A field guide to growing up without growing apart

Naughty Princesses

Outbreak

Fun fact guys, there’s a deadly virus on the loose in the Middle East. And yours truly, Cinderslut, is currently living mere miles from the epicenter of this epidemic. Ok, before you freak out, like my mom would if she knew, perhaps I am overstating […]

It’s Not the Same

I miss my friends. I miss my fellow naughty princesses. I know I’ve written a post like this before, but I’m really feeling it right now and so I’m saying it again. I know we have this blog, and skype dates and facebook—but a digital […]

Confessions of an English Teacher who Doesn’t Read

Summer is almost here, guys, and I for one am getting really excited. I’m a teacher, so summer means an extended vacation from work, and yes, I’ve been looking forward to those blissful days just as much as my students have for months now. This […]

What if all the good ones are gone?

So I’m single. I have been for a while. And in my day to day life it is most often not an issue. I have great family and friends and I don’t feel I lack love in any way. I even find ways to get […]

Never Been Kissed

So, ladies and gentlemen of the internet world, I have a confession to make.  I am 23, and I have never been kissed.  Is this weird?  Isn’t that something that is supposed that happen to you when you are sixteen?  If not before?  Somehow ‘sweet […]

The Beauty of Garage Sales

Hello again! So as you know from reading my last post, I spent last week visiting my high school friends in California. It had its ups and downs like any vacation, and I’m really, really glad I went, but while spending the first weekend in […]

Being The Boss

I recently got promoted at work. Not a huge promotion, but just a lead position that puts me slightly above my co workers. Now this only happened on Monday, so I haven’t really done much yet, or even worked a shift where I am in […]

Opposites Don’t Attach

So I Went To California. Oh man. Where to start? A list of course! Old friends know different things about you than you know yourself. Airports/Airplanes are awesome. (So is leaving notes for your friends to find behind vending machines months later). This trip I […]

Backstreet Boys: Catalyst for World-Changing Social Progress

Have you ever heard of Manal al-Sharif? Perhaps not, but now you have, and you’ll be better for it. Manal is an example of a normal person who made a courageous choice to defy a social custom she thought was repressive and unjust. The Oslo […]

California Dreamin’

I’m on Vacation in California! Hello friendship and happiness! Okay so that isn’t really true. I’m actually sitting in my bedroom the day before I’m supposed to leave for California doing my best to avoid packing until the last possible second. Turns out there is […]

Home Sweet Home?

Right now, my husband and I live in a ground floor apartment that has lots of space, but is quirky and old. I suppose if I were a realtor the way I would spin it when trying to sell it is to say that “it’s […]

Meeting your Hero

So, you know that BBC series Merlin?  And you know that guy who plays Gwaine?  And you think he is the most attractive man to walk the planet, playing the most chivalrous  Arthurian character to grace the pages of Malory?  No?   Well, me either.  But […]