February 2010
2 posts
December 2009
1 post
in case you miss me.
every now and then i post at nineteen-ten.tumblr.com
November 2009
1 post
September 2009
1 post
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May 2009
1 post
it is not.
Oh, puppy, dear dear puppy, I wish I had written you the final entry you deserved. I didn’t. I am going to try to be a better mommy to this one:
http://lady-brains.blogspot.com
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
10 posts
I became a little disheartened last night when I realized that even the grand prize on Top Chef ($100,000) wouldn’t pay off my student loans. Also I saw Brian Posehn on the street last night. I told him I loved him. He said “Thank You.”
Max and I were on the news! Also the red door in a shot in the beginning is ours. I must say, the cameraman filmed me from an EXTREMELY attractive angle. And look how glorious and wind-swept my hair is! Hahahahaha. The video was shot in two locations- my block, and another corner a few blocks away which just happens to be where I work! You can see the blue Eviama banner in the background of the...
from "philadelphia weekly"
“Food and Friends: The guys behind the counter pick the music for this hipster disco. Bop to the back wall for an expansive selection of Belgians. Notably, F&F lists prices on both its sixes and its individual bottle selection. Pray that becomes a trend.” Max is the guy behind the counter. And guess who made the decision to label the individual bottles?
SEA-KITTENS.
“Of course, if you look at it another way, what all this really means is that fish need to fire their PR guy—stat. Whoever was in charge of creating a positive image for fish needs to go right back to working on the Britney Spears account and leave our scaly little friends alone. You’ve done enough damage, buddy. We’ve got it from here. And we’re going to start by retiring...
happy valentine's day (almost)
FAMILY PORTRAIT
I have had three cups of coffee while trying to put my relationship with caffeine into words. Well, the next batch is brewing and I give up. toothpastefordinner.com
i guess i should pay better attention to my cat
Michael Tomcat has been sitting next to me on the floor making the tiniest little noises for about ten minutes. When I finally looked over to see what he was doing I realized that he was very patiently and delicately removing all of the straight pins from the pin cushion, one at a time, with his small teeth. Sigh.
January 2009
14 posts
For her encore, Lykke Li did “Can I Kick It?” UM. AWESOME.
I declined the offer from the Princeton Review. It was only for 15 hours a week and the pay was pretty low. I liked the office and wanted to work there but I feel good about my decision. Sarah Brown sent me a banner that said “You Will Sell This House Today!” On a similar note… I WILL FIND A FULL TIME JOB. I WILL FIND A FULL TIME JOB. I WILL FIND A FULL TIME JOB.
it is hard to take screenshots with paws
OK, so my cat has a facebook. It’s a little weird. I accept that. It was fun at first, tagging pictures of him and creating a profile based on Mao Zedong, but the whole endeavor has gotten a bit out of control. Apparently by creating a profile for my pet, I was tapping into this weird underground community of internet-using quadrupeds. Chairman MOW! gets more friend requests than I do,...
A friend included a piece I wrote last year in Volume One of his new zine, Four Thousand Flavors. I haven’t seen the final product yet- I think I am going to swing by the release party on Saturday and pick it up- but it promises to be pretty cool (biased?). This is the blog for the zine. My contribution is untitled, and below. - - - It isn’t so hard once he gets used to it. The foot with...
False alarm! I still hate my job.
All of the clients are late so we are listening to The Velvet Underground at the spa. I don’t hate my job today. Connection?
even more employment news!
I was offered a part-time job today by The Princeton Review. There are a few things that the assistant director and I are going to discuss before I make my decision, but it feels great to have an offer! More later- I have some homemade chicken satay to eat.
laundry day is a very dangerous day
Nearly every article of clothing I own (along with all of my bed, bath, and kitchen linens) is clean. This was a rare and glorious event in 2008 and the preceding years but I have hopes that 2009 will be different. I have taken a few steps to ensure this. For one, I cut my wardrobe almost in half- I threw away some particularly grungy articles and filled two garbage bags with nice things to...
"adults and how to be one"
Max updated his facebook profile the other day, and while those things tend to be rather tongue-in-cheek (my current interests, I believe, include “really old bangers” and “girls who eat their feelings”) there is a lot of truth in that third interest. 2009 will be the first year that Max and I have to be real adults all year long. We did OK in 2008- we made rent, we took...
