is it ok if i just talk about driving and cars on this blog from now on?

sigh.
so driving has officially taken over my existence.
yesterday, there i was, living my little life in mchenry, illinois when i went to start my ford escourt.
only my ford escourt (we’ll call her penelope) wasn’t having it.
she was all ‘ya. im not going to start. i hate that you just use me for your long-a$$ commutes, [...]

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wait. do you think i need rogaine?

ok. so seriously, my hair feels thin.
do you think it’s because I’m vegan? (I don’t eat jell-o.) or because im getting old. (im almost 25 you know.)
it could just be because im neurotic.
im trying to blow-dry less.
but, the problem with that technique is that i feel like blow-drying makes my hair look fuller (thicker) so really, im [...]

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if only i was an anonymous blogger

so im living with best friend and she’s d*mn neurotic.
i’ve totally got mother nature’s monthly “gift” today and i have super bad cramps AND im going to a water park tomorrow.
i wish i was a size two. like all the time. i blame soda for my inability to achieve this. for BANANA’S SAKE PEOPLE! i ALREADY [...]

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miracle on route 59

so, you might be all ‘there’s NO SUCH THING as miracles.’
but you’d be wrong.
you see, my best friends mom’s sister once told me about this woman who cured people. (im pretty sure that’s in the category of “MAJOR” miracles.) and another time, i got a job in the chicago suburbs (that’d be a “MIDDLE” miracle). and yesterday i [...]

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ya. i still miss most cheese.

so even though it’s been nearly five months since I gave up cheese and converted to veganism, i still kinda talk about it all the damn time.
like, when i past a restaurant i used to love i say “MAN. back when i ate cheese I used to love me some Papa Johns.” or “MAN. back when [...]

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somebody please build a train between here and mchenry. thanks.

so nobody here seems to think that it’s ABSOLUTELY INSANE to commute an hour each way to work.
nobody.
they all just look at me and say, ‘ya, me too.’
jebus chrest where the heck did i move to?
the drive is KILLING ME.
im so damn tired that i no longer want to do normal things [...]

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anyone got a hybrid i can borrow?

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following post might make you cry.
So I’ve run some numbers and it’s looking like my two-hour round-trip commute back and forth to work is going to cost me …
$100.
a week.
and that’s only if gas prices don’t go up at all.
go ahead. start crying.

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