2008

Jul

AWKWARD situation: Sammy D digging through the trash of NYC....

#1 Google image for TUTELAGE Dear Lord, George Bush has...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 7.3 //...

TUTELAGE \TOO-tuhl-ij; TYOO-, noun: 1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship;...

Kinda makes you less enthused about the...

A Virginia bride named Kelly Gray auctioned off the position of a bridesmaid in her wedding, to help...

A joke potpourri

So three guys walk into a bar and sit down for a drink………………....

Jun

The economy ain't got nothin' on me

We live in a frightening time. For most of us, gas was about less than half of what it is now when...

“Awkward is using the bathroom on the ground floor at home...”
— ~Anonymous reader

Dating by letters

I’ve had the most fruitless year when it comes to dating. I’m calling it my dry spell;...

“They rushed down the street together, digging everything in...”
— On the Road by Jack Kerouac,...

Facebook love face-off

#1 Google image search for COCKAIGNE. Looks like some people...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 6.26...

COCKAIGNE \kah-KAYN, noun: An imaginary land of ease and luxury. Our understanding of Caribbean...

Teaching my Mom to Gchat

Erin: That's excellent. It's a learning iprocess
Mom: What's an iprocess?
Erin: *process
Mom: What's *
Erin: Oh Mom

ASCII art--How do people do this?

I'm using 62 percent of Gmail storage....

Visit settings to save time with keyboard shortcuts!You are currently using 4269 MB (62%) of...

This is the song I listened to maybe 35 times while Nets dance teams hopefuls learned their routine....

Please clean up your sugar crystals in...

As I stand in the middle of a half, self-destructing shift at a convenience store I have...

“We’re f*cking entitled to take things personally. If...”
— ~Gmail thread, 6:33PM

The ABC's of [non] attraction.

I have a horribly AWKWARD tendency to become attracted to my male amigos. They’re all adorable in a...

For our AWKWARD viewers, it may come as news to you that Erin E, half of the AWKWARD girl-team, has...

On their way home to Harlem, AWKWARD girls Erin and Sammy stop for a snack - at the local candy...

AWKWARD girl Sammy D got out of college, walked the stage and her brother sang out, “Sammy...

What happens on your way to NYC, when none other than a bus and truck decide to merge into one...

I'm not going to the chapel [yet].

I’m not a cynic; and some people might even call me a romantic. So it will come as a great shock to...

My work on answerology.com

Sammy D update: She is an assistant editor of social media at Hearst Digital Media. So yesterday, to...

I wonder...

…if PR practitioners with British accents have a higher success rate? Because I totally just...

#1 Google image search for COGENT Map=yawn! And I have no...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 6.18...

COGENT \KOH-juhnt, adjective: Having the power to compel conviction; appealing to the mind or to...

“Intensity comes with great things.”
— *Erin E on the phone to Sammy...

Probably the worst workout pump-up mix*

*I really ought to choose something a little more uptempo. Maybe then I wouldn’t be in danger...

Great works of literature as text...

From Esquire My favorite: the text message take away on ‘Catcher In the Rye’ “U R...

Harvard grads know how to take the pill

A survey revealed that twenty alumni (1.3 percent) have a net worth over $10 million, with another...

AWKWARD spotting alert: “Amish” Market in New...

Let's talk about my sex.

I see him across the room. Tall. Dark. Handsome. Crooked smile. I play a game of random glances, and...

hickey

brooklet14: I burnt my neck with a curling iron two days ago and it seared this perfect little pink...

"...we can watch this movie anytime, I'd...

We don’t go too deep Treading in shallow waters Two inches, we drown

Can boys even get their bikini waxed?

Amanda: So, my friend's dating this guy. He's a little weird.
Erin: How so?
Amanda: Well, she told me he paints his toenails white and got a bikini wax.

Boy Feelings? Can't do it

So I have this problem. Well…I have multiple problems, particularly in the field of the...

Promzillas shed green blood, I swear. I’ve seen it!

True Life AWKWARD: I was a promzilla.

If there’s ever a more AWKWARD time in one’s teenage years than those upperclassmen dances, then I...

