Painted Lucky Buddhas

I love these Buddha bottles, the beer wasn't bad either! I think these bottles are just too cute and boho to trash after the beer is gone. My room is honestly filled with them, so are my roommates, and the kitchen, and the living room... 

Find them on my Etsy page!

Archaeologists Favorite Coffee Cup

I found this cute camping cup while at Marshalls today. It speaks to my anthropological nerdy self on a spiritual level. It's aluminum so it's perfect for taking with you camping or on a dig. 

Here are some others that are super cute:

For your inner hipster

Minimal personalization 

Forgo the ring for these engagement mugs

Cool Kid at the Party Playlist

I think one of the main themes of anthropology is discovering and defining human universals. For those who don't know human universals are traits that are found in every culture, every society all over the globe. An example would be that every culture experiences sex and sexual attraction, or else that population would die out; these universals don't always present themselves in the same way but they're always present. I personally think that music is the most defining human universals because not only does it define a culture but it's a common connection to other cultures as well. You wouldn't have to favor someone else's music to understand why they like it, you understand enough about your own music to see the similarities.

This brings me to my Cool Kid at the Party Playlist. These are the songs that are currently getting me through finals week. Andy grammar's new song Honey, I'm Good will get you bouncing in your seat as you try and drive, it's really hard to not dance to this song, or get it stuck in your head for the record. It's perfectly upbeat and peppy while still being a song you can't help but sing along. Fight Song is the perfect motivator as you're trying to study and Free and Easy is the perfect song to play as you bust out of your last final and into the summer sun.
Until summer semester starts.

Beer Daze: Kona Castaway

Last night my roommate and I went out to our favorite local dive bar; we order a massive amount of food and two drinks and roll our stuffed bellies home. This time we each tried to be a bit more adventurous with our beer (we typically just drink bud light lime), my roommate got the Blue Moon and I tried the Kona Castaway. I've had the Kona Longboard but found I didn't mix well with other beers, it's very citrus-y and has a strong flavor. The Castaway I'm would assume was similar. The beer has a fruity smell, kind of like apple juice, and it's not heavy in the slightest, which is good because beer bloat is the absolute fastest way to spoil not only a night out but my self esteem too. 

I was able to eat a plate of fries and hot wings without the apple-y taste of the beer masking the taste of the food, and vise versa. The odd thing about the flavor of the beer though is that even though it smells of apples its flavor isn't that of a cider. It's not an apple juice beer, it just smells entirely like it. 

I'm excited to get to try more of the Kona beers and addition to others. I have a World of Beer loyalty card, which I recommend absolutely everyone get, so I'm hopping to get to go back there sometime soon.

Things to Obsess About: Finals Week

As finals week continues I find I have a two day lull in my schedule. It seems some of my online classes don't open the final until the actual due date of the exam. I bet thats going to go well when 100 students are trying to submit a 100 question exam all before 11:59 pm. At any rate this lull gives me more time to organize notes and study the tough stuff. But I thought I'd take this free time to list all the things I'm grateful I have an abundance of this week. 

Coffee K-cups
Waking up is hard to do. Even more so when you'd just spent most of the night wide awake trying to argue with yourself about the opportunity cost of rearranging your bedroom at 2 in the morning instead of sleeping. Thats why I love my Caribou coffee. Unfortunately even though Caribou is the second largest coffee retailer in the country there are zero in the Orlando area, which means I have to resort to the K-cups; which lets face it are cheaper and easier than going to the cafe.

New Pens
I think like most people new office supplies makes me beyond happy. The feel of a fully inked up pen dripping as I scratch my name is truly truly truly one of the best feelings in the world. These pens by the Write Dudes are perfect for regular everyday pens, and these gel pens from Yoobie are amazing for adding a pop of color in my agenda and notes

Reading for Fun
It's not often I'm calm enough to sit down and read for forty minutes but when I find that time I like to take full advantage of it by reading just about anything I can get my coffee stained hands on. I recently ordered "Writing Enthographic Fieldnotes" off amazon, and it has yet to disappoint. To my dismay, I'm terrible at writing fieldnotes, and as proof of that, I've been taking notes on the book and I've mostly rewritten it. I suggest picking up a copy to anyone who wants a practical way to take fieldnotes.

Lilly Pulitzer at TJ Maxx!

As I said last night (this morning?) it's finals week for the spring. This means that I'm finding any and every reason to not be at my desk studying or even glancing at my notes.This will come around to bite me right in the ass come my actual finals but until then I'll have seen every episode of The West Wing and have perfected my burrito recipe.

My avoidance skills actually paid off yesterday though when I found myself wandering into TJ Maxx. I had joked with my self saying that maybe since the Lilly for Target chaos that maybe some Lilly Pulitzer had found it's way into the store. But I hadn't seen any in there before so I didn't keep my hopes up very high.

The first thing I was on my trip was this beautiful blue Ralph Lauren tunic. (It looked pretty good on, but I'm thinking of adding some pop of color around the trim). But then out of the corner of my eye I saw the little pink script and I knew my wish had come true. The thing that brought my faith in the gods though was not just that it was in the store but that it was in MY size (petite girls holla).

I love this tunic and I'm so excited to wear it once summer really gets into gear. Though it has been humid enough these past few weeks here in Florida I might get to wear it early. 

The beading on the neck line is my favorite thing about the tunic. It's classic and adult without adding an overwhelming amount of age to the outfit. Hopefully I'll be able to make DIY tutorial for the blue tunic soon!

It's 1 am Eastern Standard time...

and I'm invigorated. I've spent the better part of finals week scrolling through every fashion/college/preppy pink blog I could find and I'm inspired. 

I see these girls who love fashion and being in college just as much as I do, and a special shout out to History in High Heels for also using her blog as a platform for fashion and feminism! I hope to be able to bring to my blog as much courage and genius on feminist social issues as she has.

I'd like to end my first first post by saying how thankful I am for english tea on nights like this.