When I came to New York for the very first time, the last week of August 2001, when I was all of 18 and one week old, I came on a roundtrip ticket.  Until recently, I'd forgotten that.  You see, I buried that ticket under the second week of September and a false belief that if I didn't get scared and didn't leave New York, I could help win a war.  ( Read more... )

Today is the day I'm fasting for a World Harvest. As Thanksgiving approaches and I look forward to being a glutton, I want to remember "my brothers and sisters, some of them little children, who don't have enough to eat and may die tomorrow ( Read more... )

I was in the NY Times ( Read more... )

This is my New York.

( The Sixth Borough )

I just got off the phone with Poison Control. I needed reconfirmation of something they had told me a few years ago, but since this time, it was MY body, I wasn't taking any chances. (Actually, I haven't called them in over a year, which is a record since hitting puberty. Good thing I still have the number memorized. 1-800-222-1222, if you need ( Read more... )

This week Bon Jovi has topped the country charts.

You are heretofore advised to beware of flying pigs.

Thank you.

The folks are B&J are genuises. (Naturally, they went to Penn State.)

http://store.benjerry.com/pintlock.html

Okay, I made it onto Live Journal at last.

Please bear with me while I figure it all out.

-Maria