The State Bird of New Jersey

It took less than an hour after returning to the Garden State for me to give someone the finger. GREAT trip! Full recap soon.  For now, I’ll just let you know that I am home safe, but tired.

Tourist in my own Town: Laurel Springs, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA

I’ve tagged this post as “travel,” but in reality, nothing in it requires me to go very far from home! With the beautiful weather this week, I felt like going for a bike ride. Well, once I realized that my bike had a flat tire and that I didn’t have a pump, I decided on [...]

First Day of Spring!

So, although it feels more like it today, yesterday was the first day of spring, and that can only mean one thing here in the Delaware Vally… FREE WATER ICE AT RITA’S! People were ready for their first water ice of the season. I’m sure the lines started early, and they were still there when we [...]

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 [...]

On South Jersey

2am is an odd time for me.  I like to be up by noon, and I like to have around 9 hours of sleep (yes, I know).  That makes 3 my bedtime.  Sometimes, like tonight, my nana doesn’t go to bed until 1.  I’ve fooled around on the computer, and I’m kind of bored of [...]

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 [...]

Standoff ends in arrest

I went to middle school (or was it high school) with this guy!!! http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/NEWS01/601100359/1006 For some reason, when I’m generally well-rested but I end up getting very little sleep for just one night, I end up feeling extremely energetic the next day.  This doesn’t happen all the time, but it happens frequently enough.  Despite only [...]

On the down-low

MARLTON, NJ, USA This time two summers ago, I was selling bathtubs in the middle of the Deptford Mall. Have I moved up or down in life since then? Anyway, I had a lot of time to read at the mall, so I kept up with the local news pretty well. Usually, I just follow [...]

Not much going on

BLACKWOOD, NJ I’m still here in NJ. It’s boring. Living in the suburbs and not being able to drive is just not cool. Actually, now that I think about it, there’s not much that’s great about this place even if you can drive. So it goes. At least I’ll get to see some friends. I [...]