on repeat: july 2005...malcolm gladwell's blink (which meg and i found in the milwaukee airport and which is now my new favorite book)...magnetic fields' "100,000 fireflies"...nation of ulysses' "a kid who tells..." and "cool

We sat on the G train, going from his house to my house. I'm not sure why; I only remember that we had skates with us. Maybe it was practice the next day.We sat on the train and traded tales of injuries, and I told him the story of the concussion,

Wednesday was a humid 95 degrees and we had practice, so I planned ahead. I drank water all day and brought bottles with me to the rink and was sure I was keeping myself hydrated. And not only because it felt like a hundered degrees out; I also was f

it's sad.it's sad and it's not going to stop being sad.but there are other things to be done...

take my hand and take my heart I shiver when you're near deliver me from everything and drive me home my dear Accelerated pain, White nothings on the wheel again Shut your mouth, Lets move on out of here

I was talking to my cousin about the bout on Friday, and how I acquitted myself. He's a ref, so he's got a good vantage point for that sort of thing. "Oh, and I made the All-Star team for the August bout against Madison!" I said. He congrat

I was exhausted all day and wanted so badly to go to bed early, but at eleven o'clock an idea hit me and I knew I should write it down. I haven't in the past, or only jotted it on bits of scrap paper by my bed, but even if I find the scribbling in th

Today I stopped into my local music megastore in another thwarted attempt to buy this. As I was walking back to the door, I passed the rack of hip books and my eye caught a cover that looked like a mix tape. Hmmm, familiar, I thought, and walked over

Standing outside of Otto's Shrunken Head (aka Tiki Barmacy) with some derby girls and this guy. Somehow, the topic if Oscar Wilde's success with the gentlemen came up.Derby Girl: Did you know Oscar Wilde's first kiss was with Walt Whitman

Tonight at 8:30 the Brooklyn Bombshells take on the Queens of Pain! Come out to watch me fall and cheer us on!Who do you skate for?BROOKLYN!

My friend Anna was trying to decide if she wanted to start a blog, so I gave her my thoughts. "i think you should," I said. "it's fun. it kills time." But also, I said, there are issues with privacy and audience and secrets. "

The worst hangover I ever had was December, 2002. My roommate and I were throwing our annual holiday/winter/xmas party, and the boy I was dating was supposed to come. It was the first time he'd be meeting most of my friends, and though he was Social

There are three guys outside the kitchen window, grilling and playing music in the adjacent backyard. It's eleven o'clock at night and one of the trio gets the grill started while the other two pick out Cat Stevens on guitar and violin. A brown-haire

A- Age: 30 B- Band you are listening to right now: Air America radio. but before that, Bloc Party and Art Brut. C- Crush: aptly titled D- Dad's name: "Dad" E- Easiest person to talk to: they know who they are. and i love them fo

Somewhere in the last few months I've lost all ability to take a compliment. I was never aces at it to begin with, but what little belief and skill I had is long gone. Now when someone says something nice, it sounds like the person's speaking a forei

Over the last week I've written bits and pieces and haven't posted any of it. Not only because it all seemed too maudlin and self-indulgent, but because I know that, with me, the moment always passes.

I spent the afternoon out walking around the neighborhood, doing errands and trying to get things fixed and finished. I had my headphones off for once, listening to the sounds of the world around me; the shifting trucks, the yelling children and old

on repeat ...pete yorn's "for nancy ('cause it already is)"...the sea and cake's "hotel tell"...bloc party's "like eating glass"the list of shame: ol' dirty bastard's "got your money", amerie's "1 thing&q

I want so much to eliminate the phrase "I wish" from my vocabulary. So very very much.But I fear it's too late already...