Enter the Battleground: Tips for Prospective Participants of the Warrior Dash

My friend Lindsey and I, post dash You might be thinking: What in the world is the Warrior Dash? Well: It is a badass experience where you get to crawl through trenches, slide down hills and get...

Summertime: Action, Adventure, Amazement!

source I tend to spend a lot of my time planning out the future, maybe it’s the Capricorn in me. Conveniently enough, it’s summer, the time for big dreams and huge plans. After all, I spend months...

I Have Too Much Stuff! -The Update

source As you may know, I decided to do a short-term New Year’s Resolution – I would stop shopping for new clothes, starting in the beginning of my spring semester at college – January 4th, 2011 –...

Slowed Down Sunday – 4.3.11

View this full-size! My boyfriend, just because. Also, he’s the artist behind that beautiful portrait of me that you see up there. New beginnings and opportunities, because while I tend to keep...

Weekend Links – 4/8/11

source So I’ve just gotten my computer fixed…again. This time the LCD bulb went out, so my screen wouldn’t light. Cross your fingers that this is the last you hear about me and my computer issues...

Weekend Links – 4/1/11

source This artwork is absolutely amazing. I love how the artist was able to take physical objects and manipulate them into something else entirely. Okay, this is just something I want to own: a...

Currently Jamming to – Theophilus London

source Nuri posted a round-up of her favorite artists from 2010 early this year and she mentioned Theophilus London as someone to look out for. Considering this is the same lady who brought the...

Confessions of a Recovering Hater

source Hi, my name is Tara and I’m a recovering hater. The most common definition of hater, according to Urban Dictionary, is someone who cannot be happy for another person and focuses on...

Words to Live By – Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

source (if you know where this was originally found, let me know!) Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender,...

Slowed Down [Superbowl] Sunday – 2/6/11

♥ Okay, if that isn’t the cutest thing you’ve ever seen, you’re lying. Here’s my ode to the things that made me smile this week! The Superbowl – In case you didn’t know, today is SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!...

I’m back in business!

While my computer seems to be undergoing a series of unfortunate events (just as it gets back to working condition, my ethernet cable breaks…so I’m gonna have to replace that too), I’m back!...

My HDD’s Dead and Gone, Dead and Gone…

Hey Everyone. I’m sorry I have been absent lately – I’m dealing with a matter that is outside of my control, namely, the premature death of my hard-drive. Thankfully, I was able to back up all of...

Slowed Down Sunday – 1.16.11

♥ Hello, everyone! It’s time for my weekly ode to what made me smile this week – the things I’m thankful for and love. Here we go: ♥ Being back at school – That sounds weird, because being back at...

Weekend Link Roundup – 1.14.11

♥ Hey all! Here’s some weekend reading for you! ◊ This guy created a man-made rainbow machine! What a great invention! ◊ Danielle LaPorte shares 20 personal practices that got her to a place of...

Help! I Have Too Much Stuff!: A Shopping Intervention

Picture it: Maryland. Right after New Year’s. I have an extremely large suitcase, filled to the brim with both clothing I had brought from school and had purchased or received over Christmas. The...

How to Start Your New Year’s Resolution – Even if You’re Late

♥ Also known as, “The Procrastinator’s Guide to Kicking off their New Years Right”. Okay, so maybe you weren’t on the New Year’s Resolution bandwagon. Maybe you were too busy, or perhaps the...

Slowed Down Sunday – 12.12.10

♥ Hey everyone! Here’s what has been making me smile this week – in short order. Hit it! -Dressing up – When you’re in college, sometimes opportunities to dress up (beyond party wear, at least) are...

♥ I want to dress like this in the winter! Hey everybody! I hope your week was amazing! I hope people who are in university are doing well on their finals! Here are some links for you! ◊ Ha! What...

In Defense of Writing Letters – An Open Invitation

♥ Letter writing is a lost art. I’m looking to change this. (Hint: You’ll see how at the end of this post.) There are clear reasons for the decline of the written correspondence – in the world of...

Slowed Down Sunday – 12.5.10

♥ Hey everybody! I hope your week was absolutely amazing. Mine was absolutely jam-packed, but hey: it’ll be worth it when I finish my final examinations. Anyway, here is my weekly toast to the...

Weekend Links – 12.3.10

♥ Can you believe it’s already December? I felt like just a week ago it was Halloween and now it’s snowing in Pittsburgh! Either way, I’m excited for the holiday season, the end of finals and my...

World AIDS Day

Source: Equalitopia Blog Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day, a world-wide international initiative designed to spread awareness and education, commemorate those who are living with AIDS or have...

How to Get Some Sleep – Even With Finals (or Other Stress)

♥ For all those college students out there, chances are, finals are just around the corner. These are the precious last weeks you can spend studying for the exam that can decide your fate in a...

Light up Night

In case you didn’t know yet, I absolutely love the holiday season and I firmly believe that it is one of the most wonderful times of the year. So it was a no-brainer that I would want to head down...

Slowed Down Sunday – 11.21.10

Light Up Night 2010! (More on Monday) Happy Almost-Turkey Day! I’m sitting in bed with my sister, counting down to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert while eating some Five Guys. Anyway, my love...

Weekend Links – 11.19.2010

♥ Hey everybody! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and for my American readers, are geared up for an awesome Thanksgiving! I’m on my way to Light Up Night, a holiday extravaganza in downtown...

The Girl Effect

So, we have a situation on our hands. This is a cause I feel very deeply about. While I’ve mentioned The Girl Effect in posts before, I felt that it was necessary to dedicate an entire post because...

I’ll Do it Later…: Tips to Vanquish Procrastination

Are you making like my cat when you should be working? We’ve all been there. Deadlines. Many times it’s a homework assignment due in a matter of days, perhaps it’s a project or exam that will come...

Slowed Down Sunday – 11.14.10

Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope your week was filled with happiness and abundant sunshine. Here is my weekly list of things that made me happy! ♥Care Packages – Okay, so see that shirt up there? It...

Weekend Links – 11.12.10

♥ Happy Friday, everybody! I’ve been all over Pittsburgh (okay…just Oakland) today, and I am about to take a very long nap. But anyway, onto some weekend reading for you: These carpets, via Decor8,...