My boss gave me free booze. For real real, behind my computer I have a bottle of Bacardi Limon given to me by my boss when my co-intern and I were helping clean up her space (he got some vodka ( Read more... )

I want someone to tell me that I should go to work today. 'Cause right now I'm thisclose to calling in sick and finding the nearest showing of Dreamgirls. Or Volver, maybe ( Read more... )

In the wake of the Oscar nods last month, my fellows interns and I were dispatched to work on a ballot for the Oscars, and with the utmost glee we wrote blurbs about the movies we had previously seen. Here are mine:

Best Actor - Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson: "From the Mickey Mouse Club to being a crackhead teacher: for actor Ryan Gosling, it's not a ( Read more... )

The MTA is definitely not getting a Valentine from me.

I woke up yesterday morning and swore the world had gone crazy. But not a bad crazy, more like a contented, delightful crazy ( Read more... )

I discovered, much to my delight, when I washed my hair this afternoon that I'm getting the length back in my hair! And tonight, again much to my delight, I will be putting in work on the red carpet! At the Project Runway finale party! (I am a huge fan of Project Runway, if you can't already tell.) I'll be in the press pen all night, but there's ( Read more... )

I'm about due to write something in here, but due to time constraints, I"ve copied a letter I wrote to some of the people I haven't communicated with in a while ( Read more... )

Can't believe all this time has gone on and I haven't talked about my new job. The last time I'd seen most people, I was still complaining about the orientation. And yes, there are many things bitch-and-moan-worthy when you're a public servant, but I vow that I will accentuate the positive ( Read more... )

To most people around, today was Father’s Day. But not really for me, though. Rather, it was a "stay up 'till 7 am and watch Brokeback Mountain" day. A "wake up and watch soccer with Mother" day. A day to go lay out a sheet in Central Park, at the spot my dad would take me to this time of year to help me study for the Regents, and try to finish The ( Read more... )

This week I lost my pet kitty and several inches of my hair. But I gained a DVR, and that's all good.