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My Haunted House
I’ve shared some info here about my Greenpoint apartment, but did you know it’s haunted??? YES! By which I mean the previous tenants left some pretty wild stuff behind. Like the painted skull head on the glass cabinet door. Really, who does that, even? How long has it even been there? WOAH! Open what? Skulls? Okay,…
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What Are You Afraid Of???
Irrational fears: everyone’s got ’em. When I give ghost tours, I talk about hauntings and serial killers and people love it but heaven forbid a rat runs by, and they lose their shit!!! Rats are just squirrels with bad haircuts! Rats are a totally irrational fear – leave them alone, and they won’t bother you!…
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Winter Is Coming!
So I’m looking at that exclamation point thinking, “maybe that looks just a little too happy.” But this picture pretty much communicates how I truly feel about this weather lately. I want to point out that this picture was taken in the doorway of my building on Thursday, and I went out to Happy Hour…
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Let’s Talk About Periods, Okay?
Halloween is just around the corner, and everyone is abuzz talking about horror movies, so why not talk about my favourite horror of all time? Yes, I just equated periods to horror movies. They are kind of the same, aren’t they? You like the idea of them, but still get grossed out by all the…
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Keepsake
A post-it note. A cork. An empty perfume bottle. Why do I feel the need to keep things? Do I keep things just for the sake of keeping things? The trend lately is on simplifying. Cleaning out, decluttering, weeding through your personal items to claim only the most necessary to keep. Marie Kondo, and other…
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Me? Unfriendly?
I did something I never thought I’d do the other day. Something I always said I’d never do*. For the first time, I unfriended someone on Facebook because I was offended. *Let me be clear: this is not the first time I’ve unfriended someone on Facebook, and I’m not against unfriending people who have stalked…
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15 Minutes of Fame and Frappuccino
It’s finally happened, guys. When I started this blog over six years ago, I wanted to be a serious blogger. With hundreds of followers, daily comments, and a community of readers following my every word and it. has. finally. happened. WOW! This is what it feels like! THE BIG TIME! I never dreamed of getting…
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“That’s All”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUs8D-xWUuA] Trying to make people like you is really hard. Trying to be funny, or outgoing, or smart, or whatever, it can be so much work. Trying, trying, always trying to be perfect, and then to be better than perfect, is exhausting. No wonder most days I’d rather keep to myself, phone it in,…
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Currently… in October 2015
FEELING: Compared to last month? Soooo much better. Oh, I’m going out and doing things, taking on projects, I feel more confident in my ability to move on with my life and do things. From little things like painting the bathroom and putting up the shelves in the office, to just touching up my roots…
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Greenpointing II
Four months after moving to Greenpoint and the weather is perfect. Just right to go kick some things off the Greenpoint bucket list! You know, explore as far as possible, eat at the restaurants you keep saying you’re going to, and drink Bloody Marys because that’s what weekends are for. The day started after noon…
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Fall Fell
Just days after getting back from the desert, temperatures in Brooklyn plummeted and we are in full-on Fall! I love Fall, I’m excited to explore and enjoy the city in a way that I haven’t really since oh say before the humidity was 110%?!? Some new developments this week: – after feeling really down about…
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COCONUT + RUM + POLAROID
Following a wretched dust storm (that was actually only the beginning – eye of the storm, perhaps?), walking home from an open conference on technology and the future in a canvas tent, a table of drunk, rowdy millenials sat behind a table boasting a cardboard sign crudely etched “COCONUT + RUM + POLAROID”. Common sense…
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Aspects of Burning Man That Terrify Me But Oops, Too Late Now
ATTENTION PEOPLE OF THE FUTURE. By the time you read this, I will have been living out of a tent for five days, caked in alkaline dust, and peeing in Port-A-Potties exclusively (if I’m lucky): FEAR NOT! I’m not writing this missive from a past alternate dimension to prevent the apocalypse from happening (though if…
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Currently… in September 2015
FEELING: Lost. Pressure is on now to find a job while my life has stabilized and I’m not running off to the desert for weeks at a time (Hi! Still out there! Sincerely hope as I write this I’m not crawling in bugs and pooping in a bucket!). I really have no idea where to…
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Cylons At Home
I don’t actually know how I feel about this, but my house is wired. Networked. Vulnerable to Cylon attack. I live with intelligent computers who secretly hate me. Okay, that’s a little dramatic. Maybe they just don’t like me. This has been a scorching summer, one for the record books. The first thing we set…
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Spitting Distance
New York! You can live here for years, and still have no idea what’s happening. It’s been almost seven years for me, and I can’t begin to tell you why it’s so weird. Take yesterday night in SoHo, for instance. I was all dressed up to go to a gallery (yeah! New York life!) and…
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Currently… in August 2015
FEELING: You know what? Summer vacation has been everything I dreamed of. I am so grateful for this time to relax and focus on one job at a time! I feel like my life is not a crisis anymore. WATCHING: For the first time in months, I have the time and energy to finish an…
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31
Believe it or not, I’m excited to be 31. I don’t even feel this old. I mean, granted, I get winded climbing a flight of stairs, but I still find this hilarious: I pinch myself all day long because I’m so incredibly happy. Everything is so sweet and wonderful for me right now. Turning 30…
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Living With Roommates vs. A SigOth
As soon as you announce that blissful decision: “We’re moving in together!” well-meaning advice mongerers will load your ears with fears about living with a partner. So much has been said about the drawbacks, that I want to preach the benefits! When you live with a roommate, you are a constant thorn in their…
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How I Want To Spend My Summer Vacation
What a ride the past nine months have been! It felt so much longer. I got incredibly drunk (one – ONE frozen mojito!) after school with my coworkers on Tuesday to put the year behind me and look forward to this summer. Of course, I’m looking for a new job – but I’m also going…