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Geek Love: You deserve love. Yes, you. 30 May 2013 | 06:42 pm
There was one and only one time I’ve ever slept on a mattress without any bed sheets. The experience is now known as the best and worst night of my life. Best because I finally made a move I so … Cont...
Nerdy little things I learned on my 30-Day No Shopping Challenge 1 May 2013 | 10:30 pm
I have so many nerdy little things about me. Like, I love to collect highlighters and post-it notes. My book collection is organized by color first and then by size. The only friends lists I have on F...
Who was your first? And ahem, I’m talking writing influences, dirty minds. 22 Apr 2013 | 09:10 pm
I’ve written about writing influences before, in particular my lesser known, more quirky ones. While I’m trying to build my side business (!), I was thinking about my motivation for getting into this ...
The month that ate all my words and the funny thing about passion 2 Apr 2013 | 12:41 am
You know when you’re getting sick. A sniffle there, a small cough there, and before you know it, you’re sitting on the couch with a heating pad and some chicken noodle soup binge watching America’s Ne...
The February Recap: brought to you by sketching some fashion and burning off your hair. Hopefully only one of those will happen to me. 28 Feb 2013 | 08:14 pm
I know I say this every month, but I can’t believe February is over. What?! I’m doing another recap already?! Crazy! I just squeaked in publishing three blog posts a month (+ a recap post), but it was...
I’m an academic, and I’m starting a business. God help us all. 25 Feb 2013 | 08:19 pm
The first career I ever wanted was a children’s book author. I declared my intentions in scrawly letters to my fifth-grade teacher. I wrote that I wanted to be “awesome” like R.L. Stine or Judy Blume,...
How to unbreak your heart after leaving academia 13 Feb 2013 | 08:28 pm
I have a love/hate relationship with academia. Or more like a love/obsess/cuddle/hate/cry/curse relationship with academia. It’s what I love, but I had a hard time not losing myself in it. When I stop...
Beyonce is my patronus, and other hair-whipping, thigh-gyrating thoughts on doing what you love 5 Feb 2013 | 02:04 am
Stop reading for moment and look at the above .gif. No, really. Do it. I won’t be offended. Keep looking at it. Isn’t Beyoncé’s windmill just mesmerizing? We should look into her arms as an alternativ...
The January Recap: brought to you by magical scientists, ridiculous research, and singing bartenders 31 Jan 2013 | 08:34 pm
Welcome to my first monthly recap! One of my goals is to hold myself more accountable this year in all areas of my life, and making sure I’m staying focused with blogging is a big part of that. I’m ho...
Finding your Chris Hemsworth of words and declaring it your imperfect year 8 Jan 2013 | 09:01 pm
I’ve been using Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year Ahead workbook, which was mentioned in the last post, to help me define my goals for 2013. She’s all about choosing one word (and only one word. ...
