well, it appears that the memorial day curse has been lifted from me. i don't recall if i told everyone but i had a small bout of vertigo on the day i was supposed to assist a wedding at the beginning of the summer. i ended up cancelling on the photographer i was assisting about 3 hours before i was supposed to meet her, once i realized that i ( Read more... )

no foolin:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/politics/09BUSHCND.html?hp&ex=1163048400&en=90b2a0d9c77157ea&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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On Friday, I went to happy hour with Lindsay and got DRUNK. it didn't happen right then, but after a couple drinks at Jorge's, we moved on to the Cloak Room where I added some whiskey to the tequila mix. After that, I managed to run over an invisible curb (i.e.: I'm an idiot and wasn't paying attention and turned left too close to the center of the ( Read more... )

I just got an email from Porter about the fact that NBC and the CW are refusing to air a commercial for the upcoming Dixie Chicks documentary called "Shut up and sing" because it could be construed as "disparaging to Bush." I find this particularly troubling, especially as someone from Midland, because the truth is that I'm ashamed to be from this ( Read more... )

hello all. i got rear-ended again today. it has been exactly 2 months and 2 days since the last time. this time i wasn't moving at all. just patiently waiting at a stop light.

and this time my neck hurts and i have a headache.

ahh landlords. i've had my fair share and few of them have left me feeling particularly happy. however, after almost three months of trying to get my deposit back from the last one, i'm downright fuming ( Read more... )

so if you didn't know, i'm taking a few days off because my wrist gave out on me yesterday at work, causing shooting pain to go up my arm. this now happens everytime i lean the tiniest bit on it. so i'm at home. where i spent all day trying not to eat crap-food and watching "dead like me." this has subsequently caused me to once again rethink my ( Read more... )

In a conscious effort to be less naive and hypocritical (does saying that totally discount the effort?), I've been using half of my netflix account to get documentaries. here's the thing about that. i think documentaries are one of the best ways to inform a society... if you can get people to watch them. even though i'm an aspiring documentary ( Read more... )

Yesterday as I was driving to the Veronica Mars premier at the Drafthouse, it occurred to me that I should have gone to the bathroom before I left for the theater. The reason for this was simple: I was going to the theater alone, and who would guard my seat at a sold-out show and watch my purse? It got me thinking about a weird little convention ( Read more... )