Happy Hanukkah, Jewesses! If you’re one of the lucky girls out there who still gets a sick present for every one of the 8 (crazy) nights, kudos to you. Bitch. If you’re like us here at CollegeCandy, you get a Starbucks gift card from your grandpa for $18 and a “what? I don’t do enough for you all year?” guilt trip from your mom.

For those of you who fall into the latter category, don’t fret; CollegeCandy’s got your back. We’re bringing you the 8 Hotties of Hanukkah, one for each glorious latke-eating day. Because at the end of the day, as your Hanukkah candles are burning low and dripping wax all over your desk, unwrapping an iPhone 4 is cool, but flipping through pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal’s six-pack, Drake’s tasty mug, Zach Braff’s adorableness and Mark Salling’s general hotness is a gift that keeps on givin’.

Jason Segel. My knight in once-awkward Jewish armor. This man has no fear.  Especially when he showed off his matzoh balls in ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall.’  Woo-wee, Segel!  Don’t be shy!  We love the 6’4 Los Angeles native for making us laugh until we cry with all of the high-larious movies he stars in. And who can forget his dorkier, more romantic side in ‘How I Met Your Mother’? Swoon.

Not only will Mr. Segel impress Bubbie with his classic Jewish good looks and Daddy with his successful career, but we’ll know he’ll impress our little brother when he smokes him out behind the garage. It’s a win win win. Read More »

I really hate it when people ask me where I’m from. For me, it’s not so simple.

I was born in Quincy, Illinois. I moved to Abilene, Texas when I was eight years old when my mom was offered a huge promotion from the company she worked for. I moved to Austin, Texas for college when I was eighteen, which is where I am now. And then a year ago, the company my mom had worked for for 21 years laid her off (damn recession). My parents were born and raised in Wisconsin, and since I was the youngest of three kids and we were all out of the house, they decided to move back to there.

I can’t really blame my parents for wanting to move back; my mom was especially miserable here in Texas. She HATES hot weather so you can imagine how much she complained during, well, 80% of the year out here. And neither of my parents really had friends in Abilene. The one close friend my mom had relocated for her own job and then there was really no one left. Back in Illinois, I remember my parents having a bunch of friends over for their birthdays. But in Abilene there were no parties; just the family having a quiet dinner with cake. Read More »

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The problem with veggie burgers is that they either a) don’t taste anything like burgers or b) are packed with a lot of preservative filler (meaning you get less nutrition at an already sub-par taste).  Neither of those conditions are the case with this week’s Intro to Cooking recipe, which will crush any other bun-filler contender. Ladies, I present to you the economical,(g)astronomical, pinto-bean veggie burger!

This Week’s Ingredient: Pinto Beans
Most beans are excellent sources of fiber and protein, and the same is true for pinto beans. The speckled legumes,which also deliver daily doses of folate and iron, are the ideal choice for these burgers because of their rich, moist texture.

The Recipe
If you don’t happen to follow the mouth-watering blog Kath Eats Real Food, I highly suggest an addition to your bookmarks menu. Today’s do-it-yourself veggie burger is just one of her well-photographed and scrumptious offerings.

The Ingredients

1 cup pinto beans
3 tbsp whole wheat flour
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp red curry powder
Salt and pepper to taste
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Unless you’re dealing with the Southern weather that doesn’t really want to get cold until January, you’re probably freezing your beauty loving tush off right now! While it’s getting chilly down here in the Dirty South (like 65, maybe) it’s not as cold as the rest of the country, but I’m still already noticing that typical winter dryness. Winter can be harsh on your skin, hair, and lips. And even though I’m not chillin’ (ha!) in zero degree weather, I still experience what I like to call Winter Dryness Syndrome.

WDS can be a blessing for us folks with oily skin, but it can still dry you out too much. And if you have dry skin already, you’ll probably start flaking. But that’s nothing compared to those delicate lips. WDS wreaks havoc on your kisser and unless you know what to do, your lips will get chapped and no one will want to kiss you under that conveniently placed mistletoe over your front door.

But don’t worry; I’ve got you covered with some winter tips to keep you glowing this season!

Happy Hanukkah, Jewesses! If you’re one of the lucky girls out there who still gets a sick present for every one of the 8 (crazy) nights, kudos to you. Bitch. If you’re like us here at CollegeCandy, you get a Starbucks gift card from your grandpa for $18 and a “what? I don’t do enough for you all year?” guilt trip from your mom.

For those of you who fall into the latter category, don’t fret; CollegeCandy’s got your back. We’re bringing you the 8 Hotties of Hanukkah, one for each glorious latke-eating day. Because at the end of the day, as your Hanukkah candles are burning low and dripping wax all over your desk, unwrapping an iPhone 4 is cool, but flipping through pictures of Jake Gyllenhaal’s six-pack, Drake’s tasty mug and Zach Braff’s adorableness is a gift that keeps on givin’.

Mark Salling reminds us just how beautiful a bad Jewish boy can be. Move over Rabbi Goldberg, because this faux-hawk styling stud makes us want to skip our traditional latkes dinner and head straight for dessert. Not only is this Glee stud making our Hebrew school class look wimpier than ever,  he was raised in Dallas, which means he comes with a sweet southern twang as well.

