THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #95
LOVE: Entertainment Weekly #1348/1349: I have subscribed to Entertainment Weekly since I was a fat and pimply youth. To me, it was always an escape into a world that I […]
Category Archives: California
2014, A Reflection: Part 2/4
APRIL: For April Fool’s Day, I convinced a ridiculous number of children that I was born without bones. I was giddy. Ma got tickets to see Dancing With the Stars in the […]
A Party In the USA, or, I Dance With the Stars
Do you remember when Marion Cotillard rightfully won the Academy Award for her triumphant role in La Môme? I don’t say deserved just because she was playing my beloved Édith Piaf, […]
My Glorious Return to the Chateau Marmont or The Curse of Passover
Another thing that I love about California is the time change. You wake up at a decent hour in the morning, but your body still feels as if it has […]
My Glorious Return to HOLLYWOOD
My favorite part of LA is that you can wear sunglasses anywhere and nobody looks at your like you’re some giant douche. You can wear them into shops. You can […]
THINGS I LOVED / HATED THIS WEEK #66
LOVE: “Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best” Reality Series: Anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely adore reality television. Because I’m so well versed in the vast history of […]
A Word From Reverend Benjamin #28: On Spontaneity
Holla Flock! I have an absolutely thrilling announcement to make tonight. I’m so excited that I can’t bring myself to say it just yet. Let’s play a delightful game and […]
Goodbye My Beloved San Francisco & GET ME AWAY FROM THESE EFFING PEASANTS!
Morosely, I set things aside to ship home and put my bag back together, not enchanted as I usually am by my miraculous ability to stuff an entire month’s worth […]
“Other Places Only Make Me Love YOU Best!”
Since my love for San Francisco knows no bounds nor limits, I wanted to be up as early as I could. You know how this story ends up, yes? I […]
Woof! & High Class Vegetarian
I woke up as my door was opening, sure I was about to be robbed or murdered or raped or something awful, but it was just the maid. I don’t […]
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