my five favorites this week

This video was inspired by the Five Faves videos that Molls does for HelloGiggles. I’ve been too busy/stressed/excited lately to sit down and write anything for this blog, so I made a quick vlog instead. In case you don’t want to watch the video, my five faves this week are: The Milk Chocolate Coated Butter … Continue reading →

adventures with allison

Last weekend I went to Philadelphia to visit my friend Allison, who I haven’t seen since we studied abroad together in the fall of 2008. The night that Allison and I solidified our friendship will live in infamy, because it was the first “crazy” night I had in Amsterdam, and it was also the night … Continue reading →

beware of the ice on the lake

My sister just graduated from high school, which means that yesterday we hosted the obligatory graduation party at our house. Obviously the best thing about graduation parties is the food. There was taco salad, pasta salad, quesadillas, meatballs, deviled eggs, baked beans, punch, cake, and cheesy potatoes as far as the eye could see. Also, … Continue reading →

let me tell you a telling story

My dad has always been a good storyteller, which is something I’ve admired about him for as long as I can remember. When I was little he used to tell this scary story to me and my sister and our friends about a man who cut off his toe with a garden hoe. I don’t … Continue reading →

somebody get me a bacon alarm clock

So, the epic quest for sweats has so far failed to produce anything even remotely up to par for the kind of extreme lounging that I’ve recently been taking on. When the hell did sweatpants with elastic at the ankles come back into style? I mean, I get it, the retro 80s thing is back … Continue reading →

mediocre charlotte and fast times in licking county

Okay, so, when I was a teenager, I was kind of obsessed with this band called Good Charlotte. You might remember Good Charlotte as that crappy pop-punk band from the early 2000s that catered to the “loser” kids with sing-a-long classics like Little Things. Benji Madden had pink hair and some sort of dog collar necklace, and I … Continue reading →

a game that two can play

It’s Saturday, and Caitlyn and I are sitting on bar stools looking at each other uncertainly, not sure how to go about “going out for a beer.” We’re trying our best not to get too drunk to drive her car back home, but the threat of mind-numbing boredom that comes with being sober in a … Continue reading →