SALVE, CITIZENS OF THE INTERNET EMPIRE. How goes it? Actually, never mind, I don’t care, because guess what……………………….. TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Huzzah! Let’s have some goddamn cake and for god’ sake, someone put the kettle on! Celebrate with me by playing my theme song all day and doing your best to live the Bowie life. I’m at…

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My poor, gooey, little alfajores! Have you missed me? I know I’m a week late, but too bad, I’m busy being a big-city career girl and sometimes the blog falls low on the to-do list (right under “solve the Fermi paradox, actually). So I had a review planned out but then…. something weird happened. Before…

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Top o’ the morning to ye, me fine things! Guess where I am RIGHT. NOW. That’s right… Ireland!!! Dublin, Ireland, to be exact. I’m here with my mom, and we’re actually staying on the oldest street in the city, Fishamble Street, in the heart of the old city. Our hotel is in Temple Bar, and is…

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One of the greats #hero

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Part of week 2’s prep was to visit a library or bookstore and “observe, ” so my weekly excursion to Chapters actually had a purpose beyond wandering around the store in a stupor caused by excessive book-lust. I visited the Masonville Chapters last Saturday morning. The Young Adult section, which the store labels the ‘Teen’ section, is, sadly, quite disappointing.…

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