The more things change, the more they…well…change. (happy birthday, blog!)

As I seem to constantly forget what month it is, May seems to have crept up on my like every other month of the year did before it. Apparently I am really fucking easy to creep up on. We’ll add that to the never-ending list of Things I Need To Work On. (Why haven’t I […]

May 26, 2011

If I throw away useless shit, then I can be a real person…right?

As my college roommates can attest, my room tends to fall apart at a pace consistent with the disarray in my life generally. I confess that I am not a particularly neat person to begin with. I know this. But every now and then I hit this wall where I lose the will to do […]

May 17, 2011

A short vacation in my former life and another list

I only had a few hours to hang out in DC before we had to load up the car and drive home. Somehow, a few hours skulking around my former college campus was more than enough to give me an unending, “!!!! I am just. so. uncomfortable.” feeling. Yet when given the option to go […]

May 13, 2011

Lists of lists of lists.

Last week was rough in subtle and unexpected ways. I mentioned that I broke up my first fight as a substitute teacher. That was a little less subtle. Most frequently, it was being confronted by my own limitations, both personally and within the opportunities made available by my jobs. For both of my current jobs, […]

May 9, 2011

Teachers, thank yous, and a little dose of snark.

During my obligatory WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE OH MY GOD WHO AM I post-college quarter-life-crisis period that I am totally still in the middle of, I considered a handful of different hypothetical career options. I have spent the better part of the last year working in education-related jobs. The question was always: […]

May 3, 2011

Coachella 2011

I had this idea in my head that I could somehow formulate a cohesive post to explain this year’s Coachella experience, but when 75,000 people gather in the desert for three days with over a hundred musical acts and a shit ton of weird art, that idea is absurd. So instead this is just going […]

April 27, 2011

Sleep deprivation, fake limbs, and really awesome things you should check out.

This is supposed to be the part where I talk about Coachella and how much fun I had with Yvonne and, you know, my actual real live non styrofoam friends and siblings and even a fellow blogger in California. Because the short answer is: OHMYGODSOMUCHFUCKINGFUNYOUDON’TEVENKNOW. (I mean, of course you don’t know. Because I haven’t […]

April 25, 2011

April Adventures, Part 4: a ferris wheel in the desert

In the days following Coachella each year, I am mostly just confused as to why I am not running around the festival sweating and dancing and smiling. I now get to spend this week wandering around LA (or mostly just the valley). I of course have endless feelings about all things Coachella (favorite place! favorite […]

April 19, 2011

April Adventures, Part 3: Yvonne LeHead

And then there was Sunday. If this upcoming weekend weren’t Coachella, I might just say it’s time for me to pack up the April Adventures, because I’m not sure how I could ever top this. Although, I am posting this days after writing it — probably from my phone at a truck stop somewhere in New Mexico. […]

April 14, 2011

April Adventures Part 2: Laser tag, ninjas, and chocolate

Things that are not awesome: being cold, getting your ass kicked in laser tag by not only your little sister but also your mother, and getting out of bed. Things that are awesome: just about everything else that has happened in the last week. After writing my silly post about my month-long quest for glitter […]

April 12, 2011

April Adventures, Part 1: “I think we just need to grab rhinestones and then we’re good to go.”

I love birthdays. It’s not the whole “Oh let’s celebrate me” aspect. I mean, fine, I joke with my mom and sister that their excitement over my birth should flow over into weeks of celebration because a single day couldn’t possibly contain it. But a holiday is a holiday. My freshman roommate had a September […]

April 4, 2011

Guest Post: Shitty Movie Blog Ring, Nicolas Cage Edition

It is once again time for the shitty movie blog ring! This month’s theme is shitty Nicolas Cage movies. I realized when selecting a movie at the very last minute under the influence of a good deal of wine that my ovaries and I clearly had no say in this theme selection because fuck you […]

April 2, 2011