#NerdsUnite: An ode to my 28th year
As I stare down the barrel of my 29th birthday, my personal growth over the last year is coming into focus. And for the first time in maybe my entire adult life, I’m happy with me.
28 started the way any good birthday should - in a drunken haze with my best friends. But this one was different. I was circling the drain on several friendships - longterm, beautiful, happy friendships that I valued. But still, they were failing.
#ThatAwkwardMomentWhen: A Fetish Goes Horribly Wrong
There are nights in college that you will never want to forget. Nights that help you achieve a god-like status among your peers. This is not one of those nights ...
It all began when I had the great idea to set up a party with a sorority while I was bored in Art lecture. It was a Friday, the weather was halfway decent, what could go wrong?
Apparently everything.
#ShitGotReal: Well, this good news was certainly unexpected ...
I don't even know how to write this. A part of me is so deliriously excited, but another is just calm and extremely grateful for even just this present moment.
My life has changed a lot this year. It was rather unexpected, but these last few months in particular have been some of the best of my life.
#RealDeal: The worst thing I've ever said to a woman
(Parents- Mother in particular. Please don't read this)
I was recently asked about a failure I had and why I don't write about those. Honestly, it never occurred to me. Here goes modesty, and here goes my ego ...
::cue scene::
#NerdsUnite: Pussycat ball turns hairy
I consider myself to be a fairly open minded person despite my upbringing. I had what I would call a “conveyor belt childhood” where I grew up in an average sized town, in an average sized house, with average adolescent experiences. I graduated high school with average grades and attended an average 4 year university afterwards.
#NerdsUnite: Finding a Sense of Belonging at 5,000ft
Ever since I found out that my roommate Jonny was a paragliding instructor I had been trying to get my ass in the air. I always wanted to be a pilot when I was a child and flying fascinates me. Finally, our schedules aligned and my fly day had arrived. I woke up early and snuck in a workout that morning before we headed out. We gathered three of these gigantic backpacks ...
#NerdsUnite: 5 Rules For Engaging With Women At Work
We all know we shouldn’t do it, but what we should do and will do are two very different things. However, since we all know that some of you will go ahead and ruin your lives anyway, let’s put together a few rules to help us keep the damage to as little as possible.
#Contest: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!
As this was the most requested item in the group, it was SOOOO difficult to pick. I didn't consider how difficult it was going to be to rate someone's passion and deem it "better" than another. Dude, if people want to pound sand all day every day I'm down. Whatever floats your boat in life, and whatever makes you happy. That's ALLLL that ever matters.
#Fact: The only person I've been fighting is myself
I kept seeking validation in "being that girl that did that thing." I had to keep working and keep building something that was bigger than me so I felt better on the inside. You go, go, go ... work, work, work, ... do, do, do because you're afraid to be still, and afraid to sit with yourself.
#RealDeal: The Value Of Connectivity
It started with the dating detox. Getting back to self, and stopping to "seek" was utterly mind-blowing. Again, I had ABSOLUTELY no idea how much my dating fails were genuinely affecting my self esteem and the quality of all of my relationships in general. (Remember, not having intimacy as a child how the FUCK as an adult was I supposed to know what that shit looked like?!?!)