So you wanna be a blogger. You’ve come up with a name, realized it’s taken (who knew I wasn’t the first person to try ‘Cupcakes and Cashmere’?), come up with another name, registered a domain, started writing on tumblr, changed your mind, and now you’re happily set up on wordpress or something. Maybe you want… keep reading
Tag Archives: college
fifty reasons high school sucks
I spend most of my time not thinking about high school. It wasn’t fun and I’m glad it’s over. But the above article reminded me how genuinely shitty it was, and how I felt like I was pretty much the only one who felt that way. I wasn’t. In 11th grade, a girl in my… keep reading
how to deal with the cold
1. Wear all the clothes. Look, it’s not going to be sexy. Sorry, but not actually. I’m giving you survival advice, and if it’s not sexy enough for you, you can freeze without my help. Whatever. Anyways, you should be wearing as many layers as you can comfortably put on your body. The tanktop + shirt… keep reading
the actual essentials: wardrobe edition
So you’ve heard me on make-up, but let’s face it —getting the face ready is nothing compared to the closet kerfuffle I go through every morning trying to figure out what to wear. So let’s talk about clothing essentials. Clothes are great. They let you show the world how prepared (or un-prepared) you are for the… keep reading
how to write a cover letter
Photo Credit: Waponi via Compfight cc Writing a cover letter is probably the douchiest thing you will ever have to do. The entire purpose of this letter is to tell somebody else that you are great, while making it sound like you’ve been preparing for this moment (of applying for an internship with SaveTheDolphins.com) for… keep reading
how to go to paris with friends
Decide what you want to do. You want to do everything, of course. You want to go to Versailles and the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre and eat all the bread and butter. You know that you’ve got to narrow things down somewhat, and you feel like you can’t demand anything specific because friends are… keep reading
five things I learned from taylor swift’s new album
1. I’ve been spending the last eight months thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end … I watched it begin again (Begin Again) Newsflash for fellow mortals: Even beautiful celebrities get dumped, and feel shitty about love for a while. It took Taylor Swift, who I imagine to have a line around… keep reading