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How many more years of CMJ do I have to endure until everyone gets the point that it doesn’t matter? Now if I could just get annoying publicists to understand that, maybe they’d stop emailing me their party invites. I know, boo fucking hoo, but the percentage of the invites in my email account is [...]

To borrow from the James McNew/Dump album, a plea for tenderness, folks: WPRB is quickly approaching on its inaugural membership drive, and please, I hope you’ll consider making a pledge.
Read on for details!

Here’s three events happening at my day job very soon that might be down the alleys of random readers of this blog. All programs are FREE and open to the public. The Writers House is located at 3805 Locust Walk, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
A lot of the times programs at work [...]

OMG, school is so freaking awesome. I read hundreds and hundreds of pages, then I think about how it relates to the things I do! Granted, the thing that I do is listen to music, watch TV and goof around on the internet — which really means the only thing I can focus on these [...]

My life has been on a good streak lately, so there’s no real reason to clog it up with negativity, but these things I’m about to tell you, well, they gnaw and pick away at the very fabric of my soul….
The Italian Market = Ethnic Cuisine Amateur Hour
Over the weekend, I went to every store [...]

Ahhhh, I start school in exactly two weeks!!! On the one hand I’ve been waiting for this moment, on the other I’m just not ready to think about homework and grades just yet (despite the fact that I’ve been TAing a film history course all summer long, so really, this is a non-complaint). Make [...]

» Laszlo. Antonioni. Bergman. What a heartbreaking week for the world of cinema. In a strange twist of events, the film history course I’m a TA for was studying the Seventh Seal.
» Equally sad as the loss of these great filmmakers is the untimely passing of Trevor Butler, bassist for local band Bottom of [...]

» Spent my birthday at McCarren Park watching the Oxford Collapse, who kindly gave me a birthday shout-out from the stage. Thank you guys! Also, big thanks are in order for Toby, who made sure my drunker-than-drunk ass got back home to NJ safe and sound by taking the subway back to Penn Station and [...]

Quick catch up:
» I guest-blogged for Idolator a couple weeks ago, and also, snapped a couple shots for them over the weekend.
» I went to Pitchfork’s festival on a VIP pass and complained about the burrito line. On the plus side, I got to eat salt pork, shop for shoes and share a train ride [...]

I don’t like to talk about work on this blog (you know, the fear of getting dooced), but I wanted to pass along this message from my co-worker Elizabeth, who is participating in the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk. If you can donate to the cause, please do!
In October, my mom and I will be participating [...]