November 2009
12 posts
DEAR BOY
A college kid e-mailed me for advice. I was going to ignore it, but, was like, Fuck it, lets see where this kids head is at. I replied to his e-mail right away with no intention of blogging our interaction. One of my good friends found it hilarious that anyone would ask me for advice and insisted I post the back and forth. So here it is in all its shoddily spell checked and pseudo proof read...
A Little Something...
Found this today:
I have to change the things that I find attractive. Let go of whatever inside that tells me someone is desirable when all they are is damaged. I don’t want to save anyone but I am totally susceptible to mistaking excitement for love. I’ve been doing it for years. Push me away, then pull me close. This roller coaster of emotions must be love right? No, it’s just...
oh hey...
Dear girl from Refinery 29 Street Seen:
Care to have an anti Black Friday? We could sit at opposite ends of the couch, our feet meeting in the middle, drinking French press coffee and reading books whilst America goes insane for cheap plasma televisions and DVD players?
Halloween Edition Part 3: November Rain
She walks off across the dance floor towards the door as the DJ starts “Age of Consent.” Its really quite a moment. I start to make a lap around the party and realize I’m done. Not even 2 and for me it’s over. She’s gone and nothing else seems to matter. The girl that throws herself at me a few moments later might as well be a leaf falling across my face on an...
Halloween Edition Part 2: At The Party
30 blocks later and I’m inside the party. I feel that rush of the night. So many people, everyone is in good spirits. The music is good. Jim Carrol Band, Rocky Horror, Johnny Cash. I’m dancing and getting loose with friends. I spot a girl looking at me from across the room. She is tall, pretty and in about the same state of pseudo costume that I am. We exchange a few glances and...
Halloween Edition Part 1: August to October
Maybe she is actually a nice girl and does not want to be treated like a whore?” Its August in NY. Hot. Sticky. Boring. August. It’s been over a week and she has not accepted my Facebook friend request. She’s not going to. I know because the person who introduced us told me so. I can’t blame her. My best friends assessment of the situation is probably right on. Apparently...
“In the years they’d lived in New York, their East Side apartment had...”
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Jay McInerney defines coupling in Manhattan with only a few words. Get Brightness Falls On Amazon.
What the boys are reading:
I’m highly recommending this coming of age story by David Mitchell. Get it at Amazon.
Such Things I Do... Part Two:
The first time you enter a relatively strange woman’s apartment is a magical moment. I really can’t describe the rush. You’re face to face with this person’s entire life. If you know how to read an apartment it can tell you everything you need to know. My first experience with this art was in my late teens. I was visiting my brother in Brooklyn while a high school friend...
“They’re just fantasies and they always seem really great because...”
– I was bored and ended up watching High Fidelity last night. I always loved the scene at the end where he gives the shitty proposal to his chick.
Such Things I do... Part One:
I do this thing. Actually whenever I meet a woman I do one of two things. The first is a relatively simple song and dance: say something funny and maybe a little risque, steer the conversation toward sex, keep everything light, and hopefully end up making out on a deserted East Village street. The second is an involved process reserved more for actual dates or happy accidents. I had one of the...