We only had one appointment scheduled today, an eleven am massage. Of course it is 11:15 and the massage therapist scheduled is nowhere to be found. I called another of our massage therapists and she is on her way. I hope she gets here soon. The client has been here for about half an hour and I’ve run out of small talk so we’ve been sitting here in silence for the last ten minutes....
Max found his list of top albums of 2007! I think it’s funny that MGMT is on there because it’s all over 2008 lists (and we actually started listening to the album in 2006). Regardless, here they are: Max’s top albums of 2007. I don’t think they’re in order but I could be wrong.
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Justice - †...
I drank too much of something else. Hey, at least I didn’t throw up out the window of a cab (or at all).
I am really living it up this NYE. So far, I’ve done all the dishes and cleaned the coffee maker. One thing led to another. Here are some google image results for “I drank too much coffee.” Happy New Year! At least I’m not drinking too much of anything else.
December 2008
8 posts
I listed p2p on my graduate school applications and now I worry so much about the possibility that admission boards may be reading that I have been having a hard time with words. I made a pizza, dough and all.
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merry christmas!
Among other things, Max and I received a bread maker, another set of “silver”ware, a lazy susan, a shaker, a new set of pots and pans, and 32 new glasses. Sounds like we’ll be having a party…
Like lots of people, Max made a ‘best albums of 2008’ list. He posted the top eight last night and will do two more installments of eight. The list includes a lot of albums that I can’t believe were looked over (Metronomy! Neon Neon!), and what I think are pretty well-written explanations of his decisions. But what do i know, i’m just his girlfriend....
jen, entertain yourself with this until my next...
my last two months of life.
from "mother ireland: a memoir"
“Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire. Ireland has always been a woman, a womb, a cave, a cow, a Rosaleen, a sow, a bride, a harlot, and, of course, the gaunt Hag of Beare… Tacitus records how a Roman general gazed across the seas from Scotland and reckoned that a single legion could have subdued her. He was...
sara's world
I don’t know my left from my right. It’s a real problem. When Max is driving and I am navigating I say “your way” or “my way” because it takes me too long to assign the direction words that most take for granted. It doesn’t stop there! I use “midnight” and “noon” because I am not sure which is 12 AM and which is PM. And are the blue...
November 2008
6 posts
baby it's cold inside
I am not sure why today, of all days, I decided to take the air conditioner out. It’s been in so long already- why couldn’t I wait until tomorrow, or tonight, or any day that Max is not at work? I am on a house beautification quest and I just thought it would be nice not to have the ugly air conditioner in that window any more. Plus cold air pours in from the spaces above and below the...
chairman vs chairman
another post about my cat
I am of the belief that all Philadelphia landlords are scum. I have rented two apartments and two houses from four different real estate companies and, so far, no one has proved me wrong. The man and woman who own Rittenhouse Properties (from whom I rent currently), despite being lovely people, have made no attempt to rectify the fact that for the last month and a half there has been no cold water...
As Max and I were riding our bikes home from Matt’s house tonight, someone in a Subaru with Florida drove past us yelling “Why don’t you hippies get a (edited for content) car?” Manuela, dear bike, I would pick you over a Subaru any day of the week. And Florida, you are no Pennsylvania.
today's mail
The front: The back:
October 2008
16 posts
i feel better now
Sometimes, it is easier to occupy myself with the little questions. What’s going on with my legs there? How obvious is it that I spelled novocaine n-o-v-a-c-a-i-n-e and then tried to cover it up? Is novocaine an accepted spelling of Novocain? When was the last time I had my teeth cleaned? Will I ever be able to afford having my teeth cleaned again? When will life “show me the...
crisis
WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? AHHHHH.
tis the season
My new favorite beer from one of my favorite breweries.
phillies!
Kendal and I watched the last half of Game 5 at a bar near Broad Street. When the Phillies won, everyone took to the streets. I have never seen such chaos in my entire life. As Lauren said, “Waking up this morning, I was surprised to see that Philadelphia was still here.”
irony?