Urban Honking

I did not like Mindy Kaling’s book at all, but the one takeaway from it that I did appreciate was the part where she talks about how dumb and pointless it is to tell people you’re stressed out. Everyone’s stressed out! It’s not like you’re special! Plus, it’s not interesting! I am trying to hold […]

We watched All is Lost last night. We’re in such an odd/interesting cultural moment. All is Lost basically has the same takeaway as Godzilla, if you can believe it. These movies about the individual’s total helplessness in the face of immense problems and systems beyond the ken of any human! All is Lost is no […]

Things I like about being a grown-ass woman (by “grown-ass” I mean “over 30”): – eat whatever I want, whenever I want. Get up in the middle of the night and eat pickles; no one dares tell you not to. Miso soup at breakfast at 6 a.m.? No problem. So much of my childhood revolved […]

Dear Yours Truly, My boyfriend and I are monogamous and we have lived together for a year. I love him and our life together so much, but there is one recurring problem: his ex. Since the beginning of our relationship, his ex has made it clear to me that she claims him as her “territory.” […]

The new Godzilla is amazing. What an incredible look into our cultural moment! I can’t stop thinking about it. Spoiler Alert for this whole post, deal with it ————GODZILLA—————BRAVE BEAST This new rock ’em sock ’em blockbuster is so much weirder and slower than you could possibly expect it to be. I went into it […]

Hi friends I am writing on the anniversary of my bike accident. Many of you have offered love, support, and positive energy to me and my family, which is why you are receiving this email. It’s hard to believe it’s been two years. As my friend Jon once said “time is weird.” Here is a […]

Everybody hates Portland June but I think it’s great. Also May. We have a taste of hot hot summer and then we go back to the dank and drizzly vibes of late winter for awhile, to take a breather before the hellscape of July and August (“hellscape” is a slight exaggeration, unless there is pristine […]

– read a page of David Harvey’s book about Postmodernism – check to see if the wifi is working now – it’s not – read another page – write down some notes – write tweet about stupid thing person sitting next to you at coffee shop just said – get distracted reading comedians’ twitter feeds […]

Pizza Party! I’m on summer vacation. This does mean I immediately get started on my immense summer work list but still, I get to do it on my own time and in sweatpants! Did I tell you how my class asked me “what do professors DO all summer” and I told them my summer plans […]

What’s up you birdies? I just made my annual pair of jean shorts. My relationship with jeans is somewhat akin to a traditional people’s relationship with a single felled prey animal (by “somewhat akin” I mean “loosely poetically related at best”). I have one pair of jeans. I wear it every day for 7 months. […]