A few things happened…

Washington, DC, USA As hard as it is to believe, I’ve had some kind of presence on the web for over a decade now. And, for more than a decade now, that web presence has yo-yoed between being active and neglected. I think that’s how most Internet-folks work. Obviously, for the past couple of years, [...]

More surreality

WASHINGTON, DC, USA About two more hours until I head back home to NJ for the week.  This week at work has gone just fine.  Uneventful, but fine. I was just sitting here at my desk, and I remembered something from my trip to DC from a few weeks ago that I thought was worth [...]

Musical Flashbacks

I don’t know if it’s just me, or if this happens to everyone.  But, frequently, when I hear a song, my mind has a little bit of a flashback to the first time I heard it. It’s hardly conscious; more often than not, I’ll be totally preoccupied or busy doing something when a song will [...]

“The Namesake,” and how I came to see it (mostly spoiler free)

STRATFORD, NJ, USA My Background Junior year of high school was a pretty big year for me. I was learning that I really enjoyed TV production, and my history teacher thought I had a real knack for the social sciences.  In fact, she was so impressed that she had my high school nominate me for the New Jersey [...]

Tourist in my old town: Return to DC

The other night, after visiting my grandmom at the hospital, my mom and I went to Echelon Mall for some ice cream. I thought of a fun game to play: trying to name a store that previously occupied the location of all of the current stores. Strawbridge’s, Fashion Bug, Babbage’s, Xhilarama, that luggage place…. Combined, [...]

Lazy Friday (drunk post!)

Netflix In high school, in my AP English Literature class, we had an amazing teacher.  To this day, when people from that class meet up, we debate whether he was the greatest genious in modern history, or a run-of-the-mill nut. I’m leaning towards the former, but I’m open to persuasion. Regardless, as we learned in [...]

Fishing

When I was in middle school, I was REALLY into fishing. Some kids were wearing their little league shirts, the more precocious or risqué were wearing their “co-ed naked soccer” shirts (remember that fad?).  Me, I was proud of the “Justa Hafta Fish” t-shirt that my mom gave me for Christmas. One day, we were [...]

Introspective post! Home sweet home? (A love-hate relationship)

Stratford, NJ   What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia   Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you’re not from Philadelphia, then you’re from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you’ve ever journeyed to some far off place where people don’t know that Philly has an [...]

2006: Year in Review from Back Where I Started

Stratford, NJ Well, it’s finally official: I am now, once again, resident in the state of New Jersey, with all of my crap situated therein. I guess years 23.75–?? will be a lot like years 0-18.5 in my life.  I’m back where I started! I was down to the former Hotel Garyfornia for most of [...]

Easy*

Stratford, NJ In 2003, when I mentioned that I was thinking of spending a semester abroad in France, most people thought it was a good idea.  My grandmom certainly thought so.  “You might as well go, because chances are you’ll never get to do something like that again.”  I assumed she was right. When I got off [...]

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