This time of year is so stressful. I’m so stressed out, I’m stressing about all of the TV shows I have to try and DVR every day. Job interviews are flooding my planner (yay), senior thesis papers are suffocating my existence, and trying to wiggle time to party with my closest friends before graduation is like trying to fit a fat man in a small jacket (nearly impossible).

It’s a crazy thing for some of us, college coming to an end. There was that part of me that thought college would stretch into my forties, and I would be shot gunning beers and rocking it out at concerts until my aging got the best of me. But, that’s not so much. Fortunately, for my future children.

While the stress is pumping up the volume, take a moment to skim over a week that was, and de-stress thosesenses!. Maybe it will make us feel better to ignore the future, if just for a small moment in time.

* Like I said before, college=load of stress. And graduating makes it worse. At least we’ve got that whole work outfit thing covered.

* As much as we’d like to believe bursting into the real world will present us gourmet dinners at the bistro, and tasty free lunches at work – we have discovered Lean Cuisines and Special K may continue to be a solid diet of choice.

* Ugh, some professors deserve to get the boot. Read More »

Finally, we’ve made it through a week without a cheating scandal! Hollywood’s finest has managed to keep it in their pants for a whole seven days. Good job, celebutards!

Crucial Information

1. Bret Michaels suffered a brain hemorrhage this week, landing him in the ICU in a Phoenix hospital. Doctors think the cause may be from his diabetes. He is doing a lot better and is now speaking, which is a big improvement. His team is hoping he’ll be well enough to resume his tour at the end of May. Get well soon, we need another season of Rock of Love!

2. Sandra Bullock is a mom! I can’t believe she kept this secret under wraps for so long. Sandra and Jesse have been in the adoption process for four years and brought the 3 1/2 month old baby home before the Oscars. Since the news of Jesse’s infidelity broke, Sandra has confirmed she has filed for divorce and is adopting as a single parent. Good for her! It’s nice to see her getting back on her feet.

3. It’s the Biebonic plague! Justin Bieber has caused massive insanity in Australia and New Zealand this week. Bieber Fever hit and about ten girls fainted and a few went to the hospital. I love me some Biebs, but this is out of control. Someone even pushed his mom! Read More »

Finals are in the near future, but it’s hard to focus on flash cards with the thoughts of summer taking over my brain. Like many of my fellow collegians, the idea of leaving Chicago and going back home to Minnesota was just not as appealing as the idea of a summer in the Chi. So I’m staying right here in Chicago, doing some internship stuff and nannying in the evenings. Since it is the summer, I’m not going to be in on campus housing but rather in an apartment of my own for the first time! I am so excited about it that I could write a whole column just about the decor options for the balcony overlooking the street, but I’ll refrain in respect for your time. (If you do want to discuss balcony decor, just let me know…)

This whole apartment aspect is new to me, and my roommate for the summer just bailed for a month. Which brings me to the topic at hand: living with roommates of another gender – good idea or bad one?

One of my best guy friends is staying for the summer too, and he happens to need an apartment for a month. Being a sheltered Catholic high school girl, the idea of having a boy as a roommate is pretty radical to me. Not only will I be living with A boy, but this boy is one of my super good friends. AND also someone who liked me first semester, but just never happened to coincide with when I liked him later second semester.

Oh yeah, I also might have drunkenly hooked up with him once or twice… you know. I still can’t decide, but I am pretty certain that I only like him as a friend. But sometimes it is hard to tell… Which could potentially make living with him (mind you, sharing a room with him) a little interesting to say the least.

There are so many issues that could potentially be a problem. Nevermind the fact that I’ll be sharing a bathroom with him (thus exposing him to my less than feminine activities), what if I meet a boy and want to bring him home? Or if he brings a girl home? I have no idea how that would work. Oh yes I do: it would be awkward. Very awkward. I don’t think I would be okay with being sexiled from my own room by some random girl I don’t know. It’s different when you’re living with a girl, because you’re automatically on their side. I love my current roommate and want her to be happy, so I’m more than fine (actually, totally excited) with getting out of her way if that will help! But for this guy? Not so much.

And then there’s that whole issue with our history. Chances are, we’ll be having a drink or twenty over the course of our time together, which means there’s always the potential for something to happen between us. That could be a good thing… but it could also be so very bad.

But then again, it could be good. Or it could be a non-issue at all.

So what do you think?
Horrible idea?
Passable idea?
A great idea simply because it means someone to split the rent with if nothing else?

God, maybe thinking about final exams is a good idea. This whole conundrum is really hurting my brain.

How can you put Hallie and Annie in Jail?

Well, Lindsay Lohan is at it again… or is she?  Following her DUI in August 2007, Lohan was ordered to attend alcohol education classes weekly.  Now, in violation of her probation, it is reported that she has been attending every 21 days instead.  A court hearing set for May 20 will determine if she will have to serve jail time because of the violation.  The sad part is: this time, she didn’t actually do anything.  Of course failing to adhere to court orders is cause for punishment, but does Lilo really deserve to be put behind bars because of infrequent attendance?  After endless drama with her father and everything headed her way, I actually feel bad for her.  We all remember the adorable little red-head in “The Parent Trap” who was talented enough to play the roles of both Hallie and Annie, imitating an English accent only half of the time.  She really was a talented actress and showed so much potential.  Even in later years, her roles in “Freaky Friday” and “Mean Girls” were well portrayed.  She had proven herself different from other talent-less Hollywood cokeheads; she really had a lot going for her.  Obviously experimentation with drugs and alcohol was her choice, but it is impossible to know the kind of pressure celebrities like Lindsay face while in the spotlight all of the time.  At this point, the media looks for excuses to push her even further down into a whole.  Only the hearing can decide her fate, but hopefully she will be shown some slack and the chance to make positive changes in her life.