Thought Andy Warhol was the only pop artist around? Nope....

Is this why people blog?

“People are lonely and they want to feel connected…connected to other people, to the...

#1 Google image search for SURFEIT Yay monkeys, or…...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 6.10...

SURFEIT \SUR-fit, noun: 1. An excessive amount or supply.2. Overindulgence, as in food or...

Erin E began her first day of work at menshealth.com...

Your essence, in seven words

Why say a lot of words when you can say, oh, seven? Smith Magazine started the celebration of...

#1 google image search for Josh Duhamel….I wonder how...

Josh Duhamel probably fancies me a...

I met Josh Duhamel last night on Bleeker and LaFayette. It went something like this. Me: Hey,...

Boyfriend Material

With the opening of ‘Iron Man’ and the soon summer release of ‘The Hulk’, I got to...

AWKWARDgirls77 on TWITTER

#1 Google image search for TREMULOUS. That spider and...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 6.5 //...

TREMULOUS \TREM-yuh-luhs, adjective: 1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous motion of...

Petroleum jelly is the new vaseline. Er, wait, same...

Hello, I love you Vaseline

Evil-looking eyelash curlers, hair gel that sticks to your fingers, and shimmer cream that makes you...

Horny HTML

This is why you should never write code when you’re horny… <html><head> “yes...

Passive Agressive Haiku #11: 3 Missed...

“I trust you,” he said Stroaking her eyelids. Her lips Then, he checked her...

Passive Agressive Haiku #10:...

Throw it in a box Hope to never open it Memories move (on) too

#1 Google image search for LACHRYMOSE This art reminds me of...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 6.4 //...

LACHRYMOSE \LAK-ruh-mohs, adjective: 1. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears;...

Finding the 'self' in our esteem

“I feel a lot more confident now,” I said to a friend, referring to the fact that thanks to a...

Unreleased song by Apes and Androids, courtesy of the fabulous Ms. Katie. Great video girl! If you...

-At the Apes and Androids show making some seriously weird...

mdfsmash: Even lizards can love.

To Missed Connect, or not to Missed...

Tuesday 7:20 AMI had to go into work early, so my surroundings were totally new and I had a whole...

The new head shot is the new foot shot. Why do we identify...

#1 Google image search for COUNTERMAND. Another comic?...

Dictionary.com word of the day 6.2 //...

COUNTERMAND \KOWN-tuhr-mand; kown-tuhr-MAND, transitive verb: 1. To revoke (a former command);...

Guys like 'Sex' too

Ying: I saw 'Sex in the City' with Scott.
Erin: Wait, Scott saw it with you?
Ying: Ya.
Erin: The dude must really like you.
Ying: Naw. He's seen it before.

I'm sitting by this artist right now

Death and taxes, oh and Facebook

“Listen,” I said over sushi, completely unprovoked. “Something’s kind of bothering me.” What? He...

May

Made up word of the day

Man + Perspective= Manspective. It’s a strange thing.

Last day at the Daily News and I'm writing...

SEPTA bus = AWKWARD situation

Reason #953489508 heels suck [but we...

I looked at the clock. It was 6PM, and my very first day as an intern had ended. I prepared myself...

#1 Google image for SCHADENFREUDE Ironic that the term is so...

Dictionary.com word of the day // 5.29...

**this one had to go up. Not only can I hardly pronouce it [and I feel German attempting to?] but it...

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
— Part 1 in my summer reading...

The new Post Secret is Passive Aggressive...

Linked from an AWKWARD contributor. AWKWARD isn’t the...

U-G-L-Y you ain’t got no alibi you UGLY, yeah yeah YOU...

An open letter to "the letter" C

Dear Coach (and soccer moms and daughters who tote you), I want you to know something: I...

#1 Google image search for ‘cadge’. If this is...

dictionary.com word of the day//9:51 AM

cadge \KAJ, transitive verb: 1. To beg or obtain by begging; to sponge.2. To beg; to sponge. It...

“If you’ve actually had the experience of being...”
— Benjamin Nugent, author of...

