May 2012
2 posts
Listen
“There’s a girl in New York City who calls herself the human trampoline.”
April 2012
3 posts
“The buyer of $9 jam, after all, isn’t another maker of $9 jam. It’s the guy whose multinational robotic assembly line spits out jars of $1 jam. Or it’s his trustafarian son, the Global Jam Logistics heir. Or it’s the private-equity guy who just offshored GJL to a sweatshop in Bangalore.”
- The Twee Party, New York Magazine
March 2012
6 posts
2 tags
February 2012
6 posts
Just, so good.
January 2012
10 posts
“Embrace your insignificance and wallow in beautiful aspiration.”
Babes in Snackland
Please follow my new Tumblr, Ladies of Food Packaging, where I post pictures and (brief) histories of the women you know from your favorite processed foods.*
*Probably my most shameful & pointless blogging venture yet.
New York by the Numbers
Days living here: 9 Blocks: 58th and 6th Roommates: 3 Average height of a Sunset Park resident: 5’4” My height: 5’8” Adopted neighborhood cafés: 1 Hours spent applying for jobs in said café on a daily basis: 3-4 Mg caffeine consumed during each visit: Approx. 500 Concerts: 1 Museum visits: 1 Movies: 2 Movies with viscerally uncomfortable sex scenes: 2 Labradoodles...
December 2011
12 posts
My Museum Basement
Like most people I know in their early twenties, I spend a brief week or two every year at my parents’ house during the holidays. Each time I go back I find that my old and familiar bedroom has remained untouched for months, leaving me with the distinct feeling that I’m staying in my own museum basement.
There are some real relics, the items that have been archived in my closet for years....
Michel Gondry Remade Taxi Driver →
Watch this whimiscal short remake of Taxi Driver by Michel Gondry.
1 tag
Conversations with my Mother, Pt. XI
Back story: I’ve been having eye problems recently and she texted me to see what was wrong. After explaining my symptoms.
Mother (1:57 PM): Oh my god, what the fuck, do you see anything? And did you sleep with your contacts?
Me (1:59 PM): Calm down, yes I can see, no I have not been wearing my contacts.
Mother (5:19 PM): Hey, how are your eyes?
Me (5:20 PM): Mom I’m fine.
...
November 2011
16 posts
Beautiful area.
I love water.
[Eats porkchop]
- The Collected Poems of Willard Mitt Romney, via Mother Jones
“God damn it, there are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We’re...”
– J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
