Archive for 'who needs enemies' Category
Minions: Tell me what to wear to all these weddings
12 July 2011I remember basically nothing from Kindergarten other than the family urban legend that grew from my behavior in that class which posited that I was incapable of making friends. Maybe not so much “incapable of” as “unconcerned with.” Cousin Danny was in my Kindergarten class, and since I knew him from when I was something [...]
Maggie and Kyle got married but it is still all about me, fyi.
30 May 2011Maggie & Kyle got married yesterday and it was, as someone aptly noted at the cocktail hour, The Oscars of Our Friendship. For my Brooklyn crew, it doesn’t get any better than this– everyone in suits and dresses, open bar, Motown Philly on the playlist, plenty of opportunities to pretend that you are on a [...]
Nerd Oscars
19 January 2010I have a finite number of goals that I need to accomplish in children’s publishing before I can retire and rededicate my life to something like working as a professional assassin or finding a grant that will support me while I break the world record for Most Hours Logged In Excel. One of those goals [...]
her life, in a nutshell
15 January 2010I have the distinct honor of bridesmaiding for GRfriend Carolyn this fall. In case that sentence alone doesn’t sell you on how awesome this will be, let me take you back a few months to a text conversation we had: Carolyn: Do you know the Single Ladies dance? Like, how to do it? Cristin: I’ve [...]
Remember when annette and i drove to chicago back in July? Here’s what that looked like.
24 December 2009Road to Chicago from Cristin on Vimeo.
I broke a rib by coughing too much
10 November 2009Did you have any idea that was, like, a thing you could do? That breaking your own rib using internal force was even humanly possible? I knew ahead of time, but only because I’m friends with Katie, she of The Most Delicate Immune System Ever Invented, who managed to break one of her own ribs [...]
Life is a highway: 2009 edition
6 July 2009Hello, friends. I have been away from you far too long. I blame the two-headed monster of Paying Attention To My Job While I’m At Work and Paying Attention To My DVR While I’m At Home. Seriously, have you guys been watching 16 and Pregnant on MTV? Never have I felt so many of my [...]
context-free
6 May 2009Cristin: I’m still mad at you for not letting me order buffalo wings to the bridal suite on the morning of your wedding. Erin: I’m still mad at myself for that, too. ************************ Cristin: I just cut my tongue licking the lid of my yogurt. Katie: Wow. How did you live to adulthood? ************************ Cristin: [...]
My friends talk about books on the internet
22 December 2008Jordan made the mistake last night of telling me (while we were watching The Dark Knight on blu-ray, which I hadn’t yet seen. Have you guys heard anything about this movie? It’s really pretty good. I’m surprised that they didn’t make a bigger deal of it around the theatrical release) that his imprint has a [...]
Alma Mater, Hail
25 September 2008Oh, Luke Russert. You’ve been through a lot this year, and I really don’t want to hate on you. And then you go and film a segment of the Today show at The College of William & Mary in which you say that “the smartest kids in the state” go to UVA. Oh, Luke. Luke, [...]