February 2012
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On Los Angeles
My dad: Wow...
Me: What?
My dad: You sound happy out there.
Me: I think I am.
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In Which I Drive
I bought a new old car!
I left the dealership last night with the title in hand (I think that’s what this paper is, I don’t know, there’s so many, oh my God, I’m such a woman!). Pacific Auto Group, with their tagline of: “no credit because you maxed out an American Eagle card in college? no problems!” seemed to have served me well. I think I got a good deal because in only 36 months, Eusebio...
GUYS I BOUGHT A CAR AND ALREADY HIT TWO THINGS!
Watch out, LA.
“Warby Parker’s choice to bequeath each pair with an attractive name signals that...”
– Sarah Handelman on the Named garment (via warbyparker)
It’s true. I was asked to help think of boy names for a soon to be disclosed family member’s baby, and I immediately turned to Warby Parker.
That kid is going to be one stylin’ preppie.
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That moment you realize you just played a word in Words with Friends with your editor, after asking for a 2nd extension.
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“This is what we demand of our superstars: Playing their best on the biggest...”
– Eli Manning, Destroyer of Worlds
(Tagged under: football quotes that make me cry, PMS, I enjoy his doofy face, I once met him at an Aziz Ansari show)
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In 2008, I had just come out of the hospital for...
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morphine, 1 am.
The thing about morphine is that only the first rush feels good. The nurse inserts the needle straight into your IV line and that first flush–that first flush!–feels like something new.
It feels like change. The warmth the drug brings spreads its way throughout the entire body. The toes, the tips of the fingertips are deluded, but it is momentary relief, a roar of sudden relief.
My head...
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Pros/cons of going to the hospital (yes, this is...
Pros:
1) Instant rehydration + possible hunger relief (I haven’t eaten/drank/talked since Monday)
2) Morphine! I UNDERSTAND YOU, HEROIN ADDICTS!
3) Attention (duh.)
4) Gifts (duh.)
Cons:
1) I always get admitted, due to my colorful medical history.
2) Being paired with an old roommate who yells at me for wearing V-neck t-shirts and booty boxers and calls me a slut, just like last time...
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3:00, los angeles
this pain is spread out across the movements that i make, as i shake from the hard edges of its existence, as i move my arms and feet in tandem, desperate to feel something else.
later i will punch the strong walls that built this castle i reside in, some 3,000 miles away from the comfort of my hospital, my NYU, where the doctors know what to do. where they recognize my face, and they smile,...
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January 2012
29 posts
“What startled me as I sat there, staring into my soup and listening with all my...”
– Not enough adjectives to describe how much I love this piece.
Elissa Wald, Night Shifts
My Friend Lauren Started a Blog About Her Melanoma... →
suckitmela:
Yeah. And the atomic bomb was “just a bomb”.
I’m not here to give melanoma a bad rep or make cancer any worse than it can be. I’m here to humanize it. Give it a face. A name. (Un)fortunately I have the priveldge of doing so.
I’m Lauren. I’m 29 and I’ve had melanoma twice in 2 years. Both times…
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How To Look Cool At A Coffee Shop–Hollywood...
1) Sit down in the chair really aggressively and roll up your sleeves like you’re about to actual work instead of type words on your dainty white computer.
2) Furrow your brow.
3) Sigh audibly.
4) Order a coffee and pronounce espresso properly. There’s no x. There’s no x.
5) Look up the TV on the wall in disgust and say “I don’t have a TV.” Sigh at the...
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tuesday night!
i left the party in a cab because i still do not have a car.
i said los feliz, the driver said he knew because i had given the lady on the phone my address and then i made him go back to the party because i forgot something and well,
i was flustered and short on cash (just the tip), so i gave him a brownie with sea salt and he said thank you and put chris brown on really loud when i tried to...
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Conversations with my now FOUR year old f'niece
Emma: Okay now we are going to play Mommy, Emma, and baby. ALLIE, YOU HAVE TO BE THE BABY. (Allie, 20 months old, continues to play with the teacup.)
Me: Okay. So who am I?
Emma: YOU ARE ME.
Me: Okay. Hi, I'm--
Emma: NOOO, my turn. Hi my name is Emma's Mommy and I like to take so many pictures and I love to Facetime and I know Kelly.
Me: Hi, I'm Emma, my best friend is Kelly and I want to be the Beast next time--
(Emma puts her hand up)
Me: But this means I finally get to be the princess.
Emma: NO!! I AM ALWAYS THE PRINCESS.
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In line at UCB, checking Tumblr, taking Instagram pictures of my boots, seeing I’ve been retweeted and slowly turning into a cliche.
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It's All Fiction, Really.
I cannot remember the exact moment you changed. It was a collection of instants so dense that they became years and that purple stain on your lips became permanent, the color something we anticipated, knew, and hated.
I can remember that first moment moment I disappointed you because I could not keep my mouth shut. And those arguments have outnumbered the marks in the basement that measured our...
Dear LA,
I need a really cheap car to last me for six months or so.
My Razr scooter (children’s size) isn’t cutting it.
Any suggestions?
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December 2011
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On Not Sleeping
I have not been able to get out of bed since August.
I’ve had insomnia for years, and fatigue forever, but it was August when I stopped working full time and have consequently fallen into this hazy, open space. Freelancing allows for my situation; for that I am grateful.
But I am still searching for the reason I have been so tired lately, so needy for my bed that when I am out and away from it,...
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nighttime ramblings
At night, I take my pills, the pills I have taken since I was a child. They are not foreign to me, I know their shape and taste and what to take with what, what to sip on, which pills will stick in the back of my throat, willing themselves to stay out of here. I swallow three times and cough.
I ease myself into a new existence, a sort of blankness, a paralysis of the panic that takes over me at...
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Dan and I Name Our Top Ten Albums of the Year
And by I, I mean mostly Dan. I helped, though!
(I cannot believe he didn’t include the members-only fan clup EP that Hanson released.)
Honorable Mentions: The First Day of Spring, Noah and the Whale; The Whole Love, Wilco; Bon Iver, Bon Iver; Rome, Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi; A Creature I Don’t Know, Laura Marling
10. Pickin’ Up The Pieces, Fitz + The Tantrums
9. So Beautiful...
