In junior high school, everyone was required to take Home Economics class, which the oh-so-modernized school system referred to as Life Skills. In eighth grade, everyone took cooking class. I only vaguely remember learning how to make pancakes, but I remember Mike Duke, who sat behind me. He used to wear rock band T-shirts and [...]

Even the most calm, cool and collected of us have idiosyncrasies. Even the most well-dressed, poised and polished person in the room likely has a bad habit, or two, or maybe a nagging anxiety that keeps him or her up at night.  Yet, when searching for a boyfriend, girlfriend or partner we often look for [...]

Today I realized that my receipt from the drugstore was a pretty much a direct reflection of my current life situation. Here is what I bought:
- Four magazines (Time, Us Weekly, O- with Michelle Obama on the cover! and Vanity Fair)
- lipgloss
- 5 Lean Cuisine microwave dinners (all the same kind, a frightening chicken/rice combo)
- [...]

So this week has been ridiculous. Not, “feather boa wearing, ‘oh look I found $100!’, rainbows everyday” sort of ridiculous, it’s been more like “sweet baby J, someone just kill me now so the misery ends“. See the difference?
I have to admit, I wasn’t feeling that inspired to write anything other than ” WHY IS [...]

When I was in fourth grade my friends and I, intrigued by the lyrics of Sir Mix A Lot’s rendition of ”Baby Got Back,” asked our teacher for permission to choreograph a dance to the song for the class talent show.
Her first question: “Well what’s the worst word in the song?” Our answer “big butt!” She [...]

It’s awards season. The People’s Choice, the Golden Globes, the 20sb awards (vote UNW? for best group blog!) and it got me thinking.
About all of you people who deserve awards, who deserve recognition, who deserve 30 seconds to thank every single person in you’ve ever met in your entire life before getting cut off by [...]

On Monday, Mr.5280 wrote about the trifecta of qualities he loves in the ladies. Which? Got me thinking about the qualities I enjoy in men. And by ‘enjoy’, I mean, qualities that make me swoon. Swoon like I should be wearing a corset, sort of swooning. My list is definitely longer than three, but because [...]

So this is the New Year
And I don’t feel any different.
These lyrics always seem to get stuck on my internal monologue’s repeat this time of year.
Every year, I always expect there to be a little spark of something when the clock strikes that fateful second of midnight, just as I do when the clock hits [...]

Hello, and thanks to all at Umm…Now What? (and you the reader!) for letting me guest post over here today. Let me introduce myself, i’m WeeH from over at Wee-Travellings.
Before we start, I better give you a bit of background. Just so you know where i’m coming from. I was going to write a flighty, [...]

Rejection is something that I do not handle very well at all. I take it personally. Really personally. Even when I know I shouldn’t. I recognize this about myself, but still can’t seem to get over it.
Rejection is something that you usually have to deal with a lot in your twenties and it comes in [...]

Hi! My name is Brandy and I write at “It’s like, I’m…mmmagic!“. I’m excited to be a member of this new site and look forward to entertaining you with my horrible dating experiences and undying love for fictional character who are no longer on television except in the glory that I call ‘re-runs’.  We decided [...]

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by our very new and exciting group blog!
Brief introductions may be in order. My blogger moniker is Princess Pointful, which is also known as the most embarrassing name ever to have to introduce yourself as in real life. I’m 26 years old, which I am frightened may make [...]