The Guardsman

I’m quitting my waitressing gig.

I had to blink away the tears on payday when I saw I had only $40 more than a co-worker who had only worked 48 hours when I had worked 78.

I’m learning that the sales tactics I used while stripping don’t translate to waiting tables.
A customer purchased a bottle of champagne under the condition that I enjoy one glass with him — standard strip club etiquette. Still acclimating to what’s “normal,” I was startled by the tongue-lashing I got from my boss when he saw [...]

“What’s your name? What’s your real name? Where are you from? Why’d you move here? What’s your tattoo mean?”
And my personal favorite: “What do you want to do with your life?”
Imagine having to answer those questions every night, and when giving the same answers to dozens of strangers, sounding genuine and spontaneous.
Many readers might assume [...]

BY GRAHAM HENDERSON
STAFF WRITER
The debate will go on as long as Microsoft and Apple are in business. Both companies’ crown jewels are their most current operating systems, Windows Vista and OS X Leopard, respectively, and while both systems have their pros and cons, Leopard is a better choice.
Initially, the purchase cost of a Windows-based computer [...]

For the past eight weeks I’ve been getting used to my new job as a waitress.
I’m learning that the customer is always right, even when they order extra cheese telepathically instead of verbally. I’m learning to bite my tongue when my boss asks, “How does it feel to be wrong?” And I’m accepting that no [...]

For our final week together, New Additions brings you the long awaited California Academy of Sciences.

We found ourselves at California Pacific Medical Center’s St. Luke’s Campus, where she began physical, speech, and occupational therapies…

This week, New Additions focuses on a new company who is attempting to bring the “comic’s café” industry over from Japan. Manga Cafe Mika is the first “pay to read” manga café to open in San Francisco and is located in the Japantown Center at 1737 Post Street.
In an effort to provide a service to [...]

Hello my lovelies, Miss Lola here and I am just so ecstatic about the positive response for my little column. A lot of letters have been coming in from students and non-students alike and I love it, so keep’em coming.
Now, I have been around the block a few times, but I am never so bold [...]

Immediately after my mom’s major surgery, my family and I scurried off to see her despite her anesthetic overload.