This is one of those times I’m glad my family doesn’t read my blogs, and hesitant to post what’s on my mind because I know the friends with motherly-type responses to my actions do. Forgive me, mother hens, for I have no viable excuse for the small time stupid things I do. A year and …
Author Archives: Julene
Home Alone: Lost in NY
Several Fridays back I resolved not to be an internet-addicted shut in and took the train into Williamsburg. According to some kid with too much time to wax poetic on Craigslist, this is the borough of lost boys. I fully agree but feel the need to add in that it’s them and their five piece …
The almighty dollar
On the subway, homeless people try to amuse you into giving them money. Sympathy is played out so bad jokes like what you used to read off popsicle sticks are the name of the game. After walking around with a cup asking for change, a man with one shoe duct-taped on started in with his …
TRON and other missteps
My adventures lately make me think of Aesop’s Fables. I don’t mind all the lesson-learning that’s going on, but it’s keeping me on my toes in a way that’s quickly becoming uncomfortable. Since November there’s been lots of deviation from carefully laid plans, even for things as small as going to see a movie. I …
All you see
I didn’t “do” Thanksgiving this year, and I wasn’t feeling it with Christmas, either. I know plenty of people that spend orphan holidays in the company of friends but something about that doesn’t sit well with me. I have a family, we get along well. Why would I attempt to create some kind of substitute …
Now that that’s over…
I take issue with the concept of celebrating New Year’s, but that might just be because it’s so hard to have a good time when you feel pressured to do so. Make plans! Fuck, you better have FUN! That’s only the real world pressure. The internet pressure is to come up with some great summary …
The chilled lifestyle
I knew winters on the East Coast were bound to be cold but fuck man, it’s cold. I keep my apartment at a sensibly affordable temperature of 63 degrees and layer up while wondering how many homeless people freeze to death over the course of the winter months. Surely there’s a statistic lurking on the …