I’ve made it to Maryland and have successfully completed my busiest day of interviews (3). One of the places was 167% not what I was looking for, and it really shocked me, because talking with them and looking at their website gave me a completely different impression than what I got when I wa...

The end of my senior year is almost here and there’s still so much left for me to do… I really need to sit down and write out a schedule for when I need to have things done other than their actual due dates since most of them are so close to one another. Time management… I need to ...

The garden has been a bit depressing lately, because it's so dry and dusty, and the extreme heat has made it unpleasant to work outside for long. Also, with everything being so dry, it's been hard to find enough mulch to throw into the main dome for the ch...

• Study reveals must-haves for the youthful lifestyle • Young people warned of 'perfect financial storm' It's a description that many parents will recognise - and it hints at the remarkable spending habits and tastes of teenagers living in the 21st century. "Laptop, ostensibly for homework/cours...

House prices fell by 1.8% in February as sharp interest rate cuts and improved affordability failed to restore market confidence, the UK's biggest building society said today. According to Nationwide's latest snapshot of the housing market, the average price of a UK home has fallen by 17.6% over the...

I'm not ignoring the blog. I've first had camera problems and now computer problems.  Looks like I've blown yet another hard drive. I've restrained myself with duct tape and hallucinogenic drugs so I don't spend money I don't have and purchase a Macbook (ooh! Pretty!) b...

Right now, my college group of friends have this thing for the word “fail”. Over the summer, I started using the word “failure” a lot in a different context, but the same type of thing happens with my friends here. Someone trips - that’s a “walking fail”. So...

Okay, so, it’s really hard to come up with a creative title for this “25 random things about me” post when just about EVERYONE I know is posting them so you’re all going to have to deal with this lame-o rendition. Here goes. Up until my senior year of high school, I had never...

Okay. I think I can say I'm on the mend now.  I'm only coughing once every five minutes as opposed to once every other second. I was feeling rather sprightly yesterday until the searing cramps of a mild case of food poisoning. Thank you Mimi's Cafe.  It's probably because...

There should be photos.  There should be stories. There should be lots and lots of things.  Unfortunately there's nothing. Two weeks of nothing.  I did nothing. Nothing but cough and hack, snort and sneeze.  Nothing crafty. Nothing knitty. No cool little project to share....