My parents recently retired an moved to the middle of nowhere. I sent my mom a care package of her favorite snacks from Trader Joe’s (she misses it so much!). She’s on a road trip right now, so she won’t get it […]

I have an couple times a day ritual where get up from my desk and walk from my shared office space to my colleagues’ shared space down the hall to chat for a min instead of using email or phone to ask a question. […]

I just finished the series all of an hour ago. I feel you with the ending. I was warned the ending kind of comes at you from left field, but it was still not prepared for it.

As I say with most TV shows I […]

After putting it off for weeks I finally watched the final episode of BSG. The whole time as the characters started going their separate ways (with flashbacks in between) it reminded me so much of this episode. […]

My favorite part of this episode was the end clip with Annie’s decorating on a budget guest spot  on “Troy & Abed.”

Ugh non-weekend weekends can be draining. I had to work an event yesterday, where I had to be up and ready to go from 6am-6pm. If the long 12-hour day wasn’t bad enough, it was the first summery day of the year. […]

For the World Cup a few years ago my local sports bar would open at 4:30AM so all us die hardcore soccer fans could watch the games! California law is strange, so they couldn’t serve alcohol until 6AM but they […]

My little sister had trichotillomania really bad in elementary school, to the point she wore a wig and had to have surgery a couple of times to have bezoars removed because she would eat her hair. Her doctors […]

If you don’t want to cook with it, I had an amazing cocktail this weekend which was made of rum, coconut milk, and tamarind juice (though I’m sure you could substitute any fruit juice). It is also really good as a […]

And you’ll get my only baseball gif! I’m an Oakland A’s fan, but I do support my friends across the Bay. Especially if Tim Lincecum is involved.

Blarg. Embedding fail. Looks like I’ll just need to get back to dancing.

I love reggaeton, latin, samba, and west African music. It never fails to make me dance. Also, Manu Chao is one of my favorite artist. “Rumba de Barcelona” never fails to get me ready for a night […]

Ah! This post is just another awesome reminder that baseball season is here!

I loved this episode. I think they did a great job at executing the Ken Burns style documentary. It actually made me go look up some of his real documentaries afterwards! I agree that dragging the pillow fort […]

How timely, I’m eating nutella and toast right now for breakfast. I’ve made nutella hot chocolate before, so good.

When I was little I was mesmerized by my parents’ record player, but the only album 1st/2nd grade me like was the Beach Boys “Endless Summer.”  My first CD was “Nevermind” which I actually stole from my big […]

Oh god this episode. The end has me in tears every time, and since I’ve watched this probably 10+ times, this is a ridiculous statement. Yes, it’s absolutely over the top, but that’s why I love it. (Also: Jackie & […]

Have you read Margaret Atwood’s Year of the Flood? It is a follow up to Oryx & Crake (which I also loved). Year of the Flood is dominated by really interesting female characters.

I was in Utrecht studying for a semester and summer at Utrecht University. It was such a great experience, albeit too short. I really loved living there. Right now I’m even considering going back for grad school. […]

Yes, I can definitely relate to this! I lived briefly as an American in the Netherlands. If you’re new, living in a shared flat is my number one advice. I was lucky to live in a shared flat with other […]