Surely you’ve all heard of missed connections on Craigslist, and if you haven’t I highly suggest you check it out for your entertainment. Yes, Craigslist is useful for buying furniture and some people luck out with roommates, but it can also be a bit creepy. Sometimes missed connections are sweet and flattering, but a lot of them are downright ridiculous. I get it, you see a pretty girl on the subway, and you didn’t pluck up the courage to talk to her. Or that girl from the coffee shop who’s always reading a book that you never manage to ask out.

But seriously, what makes you think she’s searching through Craigslist Missed Connections? Sorry, but she’s not. And you telling the internet how much you want to bone her probably isn’t the best way to ask a girl out. Next time, just say hi. Enjoy these creeptastic missed connections… Read More »

Last week, I wrote about my poor relationship with masturbating. Someone called my story disturbing. I was far more taken aback than offended because I feel like it was a pretty tame, innocuous tale especially compared to other dalliances on my sex résumé. Since I am pretty open (read: shameless) in this column, I’ve decided to highlight four of my experiences that I was actually disturbed (or just plain embarrassed) by.

My first kiss
I was 19. I was at a party with a whole bunch of lesbians and one straight guy. After a few drinks, he found me appealing enough to kiss, and well, it was late enough in the evening that he had started looking like Justin Timberlake to me, so we started kissing. By this point, the party had wound down and we were the only ones still in the living room. In the process of making out, my dress and bra came off, and my first kiss went from G to PG-13/R with a quickness. After it was over, I was emotionally perturbed and anxious about the not-so-romantic way in which everything had occurred, and things were compounded the next morning, when I found out that we were in fact not alone in the living room…and that the witness to my shenanigans? Was a 15 year old boy (someone’s little brother had tagged along…so appropriate). While I’m certainly somewhat of an exhibitionist now, I certainly wasn’t back then, and I still get queasy about the fact that a strange child was 10 feet away at the very beginning of my deflowering process.

My first FWB.
He was a decade older than me. He was an ex-coworker’s ex boyfriend, which was kind of sticky in and of itself. And, I found out later, he was dating other people the entire time we were hooking up. Um, I’d like to at least actively consent to being the side ho, thank you very much. Read More »

While I haven’t seen this…creation…in person (I know, can’t win ‘em all), I’m kinda dying to get my hands on one. Set this baby up in the quad and — bam! — best prank ever. Wait, what’s that? You don’t think it would be? You think this whole “yard art” thing is just weird and mildly uncomfortable to look at and kinda makes your throat constrict in the back like you might vom, too? Read More »

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With a full week in California under my belt, I’ve officially moved in. This move-in was a lot different than any dorm room move-in I’ve done throughout college. Instead of signing for my dorm key, I signed a lease. A real “I’m an adult, I must abide by this contract or I’m legally responsible” lease. In fact, everything I’ve done this past week had a stamp of “Adult” on it, making post-grad a lot different than any undergrad experience.

So, now that I traded my student checking for an everyday bank account, I think it’s time to put some money in there. Maybe it’s my drive to be successful, even when my life is in limbo, or all the California wealth around me, but I have been looking for some kind of job to occupy my time. However, job hunting is a full time job, and it seems like the job market has turned its back on us post-grads.

Nearly every job listing requires three to five years of experience. Uh … I’ve been in college classrooms for the last four years, does that count? It’s kind of scary to think that I spent all this time getting my B.A. degree, only to be told that I need experience to match my degree – full time experience. It seems like entry level positions, which used to require a degree and interest (not a few years of experience), don’t exist anymore. I want to use my skills, so I can build up experience – but I can’t gain experience when I can’t get hired. Some listings I’ve seen even say that if resume don’t show three to five years of job experience in the field, they will be tossed. Yikes! Read More »

I have a dirty, sick, twisted infatuation with Craigslist personals. I am someone who has an innate curiosity regarding all things taboo, and really, is there anything more shameful than searching for love and sexy time on one of the slummiest websites the great Interwebs has to offer?

My affair with Craigslist started fairly innocuously – laughing and mocking the lameness that is inherent once you forget about being yourself and present the sanitized, most palatable version of who you are. Then I ventured into the infamous “casual encounters” section and was immediately assaulted with the most vulgar pleas for sexy time with strangers. “Who actually responds to these?” I wondered. Naturally, the only way to find out was to post my own ad. And thus began a new adventure.

I am currently in Washington DC, home of thousands upon thousands of very important people who are doing their part to sustain and shape American democracy. They are lawyers, congressional staffers, consultants, and defense contractors. They work long hours and are well-versed in all things related to current events. They are less hot/funny Jon Stewarts, their entire public existences completely, intrinsically linked to All Things Political.

And they are kinky. Oh boy, are they kinky.

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College students are strapped for cash on a normal, average day of the year. Which means we are doubly strapped for cash when the need to buy Christmas and Chanukah gifts arises. Winter activities like ice skating and hot chocolate (or just our usual shopping/handles-of-vodka ways) are sucking up our funds and now we need to buy 30 gifts for every member of our sorority…it’s not pretty.

But what some of you may not realize is that instead of working overtime 3 weeks straight to save up enough to get your parents, your boyfriends and all your bff’s something nice, you could just sell your old stuff that you never use and make enough to do all your holiday shopping and maybe pick up a pair of those awesome boots you’ve been eying in the Macy’s catalog…

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We live in a world of disposable everything.  Cups, plastic bags, razors, boyfriends; you name it, you can find it in a disposable form.  And although this makes our lives terribly easy, it also makes our landfills terribly full.

By just being a tad more conscious of your recycling options, you can make a huge difference with relatively minimal effort.  Here are some common products that you can recycle right in your home town!

Batteries – These babies are full of heavy metals and toxins that are of special concern to soil and water contamination, so be sure to recycle them!  Keep a box in your room so once those batteries from your remote control (or any other battery powered “appliances”…) burn out you can send them in to be recycled.  Batteryrecycling.com has a good program where you can send in pretty much any commercial battery for recycling, or you can check out any local recycling centers in your area to see if they offer this service.

Laptops – I don’t know about you, but I have definitely made my way through computers.  My most recent, Doris, has a cracked screen and a dead battery.  Who in their right mind would want to take her off my hands?  Gazelle.com, that’s who.  They offer laptop recycling services and even offer payment for some laptop models!  If poor little Doris can have a $30 value, just imagine what your old laptop can fetch!

Clothes – As college girls, I’m sure we’ve all become familiar with the beauty that is Goodwill.  There is no better excuse for buying new clothes than donating the old ones to a good cause.  But what about those that are just too threadbare to donate?  Surprisingly, you can donate them anyways!   Goodwill and the Salvation Army send out these clothes to “rag sorters” which recycle the fabrics themselves.  Another good option for running shoes in particular is Recycled Runners, a company specializing in recycling and donation of running shoes.  Hit up their website for donation info and sights in your area. Read More »

I thought I was IKEA’s biggest fan. Everything I own in my apartment is from that place. But this woman would definitely beat me for president of the IKEA Fan Club.

She may not be amazing, but she knows what she likes. And it can be put together in 12 easy steps.