Category Archives: Stuff and Things

A Week in the Life: Friday – Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Again, I woke up late.  By which I mean, 10am.  I’d been arguing with The Englishman until late, about the stupid car thing. Why my opinion mattered to him was beyond me. Just buy your Aston Martin and admit you’re … Continue reading →

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A Week in the Life: Thoughts from Thursday

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

I woke up late (again) to sunlight streaming through the sheers of my hotel in Madrid.  I’d cracked the window open the night before, and the morning sounds from the street were wafting up into my room. It was still … Continue reading →

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A Week in the Life: Ode to a Wednesday

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

I am slowly coming back to life… I wish someone were in love with me like boys were ages ago before I was sick. I suppose it will be years, though, before I could think of anything like that. – … Continue reading →

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A Week in the Life: Treacherous Tuesday

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

I nearly didn’t wake up on time.  I was saved by a ping — my American mobile phone beeping and buzzing with successive text messages.  It was Tink, updating me on plans and logistics for an upcoming visit.   But it … Continue reading →

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Answered Unquestioned

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

In the continuing spirit of me serving not as a role model or an example, rather as a horrible warning to you all, I should tell you about how I “celebrated” Mothers Day with my friend JM.  JM is Miss … Continue reading →

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Keel

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I had brunch on Saturday in Soho with eee, Katarina, and Rebecca.  Katarina is a very tall, gorgeous Croatian friend of eee’s, and Rebecca is a medium tall, gorgeous fellow UCLA alum.  As you all know, eee is quite tall, … Continue reading →

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Pinned

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I was coming home from the gym the other night and I saw a guy decked out — head to toe — in fraternity gear.  Now, this guy was either a) an extremely old-looking student; b) coming from an alumni … Continue reading →

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An Englishman in New York

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Another day; another hour of sitting in the British Airways lounge at JFK. This has all become an exercise in existential roadwarriorism. Why am I here; where is this next flight taking me?  What are we doing?  I always look … Continue reading →

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Big Yellow Taxi

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I had dinner a few weeks ago with my old friend CJ. You see, CJ was my best friend in the city for a long time.  We had a falling-out a few years back, and out of respect for an … Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

“`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!   The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, … Continue reading →

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