Well, I did it. I actually managed to get through my first semester of college mostly unscathed. In just a few days, I’ll be on a plane back to south Florida, not worrying about homework or how many...

Thanksgiving in my house has always been political. Not political in the sense that we argue about the government over turkey and stuffing (although I was sitting at the kid’s table for the 19th year...

I decided on the Tuesday before Halloween: I was going to go home, and I was going to do it as soon as possible. I was sick as anything, and getting out of bed seemed like the world’s most daunting and...

I am going to come right out and say it: I love Taylor Swift. I am also going to come out and say that this is not going to be an album review of her new release “1989,” obviously. Even though it’s...

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, I realized that I had lost one of my friends. Not lost in the greater sense, but just physically, in that moment, lost. One second, she was by my side at the party we were at, and...

Well, it has officially come and gone: it was my birthday on Oct. 19, and I am now officially one year older. There were the token “Happy birthday, Casey!” posts on my Facebook wall from people I haven’t...

When I say the name Amanda Bynes, who comes to mind? Is it the Amanda Bynes of 2002, the cute, funny star of “The Amanda Show” who carried an entire Saturday Night Live-esque television show by herself?...

I have some serious issues with the weather lately. Coming from South Florida, where there are only two seasons (hot and really hot), I thought that fall was something out of my always-50-degrees-and-sunny,...

Since I’m new here, there are some things you should know about me. I like to write about illness and how it shapes my life. I also like to write about what I notice about the culture we live in,...