After two weeks of marathon postings, it looks as if I've resumed my one-to-three-posts-a-week schedule. I typically write when I'm bored or stressed, and coincidentally, that's also when I don't write. For example, last week I was very emotional and drained, so I wrote a lot because I had no one to talk to. This week I've been very anxious about ( Read more... )

Girl #1: Dammit, they're putting one of the wheelchair people on the bus!

Girl #2: Fuck, man ... You know, they should just put a handle on the back of the bus.

Girl #1: Yeah, that could be fun for them!

--M12 bus

Reposted from Overheard in New York: The Voice of the City

I have this small jewelry satchel where I keep some of my less expensive but more emotionally valuable pieces. It's a costume-jewelry supplement to my "good" jewelry box. Today, because I haven't opened the purse in over a year and because I'm on a rid-my-life-of-excess kick (I threw away a third of my make-up the other day, which is basically an ( Read more... )

"I just want an interview." -- me, daily

This has been my mantra for the past three months. Throughout May and June my hopes were high as I applied like crazy to big and small publications at home and in NYC. July was far less productive, half because of weddings and vacations and half because of a loss of motivation. If I could only be granted an ( Read more... )

Man: You know, there was this electric wheelchair woman, she saw the bus coming and like, zipped right in front of us so we couldn't get on.

Bus driver: Yeah man, they're fast, those electric ones.

Man: Yeah.

Bus driver: And vicious.

--M15 bus downtown

Reposted from Overheard in New York: The Voice of the CityThis has become my new favorite ( Read more... )

Easters in Edinboro have always been some of my favorite times. The campus is usually barren, and the weather warm and sunny. I love it, because for four of five years, I've spent the holiday with people who make the weekend memorable. This year even had a special guest -- my brother.

Saturday, April 15, 2006I woke up early (9 a.m. is considered " ( Read more... )

Last night was so nice. After probably six months of not seeing any of my college friends - half of us having graduated and half currently student-teaching - I was in the presence of more than a dozen of them (JohnMitchell, Ashlee, Sara, KristenKarazsia + friends, McFee + friends, Leah, Shelby, Aaron, Honkey). The reason for the night out was, of ( Read more... )

Took a morning roadtrip today to Bethany, West Virginia - which is right between Deliverence and Bumblefuck Nowhere. The town hosts Bethany College and a population of 1,000, including the college's student body. It is a beautiful castle in the middle of scary, redneck, backwoods West Virginia.* It actually reminds me of the castle in Rocky Horror ( Read more... )

Whenever I feel sad and lost, I think about New York. Those of you who know me at all know that I think of New York when I am happy and found, too. But when I'm down, I want nothing more than to escape to my city ( Read more... )

Friday night was my baby brother's first Prom ( Read more... )