why did no one ever tell me about Chisel?!? how could I have skipped that one so entirely?add it to the list of wonderful things I missed by just not paying enough attention.story of my life

tonight it's christmas eve and I just got back from seeing Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events with my dad. I used to work with Lemony Snicket's wife, many years ago, though I barely knew her and she would have no memory of me. but I felt

two years ago I came home for christmas heartbroken. or about to be. in November I'd met a young man who electrified every nerve ending and charged every air particle and who made me rethink my previous thoughts on dealing cautiously with the opposit

day off friday and so much to do for xmas and parties and travelling and presents and fun. run into the city to get supplies and back to silkscreen and hours left to do it before the first party until the phone rings. Billy Alpha's at a show in my ne

tonight, at a party filled with burlesque performers, waiting for anyone i knew to show up, talking to the drunk kid in line for the bathroom for twenty increasingly disappointing minutes.Him: I'm focusing more on my job, but I'm really funny so I th

today I took the day off.I had to. I had too many vacation days I couldn't bring with me into the new year, when they would be so useful for visiting friends across the country. I'd had no idea I had time left, never mind a week of free days. after 

dear friends,I know you are probably wondering what to get me for xmas, not to mention my upcoming milestone birthday. though it is true that I have, for years, been trying to liquidate, to cut down on the mountains of stuff crammed into the corners

what type of lame scenester are you?you are either a record nerd or not a scenester atall. you are the coolest of the bunch. bravo, dude. brought to you by QuizillaI suspect choosing "t-shirt and jeans" had something to do with it, but &quo

pre*sent \pri-'zent\  vb  6  a: to offer to view : SHOW  b : to bring to one's attention  vi 2 : to become manifest  3 : to come forward as a patientI was talking to a doctor today and she used the word present, as in "This affliction some

Is it more punk rock to buy a bag you totally totally love even though it has "MTV" written across the lining in enough colors that if you were ever to open the bag in front of anyone else, the self-consciously "cool" logo and a

Meg came to visit this weekend from Boston, with her friend Neal in tow. I asked them what they wanted to do; she said "Eat." We went to her friend's fast food joint first, picked up Geoffrey on the way, then headed back to my apartment to

Santacon was not the only excitement last night; there was a party in Jersey City too. Meg and Neal weren't sure they were in for it -- they didn't know anyone there and were tired from the drive up -- and picked another hour of dancing with Santas

how do you explain to someone that while you may be totally into them and they may have been the single most positive influence on your life in recent memory, it's not in the way they think, and hence, shouldn't be yet another brick in th

Yesterday at 9am I finally got my MRI, and it was the most pleasant medical procedure ever. The hyper-efficient receptionist passed me my paperwork, then whisked me off to the technician before it was fully completed. "What radio station do you

my mom emailed me this morning asking for a roller derby shirt, and I emailed her back telling her I'd get her one. "by the way," I said, "there's an unpublished URL on the site you can go to if you want to see all our media coverage i

I've been talking to people about their relationships quite alot, which is how I usually spend the majority of my time. I'm endlessly fascinated by how people get together with friends and boyfriends and girlfriends. Perhaps the ten divorces in my i

I've been having anxiety dreams for the last two weeks. This isn't surprising since I start to get panicky when I'm awake just thinking of all the things I have to finish between now and Christmas. Or really, between now and the 18th. Which is why I

I've been working like a robot but it's all been long term projects so I've had nothing to show for it in the last month. but now the new Career Girl Romance column is up at Read Magazine, so that's a little trifling something to prove my efforts. so

my dad came to visit this weekend; I asked him what he wanted to do and out of three options, he chose a trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. he had never been before. they were having a "Winter Celebration" with hothouse plants and a w

I wish there was a way to slow down the clock. not forever, and not for all twenty-four hours in the day, but for a few of them. from 9pm, say, to 1am. that's when I'm most productive. that's when I get my work done. if I could somehow stretch those

The fabulous Ms C works for the (less fabulous) NY Post and thoughtfully gave my number to a writer who was doing a story on dating. "Talk to my friend Meg!" she said. "I'm sure she has lots of stories." And I did. I told her a ta

I hobbled around on my bad leg for weeks and it wasn't getting any better. Worse, I couldn't straighten my knee fully. "Don't worry," my teammates said. "Sprains take forever to heal. Make sure to wear your knee brace and keep icing it

blah blah blah boys blah blah funny conversations blah blah aren't we clever blah blah blah boys blah blah other sites blah blah the beauty of the ineffable blah blah roller derby blah blah blah nostalgia blah blah narcissism blah blah minutia of a d

on repeatthe november 04 favorites...acqueduct's "growing up with GNR"...le tigre's "les and ray"...kaito's "3 a.m."...rushmore...bright eyes's "take it easy (love nothing)"...ted leo/rx's shake the sheets...a