December 2004



my friends need to be constantly updating me apparantly

Friday, 31 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

not much, except...

Friday, 24 December 2004 9:21 P GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

where the heart is

Thursday, 23 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: boys & girls

ho ho ho and don't forget it: the weekend review

Tuesday, 21 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: adventure city

one more thing I wish I'd said out loud

Saturday, 18 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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

and the road leads somewhere...

Friday, 17 December 2004 7:41 P GMT-04
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 
Category: pretty nonsense

what i'd give for a girl-sized dethbot pirate

Thursday, 16 December 2004 2:49 P GMT-04
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

validated by an internet quiz! awesome!

Tuesday, 14 December 2004 6:21 P GMT-04
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
Category: sites to see

my new favorite word

Tuesday, 14 December 2004 6:20 P GMT-04
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
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I'm starting to suspect I'll never grow out of this

Tuesday, 14 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

squeeze the paw & make the holiday happen

Monday, 13 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: adventure city

jingle bells & find your team

Monday, 13 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

i mean, their head is swelled enough already

Sunday, 12 December 2004 11:59 P GMT-04
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
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my new bionic parts

Friday, 10 December 2004 9:37 P GMT-04
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
Category: adventure city

the reason for secret identities

Friday, 10 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

some recent trends: part one

Thursday, 9 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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

some recent trends: part two

Thursday, 9 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
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new stuff. finally.

Monday, 6 December 2004 6:56 P GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

poeticism vs. life

Monday, 6 December 2004 6:38 P GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

the irrepressible protestant work ethic

Saturday, 4 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: pretty nonsense

famous! and alone. but famous!

Thursday, 2 December 2004 4:22 P GMT-04
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
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leaving the unanswered questions unanswered

Wednesday, 1 December 2004 1:44 P GMT-04
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
Category: adventure city

hey! it's scribble faster!

Wednesday, 1 December 2004 12:07 P GMT-04
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 repeat: november 2004

Wednesday, 1 December 2004 12:59 A GMT-04
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
Category: on repeat