March 2008
69 posts
“…I couldn’t finish reading it though. It made me too depressed.”
– Ying attempting to lend advice from a half-read and wholly-unappreciated self-help book.
Review of Jukebox The Ghost's newest album, "Let...
If the WB decides to make another show chronicling the banal woes of peroxide beautiful 20-somethings, Washington D.C’s Jukebox The Ghost could provide the perfect soundtrack. A mix between Rooney and Elliot Smith, the piano-driven indie pop is catchy and optimistically mellow-but-not-melancholy. Classically trained pianist Ben Thornwell (who’s also the lead singer) keeps things upbeat...
“Do you hear the conversation we talk around. If there’s half a chance in...”
– Jimmy Eat World, “Dizzy”
I don't want to change anymore.
“You’re too hard on yourself,” my Dad told me last week.
Hard on myself? Being hard on yourself is being a perfectionist. Telling yourself you’re not good enough. Thinking that you aren’t attractive.
I’m hard on myself because I do too much, and can’t keep myself from doing any less. I’m hard on myself for being cocky. I’m hard on myself for...
“Honesty is awkward.”
– Erin E to Sammy D on the phone at roughly 3PM, March 29th, 2008.
The story? Erin said she’s leaving her computer at her internship, and never coming back.
It was true. It was honest. It was awkward.
Dietch Gallery Review, for BlackBook Mag →
Some abstract art’s cool, when you don’t suspect it’s phoney.
dictionary.com word of the day 3. 29 // 1:26 PM
excrescence \ik-SKRESS-uhn(t)s, noun: 1. Something (especially something abnormal) growing out from something else. 2. A disfiguring or unwanted mark, part, or addition.
A tatoo is an excrescence I’m too afraid to commit to, yet want. Badly.
Dictionary.com word of the day // 3.28 // 6:09PM
HULLABALOO \HUL-uh-buh-loo, noun: A confused noise; uproar; tumult.
We weren’t sure where the explosion had come from. The confusion created a HULLABALOO of group think: when in danger, scream and run for cover.
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Why I should give up my cell phone for a week...
Last night, my Verizon 650 Treo flung from my hands onto the pavement.
I soon learned that dropping my Treo was like dropping a mini computer. Once on, it did nothing when I pressed the keypad. It was a mute, dead phone with a glowing screen. The life support was on, but it was nothing but a vegetable.
And because the touchscreen was locked for safety (way to think ahead Sammy, and then screw...
“Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is...”
Dear Mark Zuckerberg...
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, I wanted to update my Facebook status today, but was disappointed to see there is no “very single” status available. I recently changed my religious status to “very liberal,” and feel it represents me far better than simply “liberal”, as I shop only at American Apparel, refuse to buy anything from Starbucks, and rely solely on alt-weeklies for news. It is important for me that...
dictionary.com word of the day 3. 26 // 1:26 PM
misnomer \mis-NO-muhr, noun: 1. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment. 2. Any misnaming of a person or thing; also, a wrong or inapplicable name or designation.
Calling a “hippie” a “wookie” is a misnomer: though your hippie and wookie friend probably look alike with their long hair and ratty t-shirt, hippies actually care...
BlackBook Magazine: Review of off-broadway's... →
Ever meet someone that made you want to stick a butter knife in your abdomen? Ya. Me too.
Welcome. We like you because you're here.
Hey, you! Yeah, YOU! Welcome! So who the hell are we and why sholud you stay here longer than 5 minutes?
“AWKWARD: Because perfection is boring” is the blog for the woman who just doesn’t give a damn about “how to lose 5 lbs” or “which berry shade of lipstick fits her” this season. She doesn’t want sex tips because honestly, the man should know...
Oh, the people we meet.
Say a guy walks into a bar, or you walk into a bar, or you walk into one of these guys in a bar. Here’s a guide to the sort of men you might meet, and what they’ll say. The “bro” bro How to spot him: He’s wearing a button down with stripes, perhaps pink ones to suggest he’s confident, yet casual. He’s actually neither. What he’ll say: “Hey, it’s my frat brother’s birthday. But I don’t have to...
AWKWARD EXPERIMENT #1: Why answer a craigslist...
I found a TV stand on Craigslist. I found a couch on Craigslist for $200 (leather, at that). I found a roomate on Craigslist. Boyfriends, however, are proving to be a tougher score. I answered a random missed connection, suggesting perhaps I was the one in the eskimo boots outside Trader Joe’s. “Would you like to meet sometime?” I typed to Pers-552316743. “Awesome,” he replied a day later. “Wow!...
I'll give you a $100 if you give me your shirt.
