Two Day Magazine

By: Anya Alvarez

Last week I was chatting with my father who is a golf professional, and he was telling me about how he used to get so upset with himself on the golf course. His mother had introduced him to the game while living in Mexico, and he had just started playing competitively. He walked off the course one day after playing and went home and started complaining to his mom about all the bad shots he hit. Nothing went right out there and he couldn't get over all the mistakes he made. Mama Cuy looked him and said, "Whenever I hear you talk about your rounds you only remember the bad shots.  When I play, I remember the good shots because I hit so few of them."

When my father told me this story, it reminded me of how often I remember the good shots I hit on the golf course. It usually plays out like this: "I played well today, except I missed that three footer for birdie, and then I missed the green on the next hole, and then I missed another birdie putt."

All negative.

By: Natalie Bencivenga

Love is an action word, after all....

Sometimes, when we are in relationships, it is easy to become complacent and “let things be.” We start to really let our guards down (which is great!) but that can also mean becoming a little bit lazy within the relationship. Maybe we don’t text each other during the day as much. Maybe we don’t ask if they want us to pick them up dinner on the way home from work or school. Maybe we throw our clothes all over the bedroom and shrug when they can’t find the bed.

By: Libby Keatinge

So your new relationship is moving right along just in time for a spring vacay. Yes! Or maybe you and your single pals are so over the dating scene you decide to get out of town for a little R & R, or perhaps a little mischief too! Simple etiquette can ensure when you are on holiday that you and everyone you are with have a great time. Here are five simple tips for vacationing together.

By: Mia Bencivenga

I generally prefer to stay out of explicitly political arguments on this blog.  I find that they are usually one sided, circular, and self-serving considering I get to preach and there is no way the reader can argue with me within the text.

This is why I usually stick to vaguely humorous commentary about the Kardashian family’s shenanigans.  

However, there are some subjects that I do feel comfortable talking about.  Because frankly, in my extremely humble opinion, I believe that there are some subjects that have little other basis in modern politics and political parties—but despite this, they are given extremely strict political connotations.  

Two main topics being gay marriage and contraception.

Synergy: A Workshop About Connection

Yoga, Partner Stretching and Thai Massage? Sign Me Up!

If you are going to be in Pittsburgh this Saturday afternoon and want to try something exciting, fun and unusual with your partner, your friend, or solo, come join the fun! Bikram Yoga Squirrel Hill is hosting a community weekend in which the owners, Rebecca Rankin and Lisa Lau, will be engaging their community in an awesome Synergy Workshop on Saturday, March 24 from 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

By: Mia Bencivenga

What have we done America?

Nicole Polizzi, better known as “Snooki,” is a Chilean-born guidette meatball who has previously appeared on MTV’s much discussed reality television show, The Jersey Shore.  

In case you are unfamiliar, The Jersey Shore is, what I believe, to be an elaborate test on planet Earth’s tolerance for talentless narcissists, that was created by aliens from another planet who infiltrated MTV posing as that cool new-aged European producer, to see if we are capable of understanding and accepting complex truths about the universe and our place in it.

And for the record; we have failed miserably. The aliens are so frightened that they’ve gone back their home planet, and will most definitely go to their local space bar to do their best to repress us from their abnormally large frontal lobes via zero gravity enhanced Jell-O shots.

By: Anya Alvarez

Ever look in the mirror and say, “You are such an idiot!” We’ve probably all had those moments, tearing ourselves down piece by piece.

Being nice to myself is a constant struggle. I get upset when I get lost. When I forget to run an errand I call myself a dummy. If I miss a make-able putt in a tournament,  I feel like a downright loser.

After playing in a golf tournament a couple of weeks ago,  a friend listened to me berate myself for a good ten minutes. I had had a terrible tournament and felt in that moment that I was the most stupid and horrible person to walk the face of the planet.

After I was done beating myself up, my friend said, “You would never talk to your friends the way you talk to yourself.”

By: Anya Alvarez

I love politics. Nothing gets my blood more riled up than arguing with people over their skewed political views and proving just how right I am about everything.

But watching the political discourse taking place right now saddens me. I think the poison in political discussion today is so toxic that people just don’t bother to listen to one another anymore. This may be a big reason why so many people have such a hard time building positive relationships. We can’t relate to people we can’t hear. Or, to people we choose not to hear.

People are chastised for holding certain beliefs when we live in a country that is supposed to be open and accepting of the views of others. There lies a bitterness between liberals and conservatives that I don’t understand. Society automatically assumes that if a person holds a view not in line with theirs, he or she must be crazy or stupid. I know liberals who simply cannot be friends with conservatives and vice versa.