Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 14th, 2008
a tourniquet
I just returned from a blissful weekend on Fire Island. Will post the weekend details tomorrow. Because what happens on Fire Island gets divulged on the internet for anonymous strangers to read.On Sunday evening, I come back into the city and go out for drinks with my funny Jew friends. Or as I like to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in dating, life in new york by thejinius
Friday, July 11th, 2008
seriously!
I forgot to mention that including the aforementioned text I received yesterday, I also had missed calls and texts from the bearded guy. The first two texts were around 3 in the morning: What are you up to? Where are you? I don’t know about you, dear readers, but as a […]
3 Comments » - Posted in dating by thejinius
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
seriously?
Dear readers:
Can you please help me decipher this text I received from the bartender at 2 in the morning. Hey. You love late night calls. Get one. Whaaaaa?! Is this even English? If he had enough sense to use punctuations then couldn’t he at least send a text that was semi-coherent??
7 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by thejinius
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
suffragette city
Many of you regular readers may know that I’m an avid reader of Jezebel.com, Gawker’s feminist little sister blog. I graduated from a women’s college and it was refreshing to read commentary on politics and pop culture that was both feministy and funny. Jezebel showed that you could care just as much about petro politics […]
6 Comments » - Posted in life lessons, tina fey by thejinius
Monday, July 7th, 2008
burgers, booze, bearded guys. why i love summer.
It is a wonder that I am somehow still alive. Despite my proclivity to drink like a Vietnam Vet and turn into a stumbling zombie by the end of the night, I still somehow manage to find my way home. I’m like a cat. I just have an inner gps system that directs […]
5 Comments » - Posted in dating, eating and drinking, life in new york, travel by thejinius
Friday, July 4th, 2008
old journal entries
Found some old journal entries. These three are my favorites.Thursday, September 11, 2003In memoriam of September 11th, I met E. for lunch at Tao.If today was my last day on earth I would feel somewhat satisfied knowing that I had ass the night before and steak for lunch. Not that I would like to die […]
2 Comments » - Posted in it's hard being a genius by thejinius
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
synchronicity
Synchronicity.Carl Jung described it as “meaningful coincidences”.And, coincidentally, I’ve been seeing this word everywhere.First, the tv show LOST is all about synchronicity. Characters having chance encounters with others. Earlier this year I read Paul Auster’s Book of Illusions and synchronicity is a running theme in many of his books. Julia Cameron talks about it in […]
