first i woke up at the (totally normal) hour of 11:30

then i cleaned my room from top to bottom (we're talking dusting and sweeping and moving furniture) while enjoying my new obsession, the free (!) podcast of this american lifeafter a few hours of that, i repotted my lovely little vegetables into my cute new ceramic planters while watching the l ( Read more... )

okay. kissing jessica steini'm calling foul ( Read more... )

the "and they say we live in a classless society" edition.

ridiculous:
privileges for rich dogs come with expectations

a fucking travesty:
buying your way out of equal protection under the law

interesting:
good health can be bought. but not everyone can afford it.

i just walked (or perhaps the word is stumbled) home at 7 am after a grueling 12-hr day (worked on three hours' sleep) swigging from a paper coffee cup of beer ( Read more... )

just so everyone knows where i am:

i am working on a feature. nights. 6 pm to 6 am. and i will be for the next 3 weeks.

tuesday was my birthday. i am 24. yes, it was fine.

chloe is back in town but only for a week.

please stay in touch and don't forget about me!

who wants to do me the birthday gift of installing RAM into my laptop?

you will find here a very interesting, intelligent series of comments about the gendered division of household labor, the alienation from work in capitalist society, the economic privilege inherent in choosing a DIY lifestyle, the commoditization of leisure time, and betty friedan...all through the lense of no-environmental-impact green living ( Read more... )

with her tales of debt and young-artsy-new-york-city livin'

this essay is one part my life's story and two parts my worst nightmare.

so, lucy's parents call her lulu ( Read more... )

oh my god.
kurt vonnegut.

freshman year of college emily dufton and i stalked him.
we stole trash from outside his apartment.

i took a candy bar wrapper.