I re-activated the writing section of Gritmedia. It’s even updated with some new material.
Shortly I will be moving all of the blogging-related functions of this site to a subdirectory called “weblog,” or something like that. This is so that I can appear to be a semi-professional person with a semi-professional portfolio, without having to stop [...]

I’m feeling strangely energized, even after making what became a heavy, wintery dinner. Mashed potatoes, tempeh steaks, mushroom gravy and collard greens sauteed with garlic and lemon — all of it super delicious and made from scratch, but a definite contradiction to a day spent wandering through Central Park in 70 degree weather, in a [...]

In elementary school, the school librarian was faced daily with the task of keeping hundreds of obnoxious, loud-mouthed kids in line without compromising her kid-friendly reputation. We often arrived in the library chattering and sugar-hyped from stacks of Oreos and apple juice packs at lunch. To quiet us, the librarian would say, “Quiet, there’s a [...]

You haven’t seen me for a while because I’ve been recuperating from utter rejection at my parents’ house, out on the now über-hip Long Island, home of the Field Day Fest. Whilst on LI, I had the fortune of attending a ceremony celebrating my Mother’s induction into the adult honor society at her college. Adult [...]

This is where I’ll be come June 12th, drooling over the swank threads and scheming a way to get my boyfriend into them.
Just to complete the nursery rhyme, I figured I’d have to take another little trip.

The thin envelopes have all arrived and the tally is as follows: two rejections, one from the second choice, one from the third choice; and two waitlist offers, one from the first choice and one from the last choice. The gamble of admissions is perplexing to me — how is it that I was waitlisted [...]

I read somewhere that XX/XY — a new film about a group of friends, all graduates of my esteemed alma mater, Sarah Lawrence College — was a “Big Chill” for Generation X. Illicit sex, steamy lesbian encounters, tortured romance and incessant complaining…Sure sounds like my college experience.

After a few rounds of beers and a frantic resetting of the clock last night (Daylight Savings Time is a strange concept), I arose groggily this morning and headed out to my old neighborhood to shoot some pictures for my former roommate Ebin’s band. It was strange being back in Crown Heights — just riding [...]