• Scav Hunt Update – 6:30 PM Friday

    Yesterday afternoon I did all non-Scav things: walking around on Michigan Ave., meeting up with my old supervisor from YALSA, getting a fancy cocktail at the Violet Hour in Wicker… Read more

  • Scav Hunt update – 3 PM Thursday

    As you may be aware, I have been involved with the University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt since the year 2003. I competed for my first three years– once on the… Read more

  • SxSWicked Awesome

    I just got home from a week at South by Southwest in Austin. It was so fun. I am going to try to describe it briefly here, but my strongest… Read more

  • Carty Hard

    I’m sure you’ve been waiting with baited breath to find out what my team’s theme was for Saturday’s Idiotarod. Wait no longer! I’ll tell you. Our theme was this: (Photo… Read more

  • Best Fiction for Young Adults

    PAST PERFECT made YALSA’s 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults list! My roommate and I celebrated with cupcakes. The full BFYA list is here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/bfya/2012. What follows is my annotated… Read more

  • Notes from my sickbed

    Things I have accomplished today: 1. reading the January issue of Glamour magazine cover to cover 2. doing one load of laundry 3. making and drinking a hot chocolate 4…. Read more

  • The CBC Extreme Trivia Challenge

    Because I seem like a relatively smart person, people are often surprised to learn this about me, but: I am TERRIBLE at trivia. Terrible. I don’t know the capitals of… Read more