Month: December 2008

  • So what had happened was–

    So what had happened was–

    It’s a couple days before Christmas, I’m at Grand Central Station, and there’s some time before the train to Connecticut. Not a lot of time, but some time. Enough to grab a drink. There’d been some drinking the night before, so I didn’t want another glass of wine. I just wanted something to sip while…

  • Keeping Up Tradition

    Keeping Up Tradition

    Same place, same day, new year, new terminal. Thankful for the things that stay the same, grateful for the things that are new. Hmm. I did have a picture taken from last year’s Jet Blue post-Xmas flight, but now I remember I never got to post it, as a woman sitting at the table next…

  • Activating Niya

    Here’s the thing about Niya. She sits across from me at the table every day, and while I never know exactly when it will happen, there will be a point where she goes off. Sometimes it’s over something seemingly innocuous, like cookies. Or dogs. I particularly enjoy the times it’s about how she would have…

  • in celebration of hot nerdy boys.

    [scripty] PAMIE How was the rest of your weekend? DANA Good. I just… I’m so frustrated, because I’m having to do all these graphs for this class, and I don’t understand some of this computer shit. I mean, I’m very smart. Obviously. But then like, I don’t have to know Excel for any part of…

  • day without a gay

    day without a gay

    It’s International Human Rights Day. Gay or straight, find a way to be of service today. Fight H8 with love.

  • playing in a constant loop in my head lately:

    Ingrid Michaelson: Girls and Boys Track: “The Way I Am“

  • Holiday Shopping Suggestion: Akawelle

    Holiday Shopping Suggestion: Akawelle

    This is so beautiful: My friend Cori does incredible things. Years ago I was going to go to Africa with her to help restock a medical facility or build a school or something super-important like that, but instead I sent them my father’s laptop and started working for Mind of Mencia. I will probably never…