So my 25th birthday was on Monday. Coming up to the big day, I had been pretty worried. It felt a bit scary and I had had all these lofty ideas about my future that hadn’t ever materialized. (I was supposed to be living in Brooklyn by now!) Because I was so worried, I didn’t …
Last week I was pretty heavily caffeinated just about all week long. Luckily, because of the caffeine flowing through my veins each and every night—and late at night, at that—I had some time to work on this blog. I’ve updated the design, css and plugins and written the About Me section. Let me know if …
Yesterday I went to a lecture/reading of Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book Eating Animals. Besides saying “novels are useless,” he had a lot of intelligent, clever & funny things to say about vegetarianism. Though he’s a big advocate for vegetarianism, he did say his main thesis is to believe strongly in your convictions—whatever they are. …
So, I spent the past weekend in Connecticut visiting my family. Inevitably, that involved a visit to the casino (Mohegan Sun, this time). Instead of gambling away my hard-earned birthday cash, I sat at the bar with my recently-turned-21 sister and my Dad. We made a list of cocktail drinks that my Dad felt were …
In case you were wondering what I did for Halloween… I went as Max from Where the Wild Things Are.
So, I started drinking coffee about a year ago – just when work started to heat up, and I was beginning to feel semi-professional. There were a few months in there when I had 3 cups a day—not a lot compared to some people I know—but it was a lot for me. Since then, I’ve …
So, this is a blog. I haven’t yet decided what to do with this space, or how to do it, but in the meantime, I’ll just practice writing. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything besides an e-mail or a to-do list. And trust me, no one besides myself should have to read those. In …