The trip from Boston was nondescript, but when we switched planes in Dallas we knew it was on. South by Southwest was in the airport and in full force. Tight shirts and dye jobs and complicated facial hair. And receding hairlines with overly large

Yeah! Tomorrow I leave for Austin, grabbing Meg A on the way and going to Boston and the airport and the airport security guards who pull me over to the side time and again because some tiny piece of metal on me is beeping when I walk through the arc

after much discussion,what I did last night

In January I was burnt out and frustrated and I emailed Jay. i really wanted to go get the tattoo this weekend. because i am impatient and everything in my life is on hold lately, lately being for months and months, and it makes me want to firebomb

We rode our bikes through Brooklyn today, southwest from Williamsburg through the Southside and Bed-Stuy to Carroll Gardens. It was no big deal for him; he's ridden through the cold before, through the ever-changing neighborhoods up and down the boro

the day so far: Wake up, get my stuff together for work and try to hide all the equipment I'm hauling in for derby practice tonight in bags so it doesn't look totally ridiculous when I go to my company's 10am yearly presentation on our dubious futu

It was a steel cage deathmatch between me and Saturday, and Saturday was winning. Despite an early start, nothing was getting done. Not the reading I had to do, not the chores, not the prep for the Derbytaunt Ball. Worst yet, the L train wasn't runni

It should be this.

He's a sailor, or on his way there, so it made perfect sense when he turned to me as the fat, white flakes began falling from the sky and said "Hey! Let's ride the ferry tonight!" The Staten Island ferry? In a snowstorm? Why? It was beaut

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 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

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

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

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

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

I went to see the Hives tonight (the ticket had been bought before I realized my lack of cash), with the lovely and talented Rogers Sisters opening. I wasn't all about the new Hives album, but seeing Howlin' Pelle in action seemed like something you

I think it's hysterical that I seriously consider quitting my job at least once a week and living off freelance when I can't manage to stay out of a doctor's office for three months straight. who's going to pay for all those x-rays without insurance?

"What are you doing on Saturday?" Laurel asked me. I said it depended on how broken I was. "Well if you're okay," she said, "We've got to go to this." Chengwin vs. Chunk Homecoming 2004. Good half-chicken, half-penguin v

there wasn't any beer but it was okay.there wasn't any beer and we got started late but the crowd was still appreciative, catcalling insults and support to each team in turn. we practiced on the track for an hour plus, until we were called off and r

the show was at an awful club, it was packed with little NYU students, and the band absolutely butchered one of their hit songs, roadies and tech guys rushing onstage to readjust monitors and try to right the sound. and still, somehow, I enjoyed the

last night my childhood friend Alina and I went to see "Cocoon: The Road Trip," Microcosm's zine/book/video tour. I really wanted to see the documentary, $100 and a T-shirt, but I was initially hesitant about going, partly because zine cul

did you know that getting hit on your chin (or tripping over another girl's skates and crashing down onto your chin) counts as a head injury? and head injuries sometimes equal concussions? and the symptoms of concussions sometimes equal my monday nig

walking around the city tonight I thought about CMJs past and realized that it wasn't just last year's October I was hoping for - it's all Octobers past. there's been precedent for falls full of possibilities over the last few years, surprises fill

I can't even learn from my own revelations. Today starts the CMJ music marathon, and I am as giddy for the next four days as I am every year. I love seeing bands and hearing music and just being in the middle of tons of strangers here to do the sa

Things I Learned at the Roller Rumble Todayit's all about pacing.some people enjoy attention. and so they will engage you in extended conversation--about the racers, about the bookies, about the track, anything really--and generally waste your time a