A recent post on Jezebel, aptly titled "You Will Never Make Everybody Happy With Your Womb, Ever," put me back into a bad spot mentally. See, I don't like children, and that's a Problem ( Read more... )

I have a love-hate relationship with the ads in the subway. It's 99% hate, but I have to admit I don't mind looking at the sadly outdated ads for the ESPN International Baseball Something Oh-Nine because the Japanese guy is kind of hot ( Read more... )

The best thing about my family's particular brand of Christianity is their belief that God has a sense of humor. Yesterday I got the following email from my dad:

Subject: The Church of the Funny Sign

You know the [church] down there at Cedar Grove that has the small white sign with black lettering? For a while now, it has said:

JESUS CHRIST
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My new subway station (the E/V at 53rd and 5th, which drops me about two feet from work in the morning) is home to a loathsome species of subway dweller: the Vociferous Coot ( Read more... )

Subway buskers, I will end you ( Read more... )

They say that people born in the Year of the Rat are prone to spend freely, something my admittedly cheapass husband-to-be needles me about on a regular basis. It's not like I can't pay the rent, but it's kind of true. So I think, we did just have an expensive weekend, and I shelled out for Black and White 2, so I'll cut back unless I really need ( Read more... )

This morning I had the misfortune of running into someone from my old job on the V platform. This woman's office was across from my cube, and I'd spoken to her several times, done copyediting for her, even admired her son, who's Nathan's age. She passed me by without acknowledging me, without even recognizing me ( Read more... )

I'm going to assume that for the sake of professionalism I shouldn't blog about the intimate details of my job, so, sadly, no more literary snark posts unless the book came out of the library. I am going to say that things are going well so far, albeit slow, as I need training for and access to various bits of work which takes a while to hammer ( Read more... )

I picked my wedding dress.

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I've got a job! I start with HarperCollins on Monday, May 18 ( Read more... )