Urban Honking

Happy Easter! I forgot it was Easter but then remembered after I had walked all the way to the coffee shop, which for a heart-stopping (EXAGGERATION) moment I believed to be closed. Luckily they do not respect the sacrifice of our lord & savior, though, so here I am, drinking coffee and restructuring a paper […]

It was a roadtrip weekend, so we all made plans to meet at Katy’s house at 9 a.m., took the dog to boarding school, realized they don’t open until 10, texted everybody to tell them 10 instead, loaded up the car, and we were off! The trip up was filled with an almost hysterical cheer. […]

  I am writing to express my sincere gratitude and to share some reflections on the 100 x 100 event at PICA a few weeks ago. First, thank you to all the artists, volunteers, friends, participants, musicians, and to PICA, for your making this event happen. I am thankful to be part of such a caring […]

I am trying to stop exaggerating. I don’t think I exaggerate in the sense of lying–although I do enjoy a good hyperbolic anecdote–that’s not really what I’m talking about. What I mean is that my go-to list of daily adjectives are all at the utter extremes of expression. Something was not “tiring” for me, it […]

Two sweats last night. I am in hell. I had it under control and now it’s gone bananas again. Last night I sweated through all my clothes and the comforter. Got up, toweled off, went back to the wet bed with no clothes on, fell back into a troubled sleep, woke up AGAIN drenched, got […]

My time of crisis is upon me! Months ago when I planned out my March in terms of when to assign things in my class, when I could play some shows, etc., I forgot to factor in rehearsal and prep time, as well as grading time. So for weeks now I have been dreading the […]

So we are house hunting. There is the slow dawning realization that our absolute highest amount we can pay in rent is still only high enough to get us a tiny one bedroom apartment or else a crumbling squatter shack with absentee landlords. This realization was initially crushing but then I realized that we only […]

Today the highly educated, well informed, and dazzlingly beautiful authors of I SAW THAT will act as your guides through the gowns, glamour, and gold of the greatest award in the history of our planet. The 85th Academy Awards ceremony begins at 8:30pm East Coast/5:30pm West Coast. The Live Blogging starts some time before that…

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If, like me, you are vaguely dreading the Oscars but also compelled to watch, kind of like how even when you say out loud “don’t be that guy, don’t be that guy” you can’t help but crane your neck wildly to try to see some blood and guts when you drive past a wreck on […]