I was struggling to sleep. The sticky Los Angeles heat is inescapable when it lingers in the thin pocket of air between your
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