so, this thing. i find it weirdly tempting as a purchase. but it's pretty silly, right? i'm trying to convince myself that if this garment is completely unflattering i'm still going to wear it around the house constantly.

it's been a couple of days now since i got back from my trip. i went to new brunswick, new jersey for work (a book exhibit at a conference) and then i spent a couple of days in nyc. (in case you're wondering, since others did, i don't usually sell books as part of my job. it's just something they need people to do periodically and when the usual ( Read more... )

so, i gathered together my friends jon and joe last night to see the wrath of khan at the south alamo. the idea was that they were showing it along with ten minutes of exclusive new footage from the new star trek movie. we barely made it into the screening (one couple got in behind us, that's it), even though we were almost an hour early ( Read more... )

this is my favorite entry from slaughterhouse 90210.our party this weekend was, by all accounts, highly successful. the cops came (warning only) and apparently one couple had sex in the bathroom. and there were tons of people there. i had fun much of the time, but i was constantly distracted with trying to figure out who was where and what was ( Read more... )

maybe that new cupid show will be okay, what with bobby cannavale (you know him if you saw the station agent) and endless mike being in it.

if you really did have special tattoos that protected you from harm (like in numerous fantasy stories), what would you imagine them depicting?

( south by in a nutshell )

when i was in middle school and for most of high school, i took a sense of identity from the fact that i was small. i was short, flat-chested, and had tiny feet. turns out i was just a tremendous late bloomer - i didn't even stop growing in height until after my first year of college. so i had to make a little adjustment ( Read more... )

i organized my yarn last night (i know, it's exactly the sort of distracting task one convinces oneself is important before a move, but it's not and it is, as i said, distracting). anyway, two things are interesting about this (to me, anyway). one, it's amazing how much green yarn i have. yeah, it's my favorite color, but i didn't realize what i ( Read more... )

i keep a constant mental list of songs that should be covered, and in a way i think of it like i'm going to be doing the covering, when in fact the closest thing i've ever been to "in a band" was playing drums with april in frank's garage for a couple of months. i am almost unaware of the fact that i think this way, even though some thought of this ( Read more... )