College
College Essentials: Moving to a New Place
Shopping for a Move to a Dorm or Small Apartment I. Bedroom 1. Bedding The essentials are: a fitted sheet, a flat sheet, pillow case, a mattress pad (if the mattress isn’t comfy enough) and an electric blanket if you live in a cold area. 2. Light: a desk lamp to aid with night […]
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A Surprising Cause for Daytime Sleepiness
It is a challenge for college students with heavy course loads to stay awake past normal hours and it can also be hard for some to be awake regular hours without a nap in between. So what can be done? Recently my roommate has been feeling like she needs to sleep, but she also says […]
More10 Things That Shark Tank Taught Me
As an aspiring entrepreneur I enjoy watching Shark Tank more than anything else. I have not seen every single episode but I am amazed and animated whenever I recognize products featured on the show displayed on the shelf in a nearby store (“I SAW THAT ON SHARK TANK” is my typical response). I don’t often […]
MoreHalloween 2012 Ninja & Arrietty
The saddest part about Halloween being in the middle of the week is the fact that it might land next to a midterm. As it did this year. Solution: Hold a costume party after Halloween! In the spirit of the season I helped my friend complete her Arrietty costume by making her the hair piece […]
MoreFitness: Leaving college healthier than you arrived
Some people have exercised all their lives: from little league, to ballet classes as a toddler, or martial arts, or Olympic coaches? I was never that type of child, or Elementary student, or Jr. High student, or even High School student. And now I am in college. I am not obese, I am not tragically […]
MoreWork, School, & Work + School
Sometimes students attend school and parents help out. Sometimes financial aid steps in and gives a helping hand. Some students, like most of the people I know, receive very little help from financially strapped parents and not enough from financial aid. That’s where trabajo comes into the picture. Here are some reasons why a parent […]
MoreGetting Mugged
Okay, so I don’t consider my encounter with girls who tried to steal my cell phone a successful muggery. I call it an attempted muggery. Here’s how it went down on June 24th, 2012: Me: “blah blah blah” (not actual words) -talking on the phone with my boyfriend (Ex-boyfriend), sitting by the sidewalk right in […]
MoreWhat Should You Do?: Handicap Parking
I enjoy watching the show “What Would You Do?” with John Quinones (Free to watch online @ http://www.hulu.com/what-would-you-do). The premise of this show is to challenge everyday folk to step up and do the right thing. Although the best way to phrase something is “What Would You Do?” the real question is “What Should You Do?” […]
MorePreparedness: Car Collisions
POLL AT THE END! In this instance it is regarding car collisions. Before any cracks about my race are made, yes, I suck at driving. In this instance however I was very unfocused and emotionally drained. I simply accelerated slightly in a turning lane and bumped the car in front of my own. I am […]
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