That Giraffe Was In the Palm of My Hand

This is why I love my job. It was a near record breaking, lower-than-average, 30-degree day in Tampa, Fl. I associate going to work at 9 am the same as stabbing my eye with a chopstick– I REALLY prefer not to do it. But I went… … and found out that since it was unusually cold…

$5 Day at Lowry Park Zoo

aka: “Are the real animals the ones on the path or behind the cage?”    Twice a year, local Tampa attraction, the Lowry Park Zoo, bombs its admission from $18.95 to just $5.00. Because I have never visited, I thought this was the perfect time for a poor college student like me to go. “Um…

Atlantic City From a Las Vegas Lover

$10. That was all I intended to spend.      Atlantic City is a very different experience than Las Vegas. I don’t know if it was because I visited on a Tuesday, or because it was winter, but Atlantic City seemed like Rome during its decline in the face of Christianity. Why don’t we talk about…

My Lips Have Lips!

Another certainy of my life; along with death and taxes… (WARNING! Graphic photos ahead) As I walk along the university, I no longer smile at passing people. When friends greet me I keep my head bowed. It wasn’t until the classroom lights dimmed for a Powerpoint presentation that I dared to raise my head. The…