August 2010
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Six years ago tomorrow, I moved to New York. I didn’t know anyone here. My parents told me they’d see me in six months, after I got this thing out of my system. I wanted to write a book, and the subject eventually found me. Today, the product of all the terrible just-moved-here-no-contacts-school-you-haven’t-heard-of jobs comes out, and I’ve actually done what I came here...
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“I wasn’t sure what to expect at my first job in New York City, but it wasn’t...”
– Check out my interview, “How to Master Your First Entry-Level Job,” over at Newsweek.
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justsayjolie:
Songs from the Fern Bar: Linda...
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My great-uncle passed away last weekend. I was tremendously fond of the guy.
NETREBA—Sydney S., passed away peacefully in Millbrae, CA on August 14, 2010 at the age of 91. Born in Pennsylvania on December 4, 1918, grew up in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He earned a B.S. from City College of NY in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and saw heavy...
GrrrFriend Comics!
wackyfuncomics:
I’m happy to announce that, beginning today, you can read my new comic strip, GrrrFriend at TheGloss.com! Click the preview pic to take a look.
Special Thanks to Lilit Marcus (BUY HER BOOK) for making this happen. Check out her blog here: http://lilitmarcus.tumblr.com/
(I learned how to embed links in text! I’m an html superstar!)
Automatic “Ben found out about the...
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We Think We're All Just So Special
If I had chosen to have the kind of life in which I behaved as if I were some sort of protagonist of a novel, as Dennis does, which I manifestly have not, I would have settled in New York City. All self-styled protagonists of novels seem to migrate there self-consciously, to seek their own kind - all former drama nerds, bookish eggheads, debate-club champs, chess prodigies, and school-orchestra...
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South Carolina To Cover Lap Band Surgery →
This reminds me about that idea I had to start a “Shut Up South Carolina” blog. Maybe today will be the day.
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Me: Yeah, no one thinks I’m Southern because I don’t have a Southern accent.
Friend (who is from New York): Can you do one?
Me: [talks in bad Southern accent]
Friend: That’s good!
Me: No, it’s not. No Southerner would ever fall for that. But Yankees always think it’s real.
Friend: I’m not a Yankee. I’m a Mets fan.
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This Is Where I Should Have Left
You know those people - usually aspiring actors, I suspect - in Times Square who stand out there in the heat all day handing out tickets to free comedy shows? I try to spend as little time there as possible but this one kid got in my face once and wouldn’t give up. “Do you like to laugh?” he asked me.
“No,” I said. “I hate laughing, and I hate comedy.”
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Places We Used To Go: Quick survey: are the AM NY... →
lindsaykap:
Quick survey: are the AM NY people as aggressive at your subway stop as they are at mine? Actually, I’d say 80% of my followers work from home so maybe this isn’t a great group to survey. I genuinely think the AM NY people at the A/C/E at 34th and the B/D/N/Q at Herald Square are safety hazards…
Yes! What is up with these dudes? How does anyone resist the urge to dump all those...
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I'm chain-drinking
(via youngmanhattanite)
I’m always looking for creative ways to say I’m a lush.
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Hi, My Name Is Lilit And I'm Addicted to Lip Balm →
today:
b5media:
A confessional about a love of lip balm, to which I can totally relate. I think I own about 569,320,000 tubes of Chapstick, Blistex, Burt’s Bees and countless lip gloss. I practically buy one every time I walk into a Duane Reade.
Clearly, I’m not alone in my obsession.
There’s crack in Burt’s Bees chapstick, right?
Automatic reblog of something I wrote and didn’t...
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“You will never get an erotic massage from a well-endowed man. The large-cocked...”
– In Defense of Screwing Guys With Non-Huge Penises 