sometimes i play around the internets...

...especially late at night, when I cannot, for the life of anything that is holy on this planet, sleep (sometime, I will have to write a long, rant-y post about how much I despise insomnia. I also despise how I cannot take Ambien because apparently my body just loves to become addicted to everything; read: starvation, scales, losing weight, and that one time I took Vicodin for five days because a suitcase fell on my head and got the nastiest withdrawal symptoms as soon as I got off it). So I peruse the internet in the wee hours of the morning (two, three, four in the morning -- ugh), and sometimes, every once in a while, I will find some cool stuff.

stuff that I will link to, because frankly, it's cooler than my blog, so you should all spend time over there, rather than here (although I will not flatter myself and think that anybody actually spends time here, but you know).

+ soulpancake ! Have any of you heard of this? I actually didn't find this one (I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do), but my boss told me about it, and yeah, it's kind of cheesy, but I like happy things! And speaking of happy, I can already tell I will love my new job. It's awesome. I'd love to do something similar to this out of college -- because I'd pretty much get to write about what I love to write about all day (in addition to doing some other pretty nifty things). One can only hope?!

a personal favorite of mine...

+ Suzy's shop ! She's done some illustrating for Vitality, and she is a fantastic, witty writer, but for some reason I only just discovered her shop. I'm obsessed with her iPhone cases.

+ I am the loser that still has hope that there'll be a Friends reunion someday, so this made me happy (thanks, Alyssa! I love you and our conversations). I mean, seriously speaking, though, I've never asked a guy to go on a break because I know how well that turned out for Rachel...

...I almost wish I was joking.

"it's not that common, it doesn't happen to every guy, and it is a big deal" -- Ha. Ha. Ha.

+ yes, this ! How about exercise for the sake of getting to know our bodies, rather than burning calories? As a disgustingly competitive person, this is inspiring -- and a mindset that I should adopt myself.

anddddd...that's it. For now, I think. But it's Thursday night (the weekend in the world of college), so I suppose I should go have some fun and save my other posts for another day (like, how interviewing a girl with alopecia just changed my life -- I'm actually really excited about this one...). So, stay tuned, I guess?

a roundup {7/30-8/3}

I've been doing lots of reading around the internets lately. Mostly when I'm bored, but also because I want to read and absorb every great piece of writing that ever was, and even every not-so-great piece of writing that ever was, in hopes that it will make me a better writer.

because dammit, I will be a writer if it's the last thing I do.

and a (and I use this term loosely) successful one, at that.

anyway, here are a few articles, gems, and such that I've found helpful, useful, inspiring, have made me think, etc etc.

+ it's okay not to be okay via Thought Catalog. My new anthem.
+ what do gymnastics, orthodox Judaism and Feminism have in common? Me via deadspin. Far from an orthodox Jew here (far, far, veerrryyyyy far from it), but this was actually compelling. And inspiring.
+ one spoonful at a time via the New York Times Magazine. Old, and I'd read it before, but a professor at my school wrote it, so I suppose it has me wondering. I know for a fact that this method wouldn't have worked for me, considering the family I was born in and whatnot, but I can't help but think, hm, if it had been plausible, would I be better off today?
+ the everything guide to taxis via New York Magazine. Hilarious and intriguing and just like a train wreck that you cannot look away from, no matter how hard you try.

in other news! I've been a bit bummed out lately, as I've been having some trouble with my Crohn's again. I'm a little worried that I will relapse into what it was a few months ago - completely debilitating. Let's hope not! Luckily I have my boyfriend and his sister here with me to cheer me up.

anyway, tomorrow my boyfriend and I are taking a little quick trip to Myrtle Beach; I hope my stomach doesn't act up! I'm so excited though; I've never been. I can't wait to share tons of lovely photos and (hopefully) funny stories with you guys (all negative three of you that read my blog).