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Duffy at the Apollo
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images1.jpegI may have more than just a girl crush. I was practically ready to get down on one knee and pull out a Tiffany’s box for this adorable little sprite of a girl with a big voice after she rocked the Apollo in a white tank dress and patent red heels last night. Although, I would have had some competition from the men in the front row screaming her name and handing her bouquets.

I’ve always been a little envious of anyone with an amazing voice. It makes everyday struggles sound a little more glamorous. Telling a story about sitting at home in your room and dreaming about a guy who doesn’t know you exist can seem pathetic, but put it into the poetry of song and all of a sudden you are flown around the world on private jets and tour busses to tell your story to the world.

If you don’t believe me, take her word for it:




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So sorry, but too crazy busy to write properly.Soon:

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Overheard on the Streets of New York
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“Oh my god, that’s like a bad Cameron Diaz movie,” exclaimed the woman walking past me on a cell phone.

images.jpegI’m going to have to assume that this woman was referring to recently hitting the jackpot in Vegas and being forced to live with the imbecile who she married while intoxicated. Because other than that (and maybe The Mask) Cameron Diaz pretty much rocks.

But here’s the problem-
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What Would Earl Do?
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taxi.jpgIn general, I’ve got pretty good karma. I’ve gotten lucky in drawings, raffles and such and I generally find the answers to crises of housing, employment, etc. just when I was ready to give up hope (and yes, I’m knocking on wood as I type this- shout out to the karma gods!).

But what I’ve discovered lately is that I have awful cab-ma. In the taxi universe I am slowly descending into the lowest possible caste, and I’m afraid the one I’m going to end up in involves plaster and a full-body.

Living in New York City definitely ups the probability of a crazy cabbie story. I’ve been in the backseat during a completely unintentional 360 degree turn in the snow and continued driving unharmed. I’ve even had a driver go out of his way to return a lost cell phone. As sort of a sacrificial offering and solidarity with the service industry, I have a habit of over-tipping.

But something lately has changed.
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Good Teenagers, Take Off Your Clothes…
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I wasn’t planning on anything, I swear it. We had been out drinking all night and I was being the dutiful wing man. If that meant we ended up back at my girlfriend’s crush’s house playing pool with his friend, so be it.

Jodie pulled me aside, “So….you two seem to be hitting it off….and we’re thinking of going to bed soon….”I shook my head. “He’s sweet, yes, but there’s no chemistry there,” I insisted. “But I’ll just go sleep on the couch. Wake me up in the morning.”

So, I lied down on the couch and got uncomfortable, knowing that my girlfriend would thank me later.

lion-king-sex.jpg“I brought you a pillow and a blanket,” he said, arms outstretched with a peace offering and looking paternal, completely prepared to tuck me in. “But I’m going to sleep in the guest bedroom. You’re welcome to join me if you want.”

I reluctantly agreed, but not before adamantly insisting that, “This will be purely Disney, a G-rated night. No PG-13 action, we’re just going to sleep.”

I held strong to this rule for about an hour while we just talked, and I discovered I had judged him a little quickly. He was younger than me (-1), but so was the last guy I dated and really liked (back to even). We grew up in the same town and went to the same public high school (-1/2, because I like broader horizons), but he went to a University in the South away from all his friends (+3). And, despite having been out in a trashy bowling area bar with his friends when I met him (um, won’t qualify this because I was there, too, but negative) he talked about an experimental theater company he had gone to with friends the previous week (+10).

So, when he suggested, “You know, you could just turn over and kiss me before you go to sleep,” I gave in.

I should have known, Disney always ends up a little dirty.




Just Your Everyday, Average M*$#%@ F*&!!%#
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I take absolutely no original credit for this one, since this fish found it first, but I couldn’t resist reposting. Is it any wonder that I was single for most of my adolescence when this reminds me of most of the guys I grew up with?

Definitely NSFW:




Observation Dating Déjà Vu
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hammock.jpgI should have known something was suspicious from the guy’s opening line:

Looks directly at me, “I have to apologize…”

“Why?” I ask as girlfriend and I exchange glances.