If there’s three things you need for summer it’s a cute sundress, a great sandal, and a cute tote. Luckily, I’ve got you covered with four (yes four!) stellar options. From solid to floral, long to short, summer time lends itself to great dresses for all occasions.

And the best news is – they’re a go for any event. Swap the sandals for stilettos and the totes for a totes cute clutch and you’re ready to go from beach/street fair/day drinking to dinner/karaoke bar/night drinking.

So get those closets (and sunscreen ready!). It’s dress season, bitches! Read More »

Uh. I beg to differ.

Does this look like the face of someone who would date a dermatologist's assistant?

My grandma once told me that she had a secret love affair with Elvis Presley during his gyration days of “Jailhouse Rock.”  Although the claim was about as real as Heidi Montag’s chest, my grandma made a good point: it was her word against his, and because he is no longer with us, by default, her word prevailed.  However, only us fortunate enough to listen to her rant at Thanksgiving would have knowledge of this scandal.  To protect her deceased lover’s privacy, she decided not to broadcast it to the world via Youtube. (Either that or she has no clue what Youtube is).

In the fame driven world that we are engulfed in today, a man named Jason Pfeiffer has chosen a different path than my grandmother had.  The former dermatologist’s assistant has announced to the world that he was “Michael Jackson’s boyfriend right up until the day the King of Pop died.”  In an interview on “Extra” he explains how emotionally connected him and MJ were and that it was obvious that they were soul mates.  He admits that he never asked Michael if he was “gay” but that it was implied, because of their frequent exchanges of “I love you.”

Obviously, there is no one to refute Pfeiffer’s claim, and as he continues to stand by it, no one can prove him wrong.  Under the spotlight at the VMA’s, Madonna eulogized our beloved King and spoke of her own relationship with him.  She explained his struggle of being the world’s most popular man and the loneliest man respectively.  She offered him companionship and he accepted with open arms and an open heart.  He longed for the type of true friendship that he found in Madonna.  The relationship that Pfeiffer describes seems quite similar in nature.  Clearly a disturbed man, it is quite possible that MJ did express his “love” for Pfeiffer, but did not mean it the way Pfeiffer is announcing to the world. This mans claim may in fact be the truth, but on the same token, it could be the decade’s largest publicity stunt as of yet.  If this is an attempt to join the acclaimed club: “Celebrities Famous For No Reason at All” (President: Paris Hilton, chair persons: Audrina Partridge and Kate Gosselin) then Pfeiffer might just be a genius.  Michael may have professed that “Billie Jean was not [his] lover”, but in regards to Jason Pfeiffer, the world will never know.

Can you believe that the school year is almost over? What about you, seniors? Can you believe you are thisclose to being done with college for.e.verrrr?

OK, sorry….. Stop crying…… I didn’t mean to bring up such a sore subject….. I’m sorry….. Please. Please don’t cry.

It’s not so bad out here in the real world. Sure there are a few things you can’t do anymore, but being a grown up is fun! Waking up without a hangover is fun! Making money is fun! And you’ve had a good run, right? You’ve done a lot, seen a lot, learned a lot. A whole lot. Just think about how far you’ve come since your parentals dropped you and your Yaffa Blocks off in that 8X10 closet. You were a baby.

Whether you’re a graduating senior or a rising sophomore, you’ve been through a lot in college and learned many valuable lessons. And with the year coming to an end, I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane. A little reflection time, if you will. So this week I asked all the CollegeCandy writers to share the biggest lessons they’ve learned in college.

What has college taught you? Read More »

5 things to love about the Kentucky Derby.

Sale Alert: 50% off at New York and Co.!

At last – a reality show I won’t watch.

Julia Roberts is People’s most beautiful person. AGAIN.

Wow, way to cross the line, Enquirer.

Did Lea Michele get with Schu?!

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Cheating has always been, will always be, a touchy subject. We’ve debated what cheating is, whether you should forgive a cheater, but now it’s time to turn those sneers inward and ask the dirty little question – what if you cheat? (BF DISCLAIMER: This is all totally hypothetical, I promise!) There seems to be a little dissent about whether or not (assuming you don’t get caught) you should confess that you cheated and I think it’s time we got a consensus.

On the one hand – you cheated! Of course you should tell you significant other and take your lumps. Part of being in a grown up relationship (or even a not so grown up one) is being honest with each other and being able to trust that no matter what happens you will deal with it together. Admittedly, this would totally suck if you were the one who had to go begging for forgiveness, and there is a chance that the whole thing will fall apart because of your confession, but otherwise you’re basically forcing yourself and your SI to live a lie. Read More »