Unrequited Love: Part Infinity

Dear Cute Tuesday Boy,

I only saw you for a fleeting five seconds today. You showed up much later than I expected, but I'll forgive you because you're somehow even cuter than I remembered. I almost forgot that you don't know about my secret swoonfests, so I was …

A Case of the Mondays

My brother, who just turned 20 today (happy birthday, Adam!!), has the week off for Spring Break. Because of this, I became delusional and thought that this was my Spring Break, too. I literally spent the entire day picking my nose or having my Sims pick their noses …

Questions That Need Answering

What on EARTH is Tony doing, pouring his beer into a Cubs coffee mug? Is this some Cubs tradition I don't know about? Why did this mug even need to have a Cubs logo on it? Is that significant? SO MANY QUESTIONS.

Best Egg Hunt Ever

For as long as I can remember, my family has made it a tradition to have an egg hunt at Easter. We always use plastic eggs filled with candy, and my dad always leaves a trail of clues leading from one location to the next. These clues are always rhyming poems, and …

Not Loving this Craptop

Today, I am madly in love with:

• Hershey's Eggs. These only come out at Easter, and they are my all-time favorite candy. Just tonight, my mom and I blew through a pound of them over the course of two Gilmore Girls episodes.
• Your mom.
• The fact that I could walk outside …

When N64 Becomes Rachtastic

Many moons ago, I was playing Zelda on my little Game Boy Advance. I was creating my second character, and I decided that he should have a funny name. (Everyone chooses "Link" at least once, and it just gets old after that.) I chose "Pants." Nothing seemed funnier …

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

At approximately this same time last year, I was daydreaming about Pythagorean picnicking, thanks to a spam email I received with that very title. Tonight, I am playing Mario Kart 64 with Juan Pedro, the sock monkey.

I wouldn't want to be anyone else in the world …

By Thursday's Child, The Big-Brained and Great-Grammared

Note from Rachelskirts: Today's entry comes to you from the one, the only, Thursday's Child. Actually, there are a lot of people who were born on Thursday, and Tyler isn't one of them. He is, however, a really gifted writer and a fantastic friend, so I am thrilled to …

Slow Child at Play

I've been telling people for years not to expect anything great from me before noon. If for some unholy reason I happen to be awake before then, I guarantee I will be struggling to survive. Today's breakfast routine was a prime example of exactly how I operate during …

Trying to Find the Bright Side

Things that are currently driving me bonkers:

• The sound of my father chomping on carrots down the hall.
• Blogs which fail to embrace proper capitalization.
• This stupid felt nub that is supposed to function as a mouse on the ancient craptop I have stolen from my father.
• Not …

Cheap Therapy

I faxed some paperwork today that cleared the hold that was on my account with my college. Hopefully, my admissions counselor will call on Monday to tell me whether or not my application for re-admittance to the school has been accepted. If it has been, I will have …

One Ring to Cure Them All

Dear Frodo Baggins,

My ear has really been bugging me lately. Actually, it's the area directly behind my left earlobe. Some dull, stabby pain has been distracting me for two weeks, but I'm too afraid to go to the doctor. I don't really want to know what's …

In Serious Need of a Trap Door in the Floor

You know what's a fun way to make your trilogy of Embarrassing Skirts Trivia posts even more humiliating? Accidentally mention your blog to the guy who happens to play a starring role in some of your most mortifying posts ever.

(Links were added by me for …

America, I Think We Have a Winner

Although I get the feeling that The Spiderwick Chronicles is just like every other children's fantasy movie to have been released in the past [very long time], I was a little excited to see a free Spiderwick book in with my Lucky Charms cereal this morning.

Promoting …

Serious Skirts: Racism

I just finished watching Crash, which left me with quiet tears streaming down my face. For whatever reason, racism has always been a really hard thing for me to deal with. It's so hurtful and pointless; it always feels like we should be past this point by now. In …

A Spoonful of Crazy Makes the Rumors Go 'Round

Because I feel the need to 1) follow up on yesterday's entry and 2) lighten the mood a bit, let me share some other fun details with you about the pregnancy scare I faked.

• After crying and stammering my way through the whole story, I added, "Actually, we're not really …

Second Generation Nerd

My dad has been a computer programmer for well over twenty-five years now. I don't always realize what an effect this has had on my life, but tonight, I surveyed my room and saw that I am indeed my father's daughter.

• I spent a good portion of this weekend lounging …

Embarrassing Skirts Trivia, Vol. Three

Previous Volumes: 1, 2

My first kiss was unceremoniously stolen from me by one of my classmates during my senior year of high school. He and I were supposed to watch a movie with a friend at his house. His parents were out of town. I was invited over an hour earlier …

You've Got a Friend in Me

Tomorrow, I'm meeting my two elementary school best friends for lunch. Tami and I will be wearing our Best Friends Forever necklaces. Sarah would be wearing hers, but she apparently doesn't have it anymore. I hope there's a really good explanation for that. "I'm not …

Where Chocolate, Sock Monkeys, and American Idol Collide

Jace of Fuse! sent me a package last week because, well, he's apparently wicked cool like that. Inside, I found a bunch of chocolate coins and the most perfect pin ever created. Juan Pedro is modeling it in the above picture by wearing my somewhat dirty-looking …