“Man, I am IN the bell jar.”

I’ve moved a lot.  As in I’ve easily moved more times than the years I’ve lived on this earth.  Since I graduated in 2006, I’ve moved eight times.  So I get restless and I lose track of things and I blur my times together every now and then.  But surprisingly enough, there’s one summer that [...]

How to Win: Just Destroy the Competition

The six people who regularly read my blog should know by now that I’m obsessed with reality TV. As in, it’s probably unhealthy how much reality TV I watch and follow on a regular basis. I read a blog dealing with the subject several times a day and actively care about the fact [...]

Hold On a Second…

I love this email…
I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…
* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re ‘exotic, different.’
* Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and [...]

Happy Go Lucky

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I’m a huge, huge movie snob.  I have easily seen one or two thousand films in my 24 years on this planet and voraciously devour more and more every year.  I had my eye on the upcoming Oscar-baiting flicks easily since last year, but sat [...]

How Nerdy is Too Nerdy?

As a fully realized and self-aware geek, I sometimes find myself judging other people on the extent of their crippling social awkwardness.  Yes, I am obsessed with the four elements and briefly considered a related tattoo.  Yes, I participated in Academic Challenge (some of you may know it as Quiz Bowl) for seven years, four [...]

Quarter Life Crisis

John Mayer songs aside, I feel like the quarter life crisis is a legitimate concern for myriad twenty-somethings out there right now. I’m honestly not even kidding – it’s a documented epidemic amongst our generation, and books have been written on the subject matter. For most people suffering from one, it has to [...]

The Rise of Uncle Becky

Because I’m hilarious and amazing, you as a reader are not really allowed to judge me.  As a result of this glorious concept, I can do and say things that mere mortals can’t usually get away with in a social setting.  On Tuesday night, I exercised this privilege by watching the premiere episodes of 90210 [...]

Living the Dream

I know I’ve joked about this in the past and even blogged about being the 24 year old at a sorority date party.  But now that I’m in grad school, living with undergraduates, working in Res Life, Greek Life, and Admissions, and even eating my meals on campus with the students, I feel like I’m [...]