monday’s manicure, tuesday

this is the first installment of Super Fluffy Blog Post (or, monday’s manicure). my eighth grade latin teacher taught us how to do our own nails, which saves a girl money if you’re… Continue reading →

grad school chronicles: the bean experiment

scene: language skills class, this morning overheard: “hey, do you want some? i have a bag.” not anything sketchy, i swear. kidney beans. we’re trading potting soil for kidney beans for a science… Continue reading →

natural disasters and i DO NOT GET ALONG

**WARNING: overly dramatic and whiny post ahead** this is my week so far monday: walking back from orientation. got stung by a bee for the first time ever. ON THE SOLE OF MY… Continue reading →

grad school chronicles: orientatio and anxiety attacks

yesterday was the grand poo-bah of orientation days. except – super low-key. seriously. the post-grad master’s students (anyone who is entering grad school after graduating from undergrad) arrived at 8:30 for breakfast (coffee!… Continue reading →

a quick synopsis of my first grad school orientation

nothing happened. i mean. we sat in a room. no coffee provided. we met (read: saw them from afar) various department people and most of the members of the student council. i know… Continue reading →

grad school chronicles: my schedule!!

if possible, i think my dad and i are the only people truly excited about my class schedule. i’m excited because, HELLO, i’m going back to school, and am pumped. my dad is… Continue reading →

point nine miles from home and stuck on the tracks

last night, after a weekend in dc, i boarded my usual southbound train home. normally, this is a 2-and-a-half-hour long journey. uneventful. pleasant. i had the vampire diaries to keep me amused, and… Continue reading →

back from vacation!!

i’m back! i took a week off from work (this is my last week at this job before student life begins in full, and i wanted to use up some vacation hours), and… Continue reading →

pinterest, my newest obsession

i apologize for having two similar posts back-to-back. i just wanted to wax rhapsodic about pinterest, my latest favorite website. it’s somewhat of a social media site, i’d say. as i mentioned in… Continue reading →

internet beauty tool (a shout-out)

i don’t know how i didn’t know that new york magazine’s website feature “shop-a-matic” existed. well. i think i knew it was there. but everything i saw advertising-wise was “wedding dresses!” and “things… Continue reading →