A field guide to growing up without growing apart
Today, I was sitting in an undisclosed Oxonian location hard at work on my dissertation – okay, maybe a slight amount of exaggeration is employed here, but whatever- when, out of the blue, a random fellow shows up and starts asking my opinion about teleportation. […]
What is an ideal or aspiration that you held in high school but have since let go of? It has almost been six years since the naughty princesses all graduated high school. Our ten-year reunions are still a ways off but close enough to make […]
Okay, I know it’s not really my turn to post. It’s just that I’ve been having the nearly overwhelming urge to rant about something recently, and in you, internet reader, I have a captive audience! And what are blogs for if not for unplanned and […]
Saturday night over dinner I had one of those moments of self-reflection. It was the weekend so my roommates were out engaging in various social activities. Home alone, I was eating dinner: a can of black beans, prepared with salt and garlic, and a tomato […]
So, apologies in advance, this week I sort of went into mini-diatribe mode. I’m just tired, and sort of grumpy, and well… a graduate student– and we like to argue, especially about things that have nothing to do with our practical lives! If you can […]
It’s that time again. Time for all four princesses to answer one burning question. Question: What is something that your parents don’t understand about you that you wish they did? Cinderslut: My parents and I don’t have fun in the same ways. To be honest, […]
I love getting my hair cut. It is kind of a ritual now for me. I don’t get it cut that often– only twice a year– but I always go to the same little salon in Seattle and have the same stylist cut it. Her […]
So, remember way back when I said my love life was too pathetic to write about, and that I preferred to render it into charming fiction? Well, sadly, this is still the case. After the events of last week, however, I don’t even know if […]
What would you wish for if you had one chance? This month the princesses are reflecting on what we would change about our lives if we could change one thing. It’s a tough question. For some, there’s too many things to choose from. For others, […]
Okay, so don’t freak out. I know all of you are thinking: ‘what? I thought this was a fun blog and now Merskank is going all preachy on us…’ But, please, hang with me for a second. So, yeah ‘modesty’ is a slightly loaded word—I […]
I have been reading ‘the Confessions’ by Saint Augustine lately. If you haven’t read it you probably should: Augustine is the best. Not only is he is crazy-wicked smart (ever want to have your mind bent inside out?– try book xi of the Confessions ‘On […]
It’s finally here! November! The best month of the year! Anything can happen! The day when we can all come together and make a difference in our world. Yes, of course, it is time for our first ever Condition of the Month! From here on […]