I wouldn’t mind playing naked dreidel with this stud muffin. Read More »

[Everyone’s got a vice, a bad habit, something they know they need to change. Unfortunately, everyone also has a million excuses why they just can’t do it. Not anymore. Every month we will be following a different CollegeCandy writer as she takes on a personal challenge. Last month, we watched Melanie push herself to work out every day. This month, Megan is gonna go 4 weeks without eating out. Can she handle the heat of the kitchen??]

Sitting here writing this, I’m beginning to wonder if I’ve lost my mind.

I’ve decided to challenge myself to not eat out for the entire month of December. And only 4 days in, I’ve already got a hunger for some delicious food that doesn’t require me cooking. Let’s not forget that the only dishes I can cook successfully are Kraft Mac and Cheese and Cup O’Noodles.

So what led me to this crazy decision? No, not a sugar induced high, but Mint.com.  Looking over my Mint account, I started to notice a trend.  My “Restaurants” numbers were always ridiculously high and one of the top things I spend money on, month after month. To be honest, until I was trying to figure out where I could cut spending (thank you, student loans), I had never realized how often I eat out and just how much of my money I spend on food.  What’s even more disgusting is that I know I’ve spent cash (lots of it!) on food as well, I just don’t have the documented proof staring at me from my computer screen.

The other reason I wanted to try this challenge was to force myself to have to cook. I know that one day I am going to be a real human being and I’m going to have to know my way around a kitchen. Unfortunately, that time is coming more quickly than I’d like and I can’t live on microwavable noodles forever.

Being the busy (and lazy) girl that I am, I’ve grown accustomed to coming home after a long day of class and work and just running out to grab fast food or picking up my phone and ordering delivery.  Now that I don’t have that as an option, I’ll finally get around to finding and trying out some recipes.  I always read the awesome recipes posted here on CollegeCandy and now I’ll have no choice but to try some out!

Let’s hope I don’t burn my kitchen down.
Or starve when I mess up every single thing I attempt to cook.

Now, all that being said, I did set one exception to my “no dining out” goal and that involves gettin’ my drank on. Although I’m not eating out, I’m still going to drink out. Going out to bars is a huge part of my social life and if I can’t have food, I’m gonna need some yummy drinks. BUT! I promise no drunken food, at least not until I get home. (Pizza bagels, here I come!)

I can’t wait to keep you updated on this challenge and hope that some of you will join me along the way. It won’t be easy, but I’m hoping it will pay off….literally.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go raid my kitchen and pack a lunch for tomorrow.

[Check out the other One Month Challenges we've taken on. And if you've got a challenge you want to tackle (and be held accountable for), email us and we could feature you next month. Come on - it's good for you!]

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We are long past the days in high school when you would have to run home from the mall to make it by curfew.  The days when you would run into your house, wipe the sweat beads off of your forehead, and go play Sims for the remainder of the evening.

When you were young, the time you got home didn’t mean anything (well besides how many kids you were going to have on The Sims).  But nowadays, the time you turn in during college says a lot about you and your night.

Did you have one too many drinks during happy hour and now you need a nap?  Or are you a true party animal that is going to defy scientific research on how much sleep a human being needs and stay up for 72 hours straight? (Thanks, Four Loko!)

Let’s think of this like your ‘drunken horoscope.’  Screw your sign; what does your turning in time say about you?

11:00 P.M.

You have a test tomorrow or maybe a 19-page final paper to write by midnight. You’re tired, you’re cranky, your hamster just died. No matter what the excuse, you’ve made it clear that you’re not in the mood to have fun tonight. So after sipping on a warm beer for an hour, you leave the party with hopes that ABC Family will have a good movie playing.

11:30 P.M.

You are a feisty one.  You have hope.  Even though you are completely bombed, you still have the strong-willed fight cells in your flesh that want you to last the remainder of the night.  Unfortunately, your friends are smarter than you – and mind over matter does not work in this given situation. You’re pushed into a cab and sent on your way.

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Black Swan is a psychological thriller starring Natalie Portman as Nina, a perfectionist ballerina who is cast as the Swan Queen in her company’s performance of Swan Lake. Throughout the film, Nina pushes herself to overcome every obstacle that appears to be standing in the way of her and her dream performance: a new free-spirit dancer threatening her role, a director pushing her to let loose, an overbearing stage mom, an accusatory forced-to-retire veteran ballerina, and what appears to be her own unraveling. Black Swan is exactly what a thriller of this nature should be, especially due to Natalie Portman’s performance and director Darren Aronofsky’s style.

Portman is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for her role of Nina, and she is deserving of a nomination acknowledging her performance. Thanks to her second-guessing attitude and innocence, Nina is immediately recognizable as the embodiment of the “virgin White Swan” that the director describes he is casting. But, the question is whether she can find that place inside of her and let go enough to play the Black Swan. As one would expect, sexuality plays an important role in this “transformation.” And the film isn’t afraid to really go there, so to speak. It is pretty common knowledge that Mila Kunis (who plays Nina’s rival, or the incarnation of the Black Swan, Lily) and Portman have a sex scene in the film. And it’s not subtle. In fact, some of Black Swan’s hardest to watch scenes are actually of that nature, because it can be excruciatingly uncomfortable to see Nina transform from such innocence (as Mila Kunis’s dad will tell you). But that is the reason that Portman will likely get an Academy Award nod for this role – she can convincingly go through Nina’s bizarre journey. Read More »