I woke up this morning feeling glum, much like during the waning seconds of the tail end of my final lacrosse game in high school, where I stared from the sidelines as our team lost well aware that it was completely beyond my ability to do anything about it. It wasn’t an oppressive glumness, but [...] Read more »
It’s been a tradition in my family to make a Jack-O-Bear for Halloween. Though they haven’t done it every year, my parents once again rose to the task this year. I had hoped to help my Dad carve it before I left Boston this week, but it seems to have been completed in excellent fashion [...] Read more »
“The Informant” by Beau Eaton, architect of the V01D. “Seriously. Ask any of them. They’ll know about it.” Her eyes were wide with seriousness and her voice firm with conviction. The intrigue hung in the air like a mist. As we stepped away from the counter, our world open to new possibilities, only her promise remained, [...] Read more »
Actress Eva Mendes rolls her Rs. In the American school system, students are usually given the choice of French or Spanish when it comes time to take a language. I know in the Denver area German is an option, but not in Boston. Seeing as I had been indoctrinated to French—my mom grew up in [...] Read more »
The huffing and snuffling had roused me a few minutes earlier, but wrapped in the soft down comforter, I had chosen to ignore it, rolling over and descending into dreamland once more. This time, however, the sounds of my canine companions dragged me into a slouched position like a marionette pulled up by the strings. [...] Read more »
I don’t usually drop posts this close together, but this was too good to pass up. Earlier today The Jeff appeared in a hazy vision on my IM client and sent me the link to this video of Vince selling the slap-chop. “It’s surreal,” he told me as I watched and laughed. Little did I [...] Read more »
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Ed. Note – If I’m “he said,” then this is “she said.” “So… I just got pulled over on Federal for a headlight out.” “You ok?” “Yeah,” Jen tells me, a nervousness underlying the laughter in her voice. “I mean, I’m still coming down, but we should hit a Wal-Mart or something.” I cringe at [...] Read more »
My heart is racing. It thumps in sync with the seriously cheesy Rammstein music blasting on the stereo. Hey, don’t judge me. It happens to be what keeps me pumped up. The mask itches. It makes me feel like Ralphie in his bunny suit from A Christmas Story, but I look more like a bank [...] Read more »
The moon rises over the old city in Prague. For more loony pictures of Prague, click here. It’s the eyes. Glowering, slinking ever thinner, as if she wished she were Asian. I’ve been to Asia. she doesn’t want to be Asian. “Mustard,” she snaps, her face contorted in the most hateful stare I’ve ever seen. [...] Read more »