Category Archives: Living
Seeing the Heart of America on a Budget
Cue the adventure-of-a-lifetime music and start the camera rolling because Piggy’s and my road trip dreams are now a reality. On a tight budget of PB&J’s, free Wi-Fi and car camping, we’ve driven more than 2,000 miles along the veins of America and continue to see signs of her heart pumping everywhere. Trying to travel on…
Curveball No. 1: Off the Pavement and Airborne
Family, Rusted Buckets and Rattlesnakes in Texas
Two weeks after graduating from Vanguard University and one week into my first post-grad job in the “real world,” I decided it was high-time that I take a little vacation (sarcasm intended). After getting a last-minute go-ahead from my boss on Friday, May 22, I packed my bag, tossed it in the old class-C RV…
Ready for an Epic Road Trip Around America
The Question: What are you going to do after you graduate from college? My Answer: Go on the most epic road trip I can. In response to the onslaught of questions about what I planned to do after graduating from Vanguard University, I came to this conclusion: Drive about 21,000 miles around America in the…
5 Answers for the Life-After-Graduation Questions
With graduation season right around the corner, parents and adults everywhere are asking the infamous question: Now what? This question comes in many forms: What are your plans after graduation? How are you going to use that expensive education? Or, what they are really asking, what are you going to do with your life? Two…
The Adventure of Crashing College Campuses
Frat pool parties, sporting events and libraries are always more fun when they are at a school that you do not go to and that you really have no relation to whatsoever. This past weekend, my friend Sarah and I decided to be adventurous and crash some college campuses that are not our own: UCI…
10 Things Graduates Cringe at in Job Posts
With graduation a mere two weeks away and soon-to-be graduates everywhere trying to figure out what to do after graduation, the great job hunt has commenced. While participating in this hunt, I have found ten job-post words and phrases that cause me, and many others I’m sure, to cringe. They all seem to say: “Glad…
Send a Free National Siblings Day E-card
If you’ve been on any form of social media today, then you know that it is National Siblings Day! Posts of pics with brothers and sisters are popping up all over the place. Add something unique and special to your photo-tagging and send your siblings a free National Siblings Day e-card. I just did! Click…
Cardinal rule of the college kid life: if it’s free, take it.
Everybody who’s in college, been in college, had to pay off student loans or simply had to live on a tight budget understands this cardinal rule: if it’s free, take it. This is one rule that I happily apply to my life on a day-to-day basis. From searching craigslist’s free section to attending free OC…
