Whenever I get the time to leave my neighborhood and drive the 3o or so minutes to the Adirondack State Park I am kind of amazed that I get to live in such a beautiful place. Seriously, take a look at that view.New York is freaking awesome, you couldn’t even beat it with a stick.
The [...]

Okay, so my trip to Washington was not exactly a “weekend vacation” by myself, but I think it does count. I mean, spending two weeks by yourself in a hotel room is pretty intense. Especially when that hotel room does not have internet. Seriously, can you even imagine such a thing? For the purposes of [...]

Though I haven’t posted any beauty reviews in a while, I can assure you that I faithfully remain a product junkie. My summer look consists of being very lazy and waterproof, since I am either in the pool or sweating my ass off somewhere. On that note, here are my Top 5 Beauty Products for [...]

Oh whoa, I actually did this a while ago and totally forgot it was on my list of new things! So far I’ve actually run two different 5Ks in 2010, hurrah! My first 5K was the 2010 Freihofer’s Run for Women in June. This is one of the biggest races in the country with over [...]

This week is giveaway galore!

Carey is having a yoga-tastic giveaway at C+C!
Daddy Likey is giving away a set of Karma Cards (if you’re not lucky enough to win you can purchase a pack from Yes and Yes)!
Poppytalk is having a giveaway ,too, for a $150 gift certificate. Shazaaam!
The Glamorous Grad Student is giving away a [...]

I am an expert on fantasy fiction and young adult fiction. I love this stuff. It takes minimal brain cells to compute and provides a relaxing and entertaining break for my brain. Generally my friends and I pass around our books so that we can all get together and chat about what scenes we felt [...]

For your listening enjoyment:
o1. How You Like Me Now – The Heavy
o2. Kids – MGMT
o3. Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
o4. Day ‘n Night – Kid Cudi
o5. Heads Will Roll – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
o6. Just Breathe – Pearl Jam
o7. Little Secrets – Passion Pit
o8. Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
o9. Listzomania – [...]

photo by dorothykorea
For someone in my position (read: below the poverty line) I do a lot of traveling. I’m thinking this is mainly because I don’t go out drinking, which is not really the norm for my age group…or grad students in general.
Consequently I am always trying to master TSA and airline regulations for luggage [...]

Egads! The 21st was my birthday. In general, I am not a birthday person…I’ve found that I’ve grown more resistant to birthday festivities once I turned 24. I am fairly certain this is a consequence of being a grad student: while my friends are getting engaged/married/having babies/buying houses, my life is pretty much the same [...]

(photo by ziktay)
Unlike a lot of people, especially single people, I’m not particularly bitter about Valentine’s Day. However, I was pretty sure that that it was just another holiday created by the greeting card and candy companies. But – I am wrong! There’s actually much more romantic and surprisingly sweet history to Valentine’s Day -
February [...]