All Hipsters are Nerds, but Not all...

Great excerpt from the Salon article, ‘Beauty and The Geek’: What’s the...

The uglier, the better

Why women date ugly men (and probably prefer them).

Ruby red slippers squishing my toes

“Home is where the heart is.” I know that it’s cliché [and I hate clichés], but there is no...

#1 Google image for BOULEVARDIER. Under the Eiffel Tower -...

Dictionary.com Word of the Day // 5.21...

BOULEVARDIER \boo-luh-var-DYAY; bul-uh-, noun: 1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in...

AWKWARD toliet. Found in Bryant Park, New York City....

AWKWARD toliet #2

AWKWARD toliet #1

New office policy: No fish, please!

I’m an intern at an advertising and media communications firm in downtown Philadelphia. Typically I...

I caught the love bug but the medicine...

You name him, I’ve dated him. The overly attached, mildly obsessive emo kid. Check. The self...

Good morning! Should we have some “fancy...

AWKWARD in the Washington Post

Speaking of The Sims

In Chuck Klosterman’s “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto” he...

#1 Google image search for PARSIMONIOUS. Is this from THE...

Dictionary.com Word of the Day // 5.11...

PARSIMONIOUS \par-suh-MOH-nee-uhs, adjective: Sparing in expenditure; frugal to excess. In...

Someone left their Gmail on. The screen flashing on his...

#1 Google image search for MOIETY. She blinded me with...

Word of the day // 5.8 // 9:47 AM

MOIETY \MOY-uh-tee, noun: 1. One of two equal parts; a half.2. An indefinite part; a small...

So a few posts below, I share with you the new Sammy D...

This Modern Love

Nothing Glorious About Glory Days

By Erin Hicks It would seem this year is the year of the musical. With “In The Heights”,...

#1 Google image search for FUSTIAN. Looks like Google picked...

Word of the day // 5.5 // 9:14PM

FUSTIAN \FUHS-chuhn, noun: 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff,...

One of my go-to AWKWARD foods.

AWKWARD foods I'm into at the moment

I joke with Erin E that she’s an AWKWARD food eater. The girl will put ketchup on bread and...

“Life is like the subway. People sit next to you for a few...”
— *Erin E talking to Sammy D...

Depression is worth a dime a dozen // an...

I’m not the type of person to feel depressed. Sure, I feel sorry for myself at times, and...

Sammy D's new haircut

“It’s a spiritual enema. My stomach is getting pumped...”
— *Erin E talking to Sammy D...

"Where is My Mind" side by sider

And my favorite from Mrs. Raine Maida, Chantal Kreviazuk.

…’Once’ band, “The Frames.”

Because I love covers, and I like the Pixies…a side by side by side comparison of three of...

This Moment is More Precious Than You...

Walking down New York’s fabled St. Mark’s street at 2pm on a dark Monday, I craved a beer, the kind...

“I try to write something I think people need to hear,...

From www2.gsb.columbia.edu/…/man2-delavega.jpg. James...

Virginia Woolfe's suicide note, to her...

“I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those...

Men like to look good too

The MANtrosexual haiku: This tie like a crown I rule the office work place Everyone my...

Apr

Driving on the FDR with Beamo.

#1 Google image search for “confluence”. Picture...

dictionary.com word of the day 4.26 //...

confluence \KON-floo-uhn(t)s, noun:1. A flowing or coming together; junction.2. The place where...

Made-up word of the day:

FOUL-WEATHER FRIEND, n.: someone who seeks you out only when they have a problem or need you to...

[Co] dependence.

I’m in the happiest, most amazing relationship of my life. But I’m so dependent on it, on him. And I...

Don’t know what tarantism looks like? This, is what tarantism looks like.

Not today's word of the day, though it...

tar·ant·ism , [tar-uhn-tiz-uhm] –noun A mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance,...

#1 Google image search for PORTENT This image freaks me...

Dictionary.com word of the day 4.19 //...

PORTENT \POR-tent, noun: 1. A sign of a coming event or calamity; an omen.2. Prophetic or...