Queen For a Day
Just as I refuse to believe that 22-year-old students all wear $800 shoes and own boutiques (a nugget gleaned today from the July Marie Claire, not online) I cannot fathom that all grown women are […]
Remind Me to Never Visit Minnesota
I recorded the premiere of Mall Cops: Mall of America last Thursday and watched it this evening back-to-back with the new episode. I was expecting light entertainment, which it is, but it’s also infuriating in […]
Wolf in Goat’s Clothing
I don’t know my Friedan from my Faludi, never took a women’s studies class, am not a fan of public breastfeeding and have no sympathy for girls with eating disorders, so Jezebel only sometimes suits […]
Hang Up the Phone
Does the average person give a rat’s ass about the new iPhone? And the iPad before it? Is this a NYC thing (I don’t think so) or am I being barraged by these inane stories/articles/posts […]
Bark, Plunge, Barf
Sometimes when you’re writing a book, it’s irresistible to include the sound of a dog barking in the distance. Can’t deal with life? Film a scene where the overwhelmed character escapes to the bottom of […]
For the Love of MIDI
Three things I love: interspecies friends, motley Siamese and Climax Blues Band’s, “I Love You.” And now they all exist in one video. [CuteOverload via Jezebel] I normally watch animal videos with the sound off. […]
Going With My Gut (Reno?)
Sometimes I temper my words because personal preferences shouldn’t be mistaken for sweeping generalizations. I’ve been known to say that I hate long hair, but I really mean that for myself only. Others look perfectly […]
Midlife Crisis
I am about 80% through Sam Lipsyte’s, The Ask and I must get through it quickly (not that it’s a chore) because my first Rumpus book club book, Citrus County by John Brandon, has shown […]
Palsy of the Mind
I saw Crispin Glover do one of his slideshow things back in 1994 and never envisioned that I would be attending one in 2010. The man’s got staying power. I was a cashier at what […]
Desperate But Not Serious
This weekend my grandma described me as “quiet,” (my family is very loud and talks to strangers) today an older coworker said to another older coworker that I’m “serious” (in the context that I wouldn’t […]