Subway Social
Ok. Let's talk about it. Subway etiquette- rules that aren't written down anywhere, an unspeakable code with which to carry yourself on public transportation that should be inherently known, but is...
View ArticleSpokesperson
I'm not sure if I've ever written about this but I'm pretty sure I haven't. Last night I went out with some coworkers and awaited to hear comments I knew were brewing behind curious eyes. Bar settings...
View ArticleSHARK WEEK
There are quite a few things that confuse me when it comes to hipster culture. This month one in particular has been circling my consciousness- SHARK WEEK. Is there some sort of Wes Anderson reference...
View ArticleFiction: part 1
She thinks about the decision she made. Mulling over the pros and cons as she sips her hot chocolate staring out her window onto the street. She smiles, realizing that this is what she wanted all...
View ArticleFiction: part 2
She thought about it for a while. Weighing the pros and cons heavily. It felt like hours as she sat there wondering how she would explain checking herself in to an insitution to friends and family, who...
View ArticleYou Have Got To Be Kidding Me
Over the past few days I have encountered numerous strange people and gone through some awkward occurrences. Let's list a few things that I have unfortunately experienced, greatly affecting my already...
View ArticleOccupy Reality
After being deprived of a computer for I don't know how many months I have finally gotten hold of a machine long enough to update without feeling guilty, or worse- rushed. I've gone through a lot since...
View ArticleThe Pursuit of Happiness
I've been asking myself this question for over 3 years now, "What makes me happy?" And depending on the time of day, the amount of food in my stomach, the weather, the company, the answer(s) change....
View ArticleRace Riot
There's this whimsical, unrealistic illusion in society that race relations have magically disappeared and that everyone observes tact when speaking about their opinions on the subject. No. That no is...
View ArticleSo Close to Twenty Followers... Sad.
No, my title has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm writing about today. I've decided my blog is going to rebel against sanity and all that is proper and decent. Nay, I will not be controlled by...
View ArticleWhat, Where, Who Am I?
I'm getting old. Not the sexy, wise cougar old. The senile, drooling babbling kind of old. For a week I've been patiently observing my rapid deterioration and for a week I have slumped into a deeper...
View ArticleBlock It.
Feeling very much like this for the past few weeks.So what's unfortunately becoming a characteristically recurring happening- I have writer's block. The kind of writer's block that makes you curse your...
View ArticleWWMLKJD
Although our country has been progressively getting more and more aware of our atrocious history and its undeniable, lingering repercussions we are still not living "the dream," his dream. Today is...
View ArticleGeneration (WH) Y
Being a twenty-something living in Brooklyn has its ups and down. There are all sorts of connotations connected to that phrase and with reason. Amongst the many shows and articles that have been...
View ArticleOk, So About What I Said Before... We're all doomed
Ok. Forget that post from before. We're all doomed. I want to stay positive about our generation but it's hard when my peers call Jersey Shore and How I Met Your Mother entertainment. Ok, so that last...
View ArticlePlease Go Away Ice Cream Man
Spring is quickly approaching Brooklyn and I can tell, not because of the beautiful weather or the scantily clad teenagers or the constant jet stream of water frothing out of fire hydrants (alright, so...
View ArticleWrite Havoc
I've been thinking a lot about our part as citizens in this country and how incredibly apathetic Americans have been for over 50 years. Since then there have been baby steps toward banning together in...
View ArticleInnocence Stolen
This recent shooting of the innocent and incredibly young Trayvon Martin has opened up so many doors of discussion and unearthed many things that have been percolating under years and years of silence....
View ArticleWTF Internet?! Wait, you're cool.
Cheers!The internet I have discovered not too recently is a terrifying place. In its far recesses lurks unspeakable, strange depraved things. I remember one evening I was hanging out with Fred and one...
View ArticleIt Has Come to My Attention...
Gizmodo.com That the number of unhealthy foods circulating the internet is growing. At first, I didn't mind it. The tumblrs dedicated to bacon everything, glorifying everything fried, they were...
View ArticleMiming For Your Life
This makes me all kinds of happy.buzzfeed.com This weekend I had the pleasure of being a performer at a party, no I was not a stripper, although there were burlesque dancers there (NOT THE SAME THING I...
View ArticleCan I Haz Zombie Apocalypse?
Image: Battlefieldheroes.com Recent news has further confirmed my suspicions that we've been quietly living among zombies for quite some time. I mean, Larry King? Totes a zombie. Now, the truth is out...
View ArticleOBAMA WON Y'ALL + Apocalyptic Events
Image: Novus2.comDare I say it? Our country just might be changing for the better with the re-election of Barack Obama and a notably healthy turn in a more liberal, all-inclusive direction away from...
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