after too many years of fighting 18 wheelers on the Cross Bronx Expressway, i now taking a series of small parkways into Manhattan. starting somewhere up in Connecticut, from the Merritt to the Cross County to the Saw Mill to the Henry Hudson. all these highways in miniature, made twee by the lack of trucks. […]
she had me at “pop music will never be low brow”.
i’m trying to figure out how she flew under my radar for so damn long. i tend to be late to the party for most pop culture trends, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise. for a long time i just thought she was […]
ooof. sorry.
so, what the hell happened to this past week? i don’t know. i’m not going to write about it.
last spring i took a fabulous art history class that changed my life: Feminist Perspectives in Art History. it was taught by Magali, who was so amazing i asked her to be on my committee. she […]
well, this Defamer post depressed the hell out me, because it is sadly true:
After word emerged yesterday that MTV was planning an extreme dieting beauty pageant, we knew it was time to ask ourselves, “Do we still want our MTV?” Many of us grew up in a time where the network was perceived as alternative, […]
…or, my bid to be rendered inaccessible by my mother while she’s at work (being an elementary teacher, Mom, it goes without saying that this definitely NSFW).
about three years ago J9 got me into Peaches. another girl after my own heart: Miss Piggy. putting the two together: priceless.
also a nice touch: the Disney Channel logo […]
west center city somewhere, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
Yeah, I’m from the illest part of the Western Hemisphere
So if you into sight seein don’t visit there
It’s somewhere between Jersey and Delaware
Philly never scared and them niggaz ain’t timid there
Them young triggers lose lives by the minute there
It might start but the fight never finish there
They […]
i have been on a major Roots bender in the last few weeks. i obtained their newest album, Rising Down, shortly after it was released. i have to say that i dig it but it’s not nearly as good as Game Theory, which came out in 2006. that is the one i have been listening […]
i have a very clear memory of the video for Annie Lennox’s “No More I Love You’s”. the thing i remember the most is Annie herself, she looks stunning, powerful, amazing and just a little bit frightening (in a good way). i didn’t remember the dancing boys in make-up. that was an added bonus.
and god. […]
this summer i hung out with Catharine and Alexis, my junior high and high school best friends. Catharine i have not seen since 1999, Alexis, probably more like 2004. there was lots of catching up, of course, lots of “whatever happened to…?” but through all of our conversations, the one thing that amazed me is, […]
last night i ended up going to MilkBoy in Ardmore to watch Ben sing at open mic night. i hadn’t been to an open mic in years, and was reminded yet again what a strange parade it is, from the middle-aged accountants singing treacly songs about eyes meeting across the room to giggly 16-year-olds trying […]