on repeat...emma la reina live...diane vadino's "what second place means is you lost," from pindeldyboz vol 2...the walkmen's everybody who pretended to like me is gone and bows + arrows...meg wolitzer's the wife...dismemberment plan's &quo

in honor of the Gates in Central Park being taken down today, this morning's exchange with Jay X:me: how was your weekend?jay: The Gates = total waste of my Saturday afternoon + $30 million

He asked if I would do him a favor, and I said yes before he'd even told me what it was. I was glad I did. A spy mission. Recon. He was involved in a legal dispute with a local store and needed to get some info. "They'll recognize me if I try to

I want to be excited.I want to be giddy and silly and make ridiculously wild future plans and say exactly what I'm feeling in the moment without worrying that every word is going to come back to undermine and humiliate me further down the road.I want

I've spent the last four days laid up at home, beaten down by the flu like so many other people right now. The fever and tiredness kept me confined to my apartment, shrinking my world down to four walls and whatever drama I found through the internet

"It's a great conversation starter," I told him, and I was right. Every person he asked that night waxed philosophic about it for at least a few minutes, asking questions and throwing out hypothesis before turning to their friend or date an

today's email exchange with Austin Mike:me: two things you may already know about/have seen.Zombie population infection simulator - http://kevan.org/proce55ing/zombies/more complex zombie population infection simulator - http://members.csinet.net/ber

watching a two-man country band covering Britney Spears on a Thursday night? awesome.

This morning someone left a tray of homemade brownies out in the kitchen area, and by 10 a.m. they were gone. As I ate delicious chewy brownies at lunch, I thought how funny it would be if someone made pot brownies and left them out anonymously. It w

psychokitty aka ms. k is a very talented art designer for a magazine. I am not. ms. k: I get to design the Adam Brody poster for May! Too bad I'm in a creative rut.me: A creative rut? Might I suggest hearts and flowers and stars surrounding his

"When I was young," she said, "it was all about the kiss. I could not wait to find out what it was about, and all starry-eyed, little girl fantasies went to that moment at the end of the movie when his lips leaned in and touched hers.

I mentioned before that Scribble Faster #2 was done, but I mentioned it in a grumpy sort of way. Now I say gleefully and excitedly... Scribble Faster #2 is done! Get your copy now! For everyone who ever made a mix for someone they had a crush on, for

"I forgot to ask you," Jay X emailed me three weeks ago, "did you want to do this this year?" She included a link to the Precision Accidents Idiotarod site and info on how to get in touch with her boy Jeff, who was recruiting for

A Few Signs You May Have A CrushUncontrollable giggling (girls only) and/or grinningNeedless mentions of potential crush. Particularly in stories where you have not contextualized them as a crush, where you are just mentioning them "casually&q

Take on only what you can reasonably do and leave your optimism out of it.

on repeat(a short list for a hectic month...)...colson whitehead's the colossus of new york....mirah's you think it's like this but really it's like this....my evil twin sister #4: notta lotta love stories...david dondero's live at the hemlock...mich