“Because I really like the way she looks,” he replies turning to said girlfriend.

Okay, way to start on an arrogant note. Read The Game much, buddy? Making me feel like a jerk for not winning your approval and her blessed by your attention would be much easier if you weren’t a few years past your prime and vaguely familiar…

It took a few minutes into the conversation before I placed it. The topic of “What do you do?” came up, but I was distracted by his wingman before having a chance to listen to the reply. If I had paid attention I may have been able to cut the conversation off sooner and save my friend. What can I say, his wingman was a winning conversationalist.

But you brought up a hammock. How many men in New York have a hammock in their back yard (let alone a back yard?!). And I’ve slept in that hammock.
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I’m a Hopeless Realist
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wedding-hands.jpgI sat in the hall, decorated simply with gorgeous flowers and filled simply with the people that mattered, and discovered that I was jealous.

I didn’t begrudge the bride a moment of her happiness- in fact, I flew across the country to be a witness to it. It was just a sucker punch to the stomach when I realized I didn’t just want the wedding day, I wanted a marriage.

I watched them gaze into each other’s eyes, his thumbs stroking her wrists in a simple telling gesture to calm her down and dry the tears that tumbled down the aisle with her. I didn’t want the tux or the ring, I wanted the touch.

I sat and listened to the toasts full of inside jokes and praises of a couple that grew together and made each other better people. I would’ve traded a hundred glasses of champagne for a story of my own.
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Homecoming
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I always think of going home with such jubilation that I forget that it isn’t necessarily a universal sentiment. I stay at my parent’s house instead of renting a hotel room, even if that means I have occasionally been stuck sleeping on a sofa in the living room. I know that I’ll always be welcomed with open arms, a full fridge, available laundry facilities, and keys to the family car.

My circumstances for this trip are reason to celebrate- a childhood friend is getting married. It’ll be a reunion of sorts with some of my favorite girlfriends, and Ill squeeze in brunch, coffee, and drinks around the ceremony and reception. I’ve scheduled play dates with friends’ children so that I can animate the annual Christmas photos with real life voices and personalities.

But I have other friends who aren’t so lucky. Going home for them means facing family feuds, discrediting rumors that have made their way across the coast to haunt their reputation, and disrupting an already overloaded schedule. Their hearts left long ago, and there are no hats to be hung in their houses.

On this trip a few different worlds will collide. One girlfriend from New York will be attending the wedding, while another one recently moved back home after realizing that the city wasn’t for her. I’ll prepare my answers to explain, “How life in New York is treating me” in under three sentences, but I’ll be aware that I now have an audience that can judge my authenticity.

Going home for me is an escape, a return to a world that I didn’t race away from to never look back. It’s a world that I left reassured would be waiting for me to return with a bundle of balloons and a ticker tape parade. It’s my safe place, and I’m looking forward to a weekend in the center of my universe- especially knowing that New York will still be there reluctantly waiting at the airport for my return.




Signs You May Be Living on a Struggling New Yorker’s Budget
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1. Buying shampoo and conditioner in travel-size containers, which is all you can afford while living paycheck to paycheck, and rationing the contents carefully.

2. That extra ten pounds gained after cancelling your gym membership to save money. Subsisting on a strict diet of Top Ramen and Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese hasn’t helped either.

3. Wasting away because you refuse to succumb to the aforementioned diet and chose to abstain from eating all together.

4. Responding to “What do you do for a living?” with more hyphens than a P. Diddy business card, especially is one of those career choices involves drama, dancing, music, writing, or any number of mildly creative pursuits.

5. A mailbox stuffed full of credit card offers claiming “Pre-approval”, who each subsequently issue denials on any application attempt.

6. That secretly relieved smile upon denial because your wallet is already starting to rip at the seems due to the five credit cards from various lending institutions, membership discount cards for bargain shopping and bursting change pocket.

7. Being excited at the Bush tax rebate plan, not because you actually believe that it will stimulate the economy, but because you can pay back your parents for that loan they gave you last summer.

8. Avoiding phone calls from unfamiliar numbers more for the fear of collections officers than of former relationships or lapses in judgment of distribution.
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