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March 2010

The bullshit of opportunity cost

admin - March 31, 2010

I was gchatting with a friend who wants to leave his job to pursue a life of not his job about how exactly he’ll go about making money should he leave. For the time-being said friend needs to keep his current job, so he’ll stay identified as “a friend.” This friend is one of those modern renaissance men – a writer, graphic artist, video producing …

Are all guys really looking for three girls, three ways?

admin - March 29, 2010

I got involved in a chat the other night about the different types of girls you can come across slash date with a guy who happens to be seeing more than one type. Our conversation was about girls as characters – not like, “that Jessie…she’s such a character” – or, “that Jessie, she has good character…” like if I were to structure a screenplay with …

The truth is, we all know why we’re single.

admin - March 24, 2010

I stumbled across a post from one “Nick” of Wade the Tides on a post of one “Polly” of The Hitchlist the other day. Nick wrote an impressively detailed expose on why he’s single including what appear to be power-point-sourced charts highlighting several of his more mathematic points (…while I contemplate adding videos but think, that seems harder than not adding videos…). Nick’s point: several …

Re-writing the meaning of the “career-obsessed” woman.

admin - March 22, 2010

A female friend and I were having dinner at an Italian restaurant on St. Patrick’s Day because it seemed like too much of a challenge to catch up with all the wasted kelly green polo shirts stumbling around the village. We spent the first fifteen minutes like we typically do “catching up” about other people, the next fifteen catching up about work stuff (She is …

Oprah says you have to write your perfect man down

admin - March 19, 2010

My friend the brilliant photographess Jenny Anderson usually sticks to the picture’s-worth-a-thousand-words philosophy on her personal/professional blog, so I was surprised to read this pitch-perfect description of the man-of-her-dreams the other day. Oprah slash The Secret (and so by extension my mother…) say you’ve got to get your ideal man down on paper (so, Internet…) to let the universe know what you’re after. I don’t …

A particularly topical Hook-up Conversation

admin - March 18, 2010

Thanks to all who came out to the second installment of The Hook-up Conversations Tuesday night. You packed the house for another great session of awkward, hysterical, shocking, and devastating “conversations” all around that oh-so-familiar topic of hooking up. I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve been invited back to do it all again – so stay-tuned for new performance dates (yes, plural) to come. Until …

Two reminders, then whether or not you can be friends with an ex who was originally a friend

admin - March 15, 2010

Two things first: One: Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at The Hook-up Conversations tomorrow night! 7-9. Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Two: The 20-Nothings National Video Project is underway. Set aside 15 minutes. Make a video. Change the world. And finally: CQ emailed a topic the other day that prompted one of those, “wait haven’t I already written about this?” moments. Turns …

(Online) Dating’s double standard

admin - March 10, 2010

Ask most girls why they’ve recently joined an online dating site, and you’ll hear one of the following: Ugh, my friends maaade me… I don’t know, I just felt like everyone talks about it so much that I had to try it for myself I’m looking to go on a lot of dates – you know – for practice and stuff I figure I can’t …

Comments on comments: Un-loving Mr. Perfect

admin - March 9, 2010

Let’s try this out from time-to-time… The comment: “Hey Jessi…I had a life-advice question for you. My crush (and good friend and 3 years my jr) is basically Mr. Likeable on steroids–smart, passionate (about life in general), hard working, reliable, goal-oriented (but not too much), values relationships, loves his mom, etc etc. He’s always surrounded by these girls all the time — his friends? or …