Category Archives: Personal
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Gastrosexual … there could be a sexier name
Posted by Elysa Rice in Cooking, DatingI learned a new word today … gastrosexual: They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach but it seems the dining tables have turned as increasing numbers of men are taking up cooking in a bid to seduce women. Dubbed ‘Gastrosexuals‘ this new generation of men consider cooking more a [...]
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Being in love with more than one person
Posted by Elysa Rice in DatingThis is from Cosmo magazine. What do you guys think? I fit into that age group and I have never known anyone to be in love with more than one person at a time. Author: Elysa Rice Blonde Computer Nerd. Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager for Bizzy. Social Media Club of Dallas [...]
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V is for Vacation
Posted by Tina Poe in PersonalStress, quarterlife crisis, balance, career, family … how do we handle everything that we are trying to juggle in our lives? One word … vacation. Vacation can be a 2 hour picnic in the park or a 2 day roadtrip. Even if you don’t have the time (or finances) to take a 7 day cruise [...]
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R is for Relationships
Posted by Erica Blonde in RelationshipsOne of my favorite parts of running this ABC series has been choosing the guest writers for each post. When I decided to have R be for Relationship, I knew I wanted someone who could write about all aspects of relationships – family, friends, work, as well as dating. The first definition of the term [...]
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P is for Politics
Posted by Guest in Personalpol·i·tics –noun 1. the science or art of political government. 2. The activities or affairs engaged in by a government, politician, or political party. For most of the letters of this ABC series I picked words that describe what my twenties have been like for me. For the letter P however, I opted for a [...]
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F is for Family
Posted by Andrea Venezio in Personalfam·i·ly noun 1. any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents, children, uncles, aunts, and cousins. 2. parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not. This topic varies from one extreme to another for people. I have friends who disconnected with their families at 18 and have yet [...]
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D is for Dating
Posted by Guest in Datingdat·ing –verb 1. An engagement to go out socially with another person, often out of romantic interest. 2. To go on dates. Somehow at the age of 26 the majority of my friends are married or are in long term relationships. This made it a little difficult to think of someone who could write about [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Don’t settle for anything less than the love of your life
Posted by Olivia McDaniel in Life, Relationships, TwentySomethingOn this day for celebrating love, this piece of advice written by my lovely friend (and college roommate) Olivia is perfect: * * * * if you’re anything like me, you’ve had your fair share of unhealthy relationships. the thing is, that’s okay, as long as you pay attention to what it is you are [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Don’t Let Love Swallow Your Independence, Spend Time Learning What You Are Like When You Are Single
Posted by Guest in Advice, Dating, Life, Relationships, TwentySomethingThursday marks the continuation of the guest post series on Twenty Something Advice. Today’s guest post is written by Blonde Features, a 23 year old just trying to figure out life. She says she is "trying not to lose my tan, the beach, and my blonde hair in Washington." Love in your 20′s can be [...]
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Dating in the Internet age – To Google or not to Google?
Posted by Elysa Rice in Dating, Technology, WomenThis question is for all of the single ladies out there. Do you, or have you ever, googled someone you’ve gone out with? This question was sparked by this funny graphic I found via MakeUseOf. Author: Elysa Rice Blonde Computer Nerd. Texas Girl (Dallas to be exact). Community Manager for Bizzy. Social Media Club of [...]
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ABCs of me
Posted by Elysa Rice in Personal[Update: Nablopomo did not end up happening for me but the ABCs were finally launched in March (nothing slow about me!) - this was originally written in 2007] Today marks day 1 of November which also means the beginning of NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month. I will be posting every day for the month [...]
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Twenty Something Advice: Circle of Friends
Posted by Lara David in Friends, TwentySomethingThursdays are Twenty Something Advice at GenPink. Today’s guest post is written by Lara. Lara blogs at Life: The Ongoing Education. Like many others of my generation, I spent a great deal of my twenties (thus far) in committed relationships. One in particular. This meant I spent the vast majority of my time with one [...]
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That which I have been avoiding talking about
Posted by Elysa Rice in RelationshipsSince this blog is more of an informative type blog, than a personal blog, you may not have noticed that I have been avoiding a topic. I am still avoiding my insight into the topic but I figure at least for now I can tell you that my blogging buddy Zandria did a great job [...]
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Meet me in the middle
Posted by Elysa Rice in Friends, TechnologySo everyone knows the girl from American Pie that says "this one time at band camp" well I am the girl who says "I found this website …". Literally that sentence comes up in day to day conversation all the time. So yesterday, I found this website … that is so cool (yes I’m a [...]
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Thankful
Posted by Elysa Rice in FriendsWhen big things happen in your life you realize how important the people around you are. I am so thankful that I have such great people around me. I have fabulous friends and family. There may be more about this later but for now I just wanted to say thanks. Author: Elysa Rice Blonde Computer [...]
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Bridesmaid Gift Idea: Gift of Music
Posted by Elysa Rice in Friends, Pink, ShoppingI am not sure if I saw this idea somewhere or if it just came to me but I wanted to pass along the bridesmaid gift idea that I had. My college roommate got married this weekend and I was her MOH (Maid of Honor) so I was trying to think of something fun/creative to [...]
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Back to the real world
Posted by Elysa Rice in FriendsI have been out of touch for a few days because I was in small town Texas for my friend’s wedding. I had a great time spending time with my college buddies. One of my old roommates and I drove down together and played catch up. The other bridesmaids caught up with us throughout the [...]
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Green your Starbucks addiction
Posted by elysa in Going Green, ShoppingIntroducing eco-friendly reusable coffee cup insulation sleeves … Who knew you could be fashionable while drinking coffee? Well actually, I did since I am in love with Starbuck’s travel mugs. But either way I still think these reusable sleeves aka Cupcoats are the cutest. These would make perfect gifts for your coffee loving friends. And [...]
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Deal: 60% Off Restaurant Gift Certificates
Posted by Elysa Rice in ShoppingPhoto Credit: sfadden Great Deal Alert! Restaurant.com is offering a 60% coupon, meaning you can get a $10 value certificate for only $3, $25 for $10, and so on. This is a great opportunity for gifts or even for yourself. I know I would like to have a $50 dinner for the price of only [...]
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What’s the Deal?
Posted by Elysa Rice in ShoppingA friend sent me the link to a cute site last week and I was looking through the archives of her daily posts and this cute illustration along with her comments gave me an idea for a topic. Joanna wrote "Mom’s Day is Sunday, May 13th. Your mom would’t wait ‘til last minute, and you [...]
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