Pedal Strike

TweetThere’s nothing like being in one of the world’s largest cities, back near friends and the only family that lives stateside…and being confined to a bed because you’re burning up with a fever. Exciting, right? Actually, even for a domestic homebody like myself, it really wasn’t. Multitasking was out of the question; as was getting […]

TweetYou know when you really like to do something that you’re just not particularly good at? That’s me and cooking. Okay, and cycling, but we’re putting that aside for now. It wasn’t until law school that I found myself alone in an apartment with a knife, cutting board, and stove and left to fend for […]

TweetIt’s only human nature to be sort of resentful of people that make everything look effortless. They accomplish things ordinary mortals somehow can’t; they look good the second they wake up, they glow with the kind of charisma that’s reserved for the truly cool, and everyone thinks that everything they do is either awesome or […]

TweetAs per the usual morning routine, I grabbed my eyeliner pencil yesterday morning, unsheathing the magic black wand that helps accentuate the eyes that I don’t have. One eye squeezed shut with the accompanying eyebrow raised, hand poised, leaning in towards the mirror… I stopped. Who was I going to need this for? The exam […]