Out of My League
Like Tree Trunks
For those of you not living in the greater LA or NY areas, Barney’s, that bastion of fancy clothings for liberal elites, hosts a semi-annual warehouse sale in which gay things like suits, scarves, designer jeans, and men are on steep discount. I mean steep. We’re talking 80%-90% here. That being said, when the suit [...]
Meta: Around the world in 80 Sad Sighs
So, let’s see. In 2008, Sad-Sigh was freaked the fuck out over mosquitoes in India, confused by mustaches in New Zealand, and sexually harassed in Uzbekistan (yours truly, and truly a Sad Sigh worthy event but alas, not one I’m allowed to talk about on a public blog).
Well, we may be miserable, but at [...]
We’re not in Los Angeles City anymore, Toto
One of the things I found maddening about L.A. was the sheer number of people roaming the streets midday. I’m not talking about the homeless or even a recently laid off individual, I’m talking about the “kept” people whose spouses are so rich they never have to work a day in their life. My numerous [...]
Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 5
11.19.08 - Bondi
That’s pronounced Bon-Dye, you Yankees.
In the morn, prior to boarding the free shuttle from our Central City hostel to the one in Bondi, which is a suburb of Syndey on the beach, I needed caffeine like a mother, and went straight to the… you guessed it, Starbucks. The reasoning behind this American superiority [...]
The Wisdom of Janitors.
Proof that I don’t know anything about anything?
Our custodian at work, Tyrone, a 35-year old Jamaican man, and I had the following conversation the other day about the tanking economy*:
DT: Hey Tyrone, how’s it going?
Tyrone: Ayrie, not too good, not too good.
DT: Sorry to hear that.
Tyrone: You know, I checked me Money Market deother day. [...]