Archive for November, 2005
why I know you can’t make it on your own
30 November 2005I’m not as moody as I used to be. (Just ask my father, or my bedroom door, which fell off its hinges twice because I slammed it on him so much as a teenager). But even though I’m usually Up, sometimes you can’t help but get Down, and, magically, if you have good enough friends, [...]
yet another reason I don’t trust the Observer
30 November 2005Living in Manhattan is like “perpetually living in college.” “People are living with roommates,” she continued. “This kind of living is infantilizing. But living in Brooklyn is more grown-up.”
My family kicks your family’s ass
29 November 2005I get vaguely irritated when people “remind” you what you should be giving thanks for. Mostly when chain emails end with ‘Don’t forget to give thanks for your loved ones!’ If I need you to remind me, am I actually thankful? And if I’m only saying thank you because you made me feel guilty about [...]
“Wanna dance?” “…with you?” “No– with my father.”
28 November 2005After months of crying every time the trailer came on, I finally saw Rent last week. In fact, that was my entire reason for going back to NJ on wednesday, which, as it turns out, is actually the day when Penn Station become the Hellmouth and my reasonable hour long commute becomes a video game [...]
why christmas rules
23 November 2005Phone rings. Cristin: Sales. Mom: Cris? Cristin: Hi Mommy. Mom: Are you busy? Cristin: Let me check…. no. Mom: Do you own a pink Mets hat? Cristin: No. It’d be way cooler if I did, though. Mom: Okay. Forget we had this conversation. Hangs up.
scenes from apartment 4A
22 November 2005Amy: I have to go to brother jimmy’s tonight. Cristin: Maybe it’s Southern Appreciation Night tonight. Amy: No, that’s wednesday. And I don’t have a southern ID anymore, anyway. Cristin: I thought wednesday was White Trash Wednesday. Are they the same thing? Like how Martin Luther King day is the same as Confederate Soliders Day? [...]
Bruuuuuuuuuce!
21 November 2005Bruce Springsteen Songs, If the Title More Accurately Reflected the Subject Matter.
gimme presents
21 November 2005So, my parents are suckers and have agreed to buy me a laptop for christmas “to help with grad school.” (am I currently enrolled in grad school? no. Have I applied? No. Super. This is like when they gave me a microscope when I was in, like, 3rd grade and hoped I would become a [...]
taken to the cleaners
21 November 2005The number 1 most productive thing I did this weekend was laundry. Before you get too impressed, please know that I had planned on doing it on my day off Friday (yet again, I saved up my vacation time for no real purpose and now have to burn it all before new years… I have [...]
Boys, take notes
17 November 2005Okay, one of my friends got asked out by a boy that she’s known for awhile but never talked to (used to work in the same circles, eyes across the conference room and whatnot) in the cutest way ever and I liked it so much I asked her if I could post it. She’s an [...]