Spelunking Over the Holidays?

it feels really weird not having a 3-week vacation for christmas. i was writing my dates on the calendar yesterday for when i was going to be taking off work and it was mildly depressing that i am only going to have 6 days of free time… instead of… 24?…

Stop Bugging Me!!1

brett and a few friends of mine graduated on sunday (yayyy!) so, of course, i went up for the ceremony. matthew szulik, chairman of red hat, was their commencement speaker (i’m so jealous of this) so i think i was more entertained by the people in the crowd going,…

It's Christmas. CHEER UP.

i don’t know what is wrong with people. maybe i’m just noticing it more because it is the holiday season and i feel like people should be friendlier? or if the holidays just bring out the worst in people? everywhere i go lately, people seem so damn hateful.…

I Hate Bugs... and South Carolina

i am thoroughly grossed out right now. and i have been in a mildly grossed out stage since… ohh… may. ever since i moved to charleston, there has been a severe influx in the bug population within my living space. my apartment. where i sleep. where i eat. where i…

Thanks for the Coffee, Baltimore :D

i got back from baltimore late last night. this week flew by quicker than i ever thought it would. i had heard from a handful of people how bad it was going to be (the training i attended) and to my surprise, they were SO WRONG! i don’t know…

So Sick of Food

holidays are always so insane for me. i never settle down in one home for an extended period of time… instead, i drive all over hell and creation. nothing was different this thanksgiving. i spent wednesday night in garner (near raleigh, NC), spent half the day with my mom, grandparents,…

I Think I Misspoke

HA! i just realized that “misspoke” is a really funny word. miss. poke. awesome. i’m 23, i swear. anyway, i am getting a whole bunch of responses from my previous post asking for input from the internets. and i think about half of them say something along the lines…

Help For Anissa

long story short, i was reading this lovely gal’s blog, which informed me of some very sad news of this woman’s stroke on tuesday, which you can read about more in detail on this website. i clicked the link to donate money to her family–she’s a…