That was what a roughly 55-year-old short, stodgy attorney asked me at the PJ bar and grille in South Jersey last week.
He took out a wad of cash, removed a crisp $100 that looked like it was straight from the bank, and pushed it toward my bright orange, Leinenkugel tank top.
“My girlfriend’s boobs would look great in it,” he said to me, pressuring the $100 bill onto me...
The problem with networking is opportunity cost
“It’s not about what you know— but WHO you know that counts.”
I am so sick of hearing this sentence.
I admittingly live and die by the power of networking. It has gotten me farther than any GPA ever could or will. It has helped me in conversation with people of all ages, titles and economic stature. It has gotten me out of trouble, into trouble and with a whole slew of...
Dictionary.com word of the day // 3.25 // 10:53 AM
REPINE \rih-PINE, intransitive verb: 1. To feel or express discontent. 2. To long for something.
I could not help but REPINE for the times we once had. Their memories still burned in my mind, and my heart longed to squelch the fire— or jump into it.
100 days in bed. →
“100 days in bed,” as recommended by an AWKWARD reader.
About The Writer: Like I haven’t exposed enough about myself? Come on! Okay, if you’re new and you want to come along for the ride with a writer girl who’s just looking up from the 2 of the INSANEST years anyone could ever have (death, depression, mother’s nervous breakdown, breakups, layoffs, striking and...
Link-of-love: Schmitten Kitten: The Philly Boy... →
Through hand drawn artwork and honestly girly wit, Philadelphia residents Anna and Shannon explore the Philadelphia male in all of his (not often) glory.
These girls have been around the 215 block, and they’re not afraid to share their AWKWARD dating moments, and the men (who prove to behave like boys) behind them.
No matter the city, we know our male stereotypes when we see them. Have an...
Word of the day 3.20 // 11:21 PM
ACERBIC \uh-SUR-bik, adjective: Sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone.At face value, she seemed sweet and innocent— until her ACERBIC speech sprung forth from her lips like daggers in the dark.
Getting over it.
I think at some point in everyone’s college career we end up hitting that mark where having someone breathing down our back and sharing every inch of our living space leaves you neurotic. I lived with my best friend of 10 years for the first two years of college. After that point, I couldn’t do it anymore. We were so close but living together just made us insanely up each other’s asses, so to...
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The United States Pizza Team
Just when you thought you’ve seen it all.
He came in to the restaurant tossing around a synthetic disc the size of a small pizza. A Frisbee? I wondered. What a strange thing to bring to a sushi restaurant.
This man, who I would later learned goes by “The Phoenix”, proceeded to spin said U.F.O on his finger, then on his back, then under his leg, then in the air—while he did a...
dictionary.com word of the day 3. 12 // 1:26 PM
diffident \DIF-uh-dunt; -dent, adjective: 1. Lacking self-confidence; distrustful of one’s own powers; timid; bashful. 2. Characterized by modest reserve; unassertive.
Even though professional and personal rejection can make you feel diffident, slash hopeless, the only thing you can do is keep trying. Because if they’re not going to hire you if you apply, they’re certaintly...
I was always the good girl.
I was always the good girl. That is, until I entered my freshman year at a small, rural college in the middle of Pennsylvania. I wanted to be wild, and free. For the first time in 19 years, I was on my own. Part of shedding the good girl image meant dating- lots of it. I hadn’t done much dating in high school, and I was pretty innocent to a lot of things other girls had found out ages ago. I...
Dictionary.com word of the day // 3.11 // 10:20...
ASSUAGE \uh-SWAYJ, verb: 1. To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve. 2. To appease; to satisfy. 3. To soothe or calm; to pacify.
When my parents separated, my fathered ASSUAGED the blame by taking us to church, even though before the seperation, we had never once gone as a family.
My talking stain →
These had me giggling like I was 5. What a genius marketing campaign for Tide…wish I had some say in THAT. I’d be rollin’ in the dollar bills $$$ yo!
Free music in ya ears!
So, I’m a sucker for all things FREE.
I got a link of love from a friend about FREE THINGS across the world. Everything from today’s standard freebies (Metro newspapers and the like) to printing (France) and bikes (Copenhagen), the world is turning free, because consumers are expecting it and therefore demanding it more and more.
Because I’m in love with music, and especially...
Dictionary.com word of the day // 3.10 // 11:21...
INCHOATE \in-KOH-it, adjective: 1. In an initial or early stage; just begun. 2. Imperfectly formed or formulated.
Her understanding of the urban environment was just at the INCHOATE level of awareness. She had much to learn, and the learning curve was high.
