Archive for January, 2007

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Scene at Ricky’s

Location: Ricky’s, a beauty supply store in Manhattan. Jinius is perusing the aisles for a fashion…accessory. She is unable to locate it and approaches a female store clerk.
Jinius: Excuse me, do you have any..um..nippets?FC: Excuse me?Jinius: You know…(whispering).. nippets?FC: What???Jinius: NIPPETS! DO YOU HAVE ANY NIPPETS?FC: What are nippets?Jinius: They’re these pieces of tape that […]

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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Did You Break Up With Your Boyfriend?

That was the first thing my boss said to me this morning when he saw my new hair cut.I chopped it all off.

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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Best Tacos Ever

Over NYE weekend I visited the taco stand right next to No Malice (bar in east village for the non NYC readers). Anyone who’s gone drinking with me knows that by 2 A.M. I have a predilection for drunk texting, dirty dancing, and tacos.
Imagine how happy I was when I was able to do […]

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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Anyone and Noone

Whenever I try to quit blogging, I think of the line from the Godfather III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”
The blog was boring. Waah Waah life is so hard. I live in New York and make a good living and go out all the time. Boo-hoo. So I […]

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Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Bachelorette Pad

The only items in our fridge: champagne and chocolate

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Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Prelude to a Kiss

According to the NY Times, I may have seasonal affective disorder:
“Sex drive often dwindles markedly but is often replaced by an insatiable appetite for carbohydrates — breads, pasta, potatoes, rice and sweets — that results in weight gain”
See, when men breakup with someone they stick their key in every ignition. When women break up they […]

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Thursday, January 11th, 2007

An Asian, A Greek, A Frenchman

…walk into a tapas bar…our dinner at Boqueria(And no that is not The Frenchie from le weekend. Geez louise people do you really think I’d bring my roomie on a first date? Don’t answer that.)

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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

A Night With Calvin Trillin

“I’m sorry I’m going to have to put your name on the waiting list.”“Whaaaaa?!”
It was 10 minutes before Calvin Trillin’s reading and the Chelsea bookstore was packed. With alot of women. College-aged women in turtle necks and black framed glasses. Middle aged women with black rimmed glasses. Older women with frizzy gray hair, geometric earrings, […]

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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

more than a feeling

It was ominously warm. New York City was 70 degrees and the sun looked like it was taunting us with its doomful rays. Was this the end of the world? It was January and there were women in sarongs and open toe shoes. Men in shorts and mandals. I know it’s the apocalypse and everything […]

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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Alone on Christmas Eve

It was Christmas Eve. I was sitting on my couch with a fever, tissues, and my cat. I wanted to watch a movie so that I could feel like I was in the company of someone. Anyone. That someone turned out to be Vince Vaughn. I watched The Break Up.
I don’t know if it was […]

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