The Odd One Out?

i hate shopping. i. hate. it. i especially hate shopping with other people. and i especially hate shopping with other women. someone PLEASE tell me i’m not the only female on the planet who shares this opinion. i think it’s safe to say that 50% of my clothes/…

Sometimes I Wonder...

what would’ve happened if i had never joined partyapp.com, waaay back when, in 2004? an offshoot of campusblender.com and partyincollege.com, partyapp.com consumed far too many hours of my life, but it also SERIOUSLY changed it for the better. i just think it’s crazy how…

And They All Had Names

when i was 9 (i think?), my friend becky and i took a trip to the outer banks with my mom and dad. this trip spawned the 2 year period wherein i became obsessed with hermit crabs. completely, and totally, obsessed. ironically, it was also the trip where i would…

We Didn't Kill Eachother

we managed to get the curtains up, and we survived to talk about it. actually, the entire moving process over these last 2 weeks has gone really smoothly. it’s been over a year and i still can’t believe how easy things have been between the two of us.…

The ceiling is going to cave

i have nothing against overweight people. we’re all different. HOWEVER. when you live in an apartment complex, and every member of your family is largely overweight, and you are not on the ground floor, PLEASE have respect for the people below you, by NOT STOMPING 24/7. i mean,…

Moving Right Along

today has been productive so far. i will say that much. i got more signatures. see, they give us this check in sheet. it has like.. 13 things on it. each “thing” is a department and/or person you have to find, give them one of your 823943 forms filled…

First Day Woes

first… the back story: today was my first day at my “new job”. i say “new job” because i will pretty much be doing what i’ve done every day for the past year, only under a different title and a different pay check. i was previously a contractor. now…

First Time Art Buyers.

tuesday night, brett and i finally got everything unpacked and settled into the new apartment. no more giant cardboard boxes stacked to the ceiling. no more plastic bags strewn about. no more random crap everywhere. it’s a good feeling. we both decided we wanted to make this apartment look…