I hate my brother. While I was holed up in my dorm this weekend studying for finals, my brother and his gal pal Jenn were hangin’ in the California desert with 100,000 hipsters listening to 100 of the hottest bands on the planet at the Coachella music festival. What an A#@hole.

Fortunately for me, Coachella is just the first of many insanely great music lineups hitting the spring / summer festival scene this year. And next week when finals are in the bag, there will be nothing stopping me from sitting in on the action. Rollingstone.com has pulled together a fantastic list of music fests, line-ups and the pros and cons of each. Here is a brief rundown of the ones that made the list and a few that didn’t.

The Bamboozle – May 5th – 6th (Meadowlands Sports Complex, New Jersey)

Lineup Highlights: My Chemical Romance, MC Hammer, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Hellogoodbye

Sasquatch – May 26th – 27th (George, Washington)

Lineup Highlights: Bjork, Beastie Boys, Arcade Fire, Interpol, Spoon, M.I.A., Neko Case, The Blacks Angels

Bonnaroo – June 14th – 17th (Manchester, Tennesee)

Lineup Highlights: The Police, Widespread Panic, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Franz Ferdinand, Damien Rice, The Decembrists, The Roots, The Black Keys Read More »

All of the phrases we use to describe emotional pain from a breakup actually might have a scientific basis. A great and informative website, healthbolt.net, provides a list of everything you might think is purely mental regarding emotions like love, but is really not.

For example, when you describe your relationship trauma as your heart being “broken”, this is not so far from the truth. “Brain imaging studies have shown that romantic rejection hurts like physical pain. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University proved that the same circuits of grey matter are triggered whether you have broken up or broken a leg.”

Or, if your friends try and coax you to go out and meet new people after a bad breakup, it might truly be physically good for you. “It might just help. According to Louanne Brizendine, author of The Female Brain, the only surefire way out of the ‘brain pain’ of relationship loss is to trigger a dopamine and oxytocin high – through sex.”

So, rebound hook-ups can now be considered a form of medication? Fabulous. Read More »

Since finals are over, college is coming to an end and I’ve been locked in the library for the past 3 weeks, I decided it was time to get my sex life back into motion. And as we all well know, the first step on that journey is a little bikini waxing action.

I have to admit; I am a bit of a conservative when it comes to waxing. Not that I don’t like the idea of going bare down there, but I am … well, a pussy (no pun intended). I just don’t like the idea of having some woman get that close to my hoo-hoo and inflict that much pain. Not to mention the fact that Brazilian waxes also include a little butt crack waxing. Yikes.

I also have been going to the same woman for years. I feel like we have a bond so deep that she won’t judge me when I come in after a long wax-free winter. Unfortunately, though, Rosa was busy this morning so I was forced to try someone new.

My friends all recommended some lady, so I decided to try her out.

Upon arriving at the salon, I was seated on a plush red couch and told to wait for Mila. I pictured Mila to be a large Russian woman with long wispy hairs growing from her upper lip, an oversized bosom and orthopedic shoes. You can imagine my surprise, then, when a tall leggy blonde wearing snakeskin pants approached me. Yes, snakeskin pants. Read More »

I’ve never dated a boy with money. Never been in a relationship where I could sit back and let the guy pay for dinner without feeling guilty that he was gonna have to skip breakfast the next day.

This could be because I’ve mostly found myself surrounded by artists and musicians and ski bums, none of whom were ever financially focused. That’s fine. I’m an independent chick. I can pay my own way. But every once in a while I think how nice it would be if I was swept off my feet by some rich, handsome movie star would could not only buy me dinner at a fancy restaurant, but treat everyone else in the place and laugh off the bill.

A girl can dream, can’t she?

She can. But if she ever gets tired of dreaming, she can actually do something about it.

Sugardaddyforme.com is a new dating site that caters to young, beautiful women who dream of being pampered, and the “older gentlemen” who want to provide the pampering. Read More »

So I haven’t posted in a while, mainly because I’m graduating in 20-freakin’-days, and boy oh boy the grind is on to make it across that finish line. With finals whoopin’ my ass 24/7 and the non-stop search for a job, I’ve barely had time to breathe, let alone get my “last month of college-let’s go crazy” drink on. It’s extremely depressing—and even more stressful.

I’m almost glad it’s over. (But not really—it sucks so bad!)

Anyway…with the little time I do have to sit back, atop my roof and think (we finally found a way up there and it’s incredible!) I’ve been reminiscing about the last four years and how great they have been. About all the good times and even the bad. About the tears we’ve cried and the laughs we shared, and most importantly, about the friends that have truly become like family—a family that is soon to part. It’s heart-breaking really.

But I’ve found a light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve discovered something sweet in this simply bitter situation. It’s the start of something new and I’m actually excited about it. Read More »

Yes, love is worth putting your life on hold for. But is the bachelor worth putting off studying for my nutrition exam?

Well, YEAH! I can really empathize with the bachelorettes this season because I dated a guy last fall who dated another girl at the same time as me, and it totally sucked, and he never even gave me $2 million worth of diamonds that he borrowed from ABC, not even to wear around the house.

I’m a little sick of all the man – in – uniform – as – a – white – knight – who – will – rescue – you metaphors, but this season is going swimmingly (literally: why are these people always doing water sports? Are water sports a precursor to true love? If so, I need to learn to swim). Read More »