Author: meghan
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I Went To California and All I Got Was This Sound Bath at The Integratron
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What did you do in California, Meghan? Oh, I lay on my back in an acoustically perfect dome built by a retired aircraft mechanic on the directions of visitors from the planet Venus and blissed out to the sounds of quartz singing bowls. NO, REALLY! The Integratron is a thing. High atop a hill…
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California Was So Nice, We (Accidentally) Stayed An Extra Day
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You heard me. So you already knew I was going to be in California this weekend, but through some magical invisible force, we would up staying a day longer than we’d originally planned. Yes, yes, I promise I’ll tell you all about Palm Springs, and Joshua Tree, and Los Angeles in another blog post. This…
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Good News! I’m back from California, and I brought the sunshine with me (as well as some rocks)!
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Wow. So, yeah. I was in California and it was so nice, we stayed an extra day! No, actually, we missed our flight home, but that’s another blog/story. Point is, we made it back to NYC in time to see The Skin of our Teeth at Theatre For A New Audience, because I helped work on the…
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GOOD NEWS! Rosé-Filled Glasses Edition
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Hey hey! What a rollercoaster this week has been! I got my period early — ON VALENTINE’S DAY! — and it was the most painful one I’ve had in a few cycles. But I’m glad it came early, because it was supposed to come this weekend, and this weekend I’m flying to California! Yay! I’m…
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Quit Hating On Valentine’s Day, Seriously, It’s Not THAT BAD – But This One Was…
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This is NOT a picture of me from Valentine’s Day, 2014. This is a picture of what was supposed to happen on Valentine’s Day 2014. It’s the second week of February, which means it’s time for everyone to start BITCHING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY HATE VALENTINE’S DAY. People I implore you — don’t yuck somebody else’s yum!…
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Nobody’s Having Fun On The Bachelor 21.6 — Not Even In “Paradise.”
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Theory: Nick doesn’t want LOVE. He wants MISERY. That’s the only thing that could possibly explain his actions in this episode. But it makes a lot of sense if you consider his actions on Bachelor in Paradise! There, after one date with Amanda, Nick decided that they belonged together. Which would’ve been awesome, had Amanda felt the same way.…
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GOOD NEWS! Snowflakes for the WIN!
Hey hey hey as I write this for tomorrow I have just found out that the 9th Circuit court D-nied that fuckin’ stupid immigration ban! Suuuuuuuck it, LIBERALS WIN! Speaking of SNOWFLAKES, we got a shit-ton of snow on Thursday (as in TODAY, as we’ve already established that I am writing this the night beforehand),…
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I Prithee, Miladies, Please Don’t Use This Slogan On Your Protest Signs
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Ok so it’s Wednesday and we’re all looking forward to The Weekend!, looking forward to going out and supporting Planned Parenthood in Washington Square Park or wherever your local rally for Planned Parenthood is, and as we take to the streets in what I’m hoping will be the Women’s March II: Nevertheless She Persisted, I…
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Five New Guided Meditations for when your Old Guided Meditations just aren’t Doing It anymore
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Guided Meditation #1: For Anger Put on early-era Britney Spears and pretend to be a backup dancer, in the style of percussive choreographed dance which involves lots of kicks and punches and spins. Turn the music up and close your eyes, and imagine that every time you punch the air, you land a blow…
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When The Bachelor 21.5 Stops Being Escapist Fun And Starts Becoming A Metaphor For America’s Almost-Certain Doom
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The Bachelor used to be my escapism. Used to be. Maybe it’s just the greige-colored glasses I’ve been wearing since Jan. 20th, but this week’s episode just reminded me constantly that we — America — are totally, royally, hopelessly fucked. Let’s look at this season of The Bachelor so far as a parable for America: America, like The…
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“There’s Only Two Kinds of Makeup!” aka Why Contouring Is Not For Me, I’ve Decided
So I got in a Twitter fight (not really!) with a IRL friend of mine (again, not really) but we had an in-depth discussion about contouring: how, and why, and wherefore do I hate it so much? When I first became aware of contouring, I instinctively roiled against it. It just seemed bizarre to me!…
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GOOD NEWS! We survived another week! Let’s “Stick It To The Man”!
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Wow! What a week! This week was INTENSE and it all started on Sunday, with the #NoBanNoWall march in NYC. On Monday, I went to a Rise & Resist meeting which was very educational! On Tuesday, I needed an outlet for my rage so I danced it out at No Lights, No Lycra. Wednesday morning,…
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The Official February 2017 “What Will Trump Fuck Up Next?” BINGO Card
Twelve days. TWELVE DAYS! It’s been twelve fucking days and while we can’t say that the world is literally on fire, we can’t assume that it won’t start burning tomorrow. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels like every waking second is like a slap in the face of all that I hold dear! It’s like I’ve…
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Currently… in February 2017
FEELING: Hmmmm where do I begin? So, my temporary period of employment has ended, which means back to square one. Since the Inauguration, I’ve been protesting every weekend. It’s hard to think about my own personal future when the future of the world feels closer to crisis than ever before. Distracted? Angry? Scared? Yet strangely…
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The Bachelor 21.4 aka “Corinntervention” aka WHAT IS ‘REAL’?!?
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Why is this show so LONG and so BORING? I don’t remember Ben’s season being this boring. I don’t remember Jojo’s season being this boring. Maybe it’s just harder to care about The Bachelor when the whole world is literally on fire. Anyway. This was the drama-filled, having-it-out, ‘if-Corinne-gets-a-rose-I’m-leaving’ episode we were promised with the teasers. Unfortunately…
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The Least Normal Dates I’ve Ever Had In My Life
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So the other day I was watching The Bachelor (like you do) and after I recovered from Raven giggling about assaulting her ex-boyfriend (hold on, I promise I’m going somewhere with this, but OMG wtf that was the most horrifying thing I’ve ever seen on The Bachelor), Raven raved to the cameras about what a great date it was by saying: “This…
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Good News! This Week Is Over!… Good News!
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Can we somehow reach the Barenaked Ladies for comment on this past week? Because I would hope they’d say something along the lines of “Wow, that’s a lot of stuff to have happen in a week.” or something. Hi! I’m back again with some good news, and let’s kick it off with writing stuff!…
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The Beer Fairy
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It looks as though we got a visit from the Beer Fairy today! What do you mean, you’ve never heard the story of the Beer Fairy? Well, gather ’round, kids, let Auntie Meghan tell the tale. The Beer Fairy is as mysterious as s/he is magical. Unlike the Beer Fairy’s better-known counterparts (Santa Claus,…
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Hoodies: A Love Story
Truly and honestly, is there anything better than a pullover hoodie? A hoodie is a hug that you can wear. A hoodie can make you look like a bear. I could just not resist going Dr. Seuss on you guys, I love hoodies just that much. In fact, I nerded out on hoodies and did a little…
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The Bachelor 21.3: in which I defend Corrine because don’t hate the player, hate the game, and the name of the game is CATTINESS
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Corrine, Corrine, Corrine. That was the title of this past week’s episode, right? After the whole “Liz” thing, the ladies in the house find themselves without a united enemy, and so, they choose Corrine. Corrine took her top off at the photo shoot (where another girl was also topless)! Corrine interrupts other girls’ time with…