Hate Crime!

Sassed on the street by a stranger

I was walking past a gas station with Lesley in Brooklyn trying not to make eye contact with a man sitting in an awkwardly parked van when I heard someone say something to my left.
By instinct, I turned around only to see a man pumping gas before realizing he had said, “That’s sexy.”
Of course [...]


A txt msg convo

Sad-Sigh fanbase - all 6 of you - Let me transcribe for you guys a text message conversation I had with my roommate, the illustrious J. Lopez this weekend.  Please note that I received the first message shortly after she arrived in West Palm Beach for vacation.
J: Fractured foot.  Have cast.  Spent my day in [...]


Struck by shower head

I have a love hate relationship with my shower at home. I love to hate it. Wah wah. There is no such thing as “jumping into the shower” at my place unless you’re looking to get doused with either freezing water or scalding water. Adjusting it is a fine art I have not learned despite [...]


Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 9

11.25.08 - Queenstown - ADVENTURE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!!!!!
Dudes.  It is EXTREME down here in Queenstown.
Or at least that’s what the marketing would have you know.
I awake at 5:45am, (blerg), to head out for my skydive, (glurg), only to learn that it has been canceled on account of the weather.  Curse you, RAAAAAAIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!  (shakes fist)  [...]


Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 4

11.18.08 - Taronga Zoo, Oxford Street/Darlinghurst
Rachel, Jamie’s friend from The JC was supposed to leave to head back to the States this afternoon.  However, before she was to do that, we decided to go to the Taronga Zoo, on Sydney’s North Shore.  Jamie, who’s been to 167 zoos whilst she’s been here, (including world-famous Australia [...]