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Embracing The ‘Real World’: How To Come To Terms With NOT Going Back To College This Fall
Cheers to the next chapter of your life.
10 Things You Can Only Get Away With In College
It turns out that you're only "indestructible" between the ages of 18 and 22.
True Story: I Don’t Want to Graduate!
I’m not avoiding graduation for bland reasons like good parties and my group of friends, although I’ve met some amazing people and had some legendary nights thus far. I’m just not ready to walk the post-grad plank right now.
4 Tips to Build a Work Wardrobe on a College Budget
Interview season is right around the corner and I've found that I have less work appropriate clothes than I thought. The problem with work clothes is that it's expensive to buy a bunch at one time.
The Golden Rule For Your Job Interview
I’ve been on a bunch of job interviews. I’ve been interviewed by one person, a panel of three, in multiple cities, for varying sizes of companies, and for everything from retail to administrative to creative positions.
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One Million Moms, Get Over It: Ellen Degeneres For JCPenney [Video]
Proposition 8 was overturned, and now we have to see that lesbian comedienne Ellen Degeneres as the new face of JCPenney? Where on EARTH will I shop now? Ladies, we've got to do something about this. Let's protest that crazy talk show host so that her homosexuality doesn't taint all our kids' back-to-school clothes and our Christmas shopping.
Is Being Gay A Choice? Actress Cynthia Nixon Says Yes
It's not easy being gay. The LGBT community has worked tirelessly to declare that sexual preference is not a "preference" at all and lean more toward a "I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way" mantra. However, is it a winner-takes-all conclusion in the homosexuality debate? According to Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon, maybe there's more than one way to be gay. And ton of people are pissed off about it.
This Post Grad Life: I Talk About This Stuff?
I've noticed a huge shift in my conversations lately. They're like, slightly grown up. Flash Notice: I still talk about sex, flatulence, snot and totally gross 5-year-old boy things - just bare with me while I try to sound cool and old. Here are the top five new things I'm chatting about these days (that I'm not quite used to yet)...
Welcome to the Real Word: No Such Thing as an Endless Summer
The best part of school is not going to school. Or so you thought, back in the days of recess, friendship bracelets and raising your hand to use the bathroom. The stray feigned sick day was enough to hold you over until you hit the real jackpot: summer vacation.
This Post-Grad Life: I Want My College Routine Back
Through a lot of self-evaulation these past few months, I've decided a lot of things (like hookin' up) post college are not too diverse from life as a monkey college student. Basically, I'm still a hot mess that is trying to figure out who I am and what I'm meant to do on this planet (blah, blah, blah).
This Post-Grad Life: T. Swift Was Right About 'Speak Now'
Lately, I can't count all the times I've bitten my tongue in a situation. When I was younger and I liked someone, I would blurt it to their face at Sunday school and we'd be dating the next day. Nowadays, I can't seem to tell anyone how I feel until the very last minute, or when it's too late. I recently ended up hurting someone because I couldn't grow the balls to tell them how I truly felt. How did I let it come to that?
This Post Grad Life: Taking Responsibility Like a Big Girl
I've finally discovered that responsibility is more than just having it. While I should be responsible, I need to learn to step forward and take responsibility for things I do.
How to Get Them to Stop Asking Questions: A Guide for Graduating Seniors
So...big day is almost here. You ready for the real world? What are your plans? If you're cringing at the very thought of these questions then there's only one possible explanation: You too are a college senior.
This Post Grad Life: Mistakes Are the New Black
Lately I've been behaving in weird, mysterious and dumb ways. I've partied on the occasional weekday. I went running back to a guy that didn't deserve even the time it takes to bat an eyelash in his direction. I stopped working out because I thought eating less would make me happier.
