FYI: BRB

So, loyal readers, the time has come for me to say goodbye. For a few days.

Don't worry, I'll be back. I'm just taking a few days to wrap up school, start Christmas, and get myself home to begin Family Time. Also, I'll be working out content for a 44 page travel guide during the next three weeks, so my writing reserves are gonna be pretty tapped for the time being.

I'm still finished Megan Hart's romance novel Deeper, in between all my finals, papers, etc., so a review will be forthcoming (as promised). Check for it in a few weeks--I'll post up an alert first so we're all on the same page.

On that note, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and I'll be back before you know it!!

Happy Days Are Here Again!

Ok, so since I've moved away from home and signed a lease, etc, I've beeen learning some of life's lessons the hard way. And I'm willing to bet I'm on the same page as many of my fellow college students and twentysomethings when I say: this sucks.

There are bills to pay and snow to shovel, papers to write and tests to take and roommate and relationship drama to work out, part-time jobs to live through, dinner to make and laundry to do and while you may have figured this out awhile ago, it really hits you around this point that there's no one there to do it for you.

If you're a child of the 90s (like me), this might help bring you back to simpler times when life gets way too stressful:



Try not to freak out when you realize they're younger here than your baby cousin is now. You still have a few years before midlife crisis becomes legit.

With all the hype over Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner, Taylor from (2) seasons of the Vh1 reality show Tough Love, and You-Tube craze over a certain airline's mistreatment of one musician's Taylor guitar, it's nice to bring it back to earth with a little Taylor Hanson (though he is now, by the way, somebody's dad).

(video via YouTube.com)

Liveblogging: The Office!

9:01 pm: Can I just say that I love The Office? I've been to Scranton, Pennsylvania (sadly), but even that bad experience can't take away from my love for the show. Oh, and Andy's wearing a pink shirt!

9:06: Oh, shit. Michael Scott just offered to pay for the college education of a whole group of disadvantaged high school kids-- and he can't. They're cheering for him. God Help Him.

9:10 What's not cool is that Dwight is trying to get Jim fired. I know Dwight is freaky and funny and all that, but c'mon, writers-- if you get rid of Jim, you get rid of half your fan base. Dwight, you a--hole! Stop setting him up!

9:15: They're called Scott's Tots, and they are rapping, "whatcha gonna do when their dreams come true?" The teacher has named him a DreamMaker. There are speeches occurring about guardian angels and President Obama. This can only go downhill...

9:20 "I've done something stupid and I'd like to share... tuition is very vaulable, but so is intuition! Does anyone out there have intuition? You know what's gonna happen next? No? You're gonna make me say it? I'm so proud of you!...Well, Zion, I'm not going to be paying for your tuition. And that brings me to my main point: that I'm not going to be paying for anybody's tuition. I am so, so sorry."

9:25: They better not be firing Jim. Just because there's a cake with his face on it and a big scandal going on around him. Dwight is doing some good impressions of his coworkers on the phone while he complains to corporate, yeah, but I'm hating Dwight more and more by the minute. Yes, he started employee of the month. And he won it. And his wife was in second place. But it was not his doing. God!

9:30: Phew, okay. Michael Scott destroyed 15 young lives today, Dunder Mifflin might be going under, but Dwight didn't destroy Jim's life, so I guess it's okay.