men from their knees
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i’m happy you’re alive

Posted on Friday, December 28th, 2007 | No Comments

my 21-year-old-not-developmentally-stunted-(no-really)-brother has a strange proclivity for all things disney. live action, animation, 3 minute cartoon shorts, stuffed animals, -world, -land: you name it he loves it/has it/can sing along to it. so over my break i’ve been forced to watch ratatouille, the incredibles and the incredibles and the incredibles. right now, […]

@$&#!
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there’s no such thing as perfect

Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 | No Comments

i think it was my friend max who once told me that your quality of life when living in new york could be split and measured in three distinct parts: your apartment, your job, your social life.  if you can get those to all balance, all be stable (and relatively satisfactory) then you’re a made […]

stupidity should be a misdemeanor
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party of five in your pants

Posted on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 | No Comments

i grew up with two judges as parents. as such, i’ve always had a pretty good relationship with police — trusted them, respected them, even liked them — but since living in nyc i’m starting to understand why n.w.a. penned such damn catchy lyrics.  
two saturdays ago at 1 a.m. i was making my way home to brooklyn from […]

one potato, two potato
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aunt petunia finds love

Posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 | 4 Comments

unless you’ve been hiding in a closet of your own the last twenty years, you weren’t surprised by jodie foster’s announcement today that she is a lesbian. 
big. freaking. surprise.
but you know what is a surprise?  that fiona shaw and saffron burrows (of harry potter and reign over me fame respectively) have been live in lovers for […]

it’s a sin to live this well
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billy collins

Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 | No Comments

there are times when i am overwhlemed, OVERWHELMED, i say, by my love for the internet.  today is one of those days. 
it may or may not have something to do with a live web-camera that’s posted on the university of rochester campus that you can CONTROL REMOTELY (!!!)  via the internets. in other words my […]