A Commonplace Book
Essays, a sonnet, and an unreasonably serious review column on Trader Joe’s frozen food. Read in any order.
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Oh the People You'll See In Your M1 Year
There is no med school movie. When I went into college, my perception of what's to come was shaped by years of exposure to sitcoms, YouTube comedy clips, and 4.7/10 on IMDb comedies promising both independence and more women than I could ever handle.
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Sonnet to Spaced Repetition
A fleeting glance, assured to pass / The screaming wind blows through my hollow mind / Missing words echo out an unbidden past...
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Mandarin Style Orange Chicken Bowl
It's hard to be a student in America without hearing about Trader Joe's legendary orange chicken. The ever-present reddish-orange bag haunts freezers in college towns from coast to coast...
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Crispy Battered Calamari
Frozen seafood is among the greatest failures of Trader Joe's. Not uniquely to TJ's, the ocean's citizens seem to mock our attempts to make them readily available...
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Beef Shepherd's Pie
Welcome all, to TJFMR. I thought it fit to launch this blog to the fanfare of one of TJ's more controversial offerings - its frozen Beef Shepherd's pie. Controversial how, you ask? It's an enigma of a meal...
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