• 10 Great Outdoor Date Ideas!

    10 Great Outdoor Date Ideas!

    While Mother Nature may still be busy making up her mind, one thing is for certain: spring is here. It’s safe to say we can finally store our UGGs away for the season and bring out our flip-flops and dresses from the closet.

  • One Month Challenge: Outward Bound Challenge, Week 3

    One Month Challenge: Outward Bound Challenge, Week 3

    I’m starting to the get the hang of backpacking! It’s still not easy to carry 60 pounds on your back but it is becoming more bearable. I find that it is easier to carry the weight when I don’t focus all my energy on it. Instead, I try to talk to my crewmates (something I didn’t do before) and to sing songs in my head (surprisingly, I find that dirty rap songs motivate me best–I think it’s the beats, not the lyrics). But as I was told by my instructors, although Outward Bound has a way of making you feel comfortable, in an instant you can find yourself in your “stretch zone,” the area outside of your comfort zone, or even in your “panic zone”, which for me is hysterics and tears.

  • The Fat Camp Chronicles: This Place Might Kill Me

    The Fat Camp Chronicles: This Place Might Kill Me

    I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it here another two weeks. I may kill myself. Or someone else. I say this because yesterday I was forced to do a mini-triathalon. I’m not sure if I’ve ever endured greater agony than what I just experienced. Alright, that’s sort of an overstatement, but it really was incredibly effing hard.

  • Top 5 Things You MUST Do In College Pt. 2: Know Your College Town Beyond The Pub Crawl

    Top 5 Things You MUST Do In College Pt. 2: Know Your College Town Beyond The Pub Crawl

    The following is the second of a five-part series I’m calling “The Top 5 Things You…

  • 5 Ways to Make a Boring Summer Afternoon Sizzle

    5 Ways to Make a Boring Summer Afternoon Sizzle

    As we approach August, we may have started to take summer vacay for granted. In the dog days of sum…

  • Summer Vacay Ideas: On the Cheap!

    Summer Vacay Ideas: On the Cheap!

    So we are finally in the dog days of summer (which I realized when I went for a run at noon). Some of u…

  • Before Summer Ends…Have Some Fun!

    Before Summer Ends…Have Some Fun!

    Well, the blisteringly glorious months of summer are upon us. Here we are, drenched in sweat and…

  • Get Ready to Soak up Summer!

    Get Ready to Soak up Summer!

    Most people love summer. And why not? You get to prance around in sun dresses, drink and eat outsi…

  • Candy Dish: Bartending, Boobs, Beer Cans…Fines?

    Candy Dish: Bartending, Boobs, Beer Cans…Fines?

    • Bartending in college is perfectly fine, but if you’re going to crush beer cans between