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Last week R and I hosted my cousin Derek for his week-long L.A. adventure. Derek was most recently in Seoul, Korea where he taught English and did voice over work. He decided to stop in L.A. on his way home to the East coast to get a feel for the city. A few things you should know: R and I love hosting people. I think …
Today is my half birthday! That’s what I yelled in R’s face around 7AM, one second after my alarm went off. Then I said, “Don’t worry, I won’t go nuts and buy myself any special clothes or anything,” and he looked at me like, yeah right. I don’t usually celebrate half birthdays, but for reasons I’ve now written about extensively, this one seems like it’s …
(thank you Celine Geiger for today’s blog inspiration) Thursday is my 1/2 birthday, specifically the last 1/2 birthday before I turn 30. So six months from this Thursday, my 20s will be over. Thank god it’ll be in the 70s and sunny when this will happens upon me. I am working on figuring out my feelings about this fairly momentous milestone, but in the meantime …
Sometimes when I haven’t come up with an idea for a blog post the next day I’ll go to bed thinking about it, hoping to will myself to dream something genius, and sometimes it actually works! I will wake up, and in those moments of snoozing before I’ve actually committed to being awake, the idea will surface. The problem is, it’s rarely genius. It’s rarely …
I had a lovely conversation with a recent L.A. import last night. She was concerned about all the typical things recent L.A. imports worry about: will I meet normal people? will I find work? if I don’t find work, will I want to leave? But then she asked me something that struck me as far more mature than the things most recent L.A. imports – …
I am coming upon my third full month as a full-time, at-home employee of myself. Here is what I’ve learned: 1. There is no greater accomplishment in life than getting out of bed early/on time for absolutely no reason. I know. I did it once about two months ago, and I’m still living off the glory. 2. The difference between a totally productive and miserably …
A brief oral history of my relationship with GIRLS: Last year I tore the first three episodes of this now Golden Globe-winning “comedy” a new one. This year R finally got me to watch the last four episodes, and I mostly liked them. Last week I had the below conversation with Geanna. Two nights ago R and I watched the first two episodes of this …
There was a period of time when Katie and I were planning on writing a whole book about hook up culture. It was going to be feature our honest opinions about the state of romantic affairs. We were living in a time when all bets were off – no one texted what they meant, no one asked you out in person, and no one …
If you happen to find yourself both above the age of 27 and in a relationship for any more than 12 months, you best be prepared to answer the question that’s no doubt coming your way from every corner of your world: so…when are you two getting engaged??* It’s a curious question for more reasons that one. First of all, female people don’t typically know …
It’s time once again for a long, reference-filled article about the state of the modern 20-something. This time the writer waxing poetic on an age bracket I’m pretty sure he’s grown beyond is Nathan Heller with his piece Semi-Charmed Life: the twentysomethings are all right. As you know, I approach these attempts to understand “my generation” with a groan. Doesn’t the New Yorker have something …