Category Archives: Going Out

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 7: The “Beverly Hills, 90210” Graduation!

Okay. What you need to understand about “Commencement,” the “90210” high school graduation two-parter, is that it was really a big deal at the time. I remember trying on prom dresses and in the dressing room the radio commercial came … Continue reading

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Dates & Dickiegrams

My first boyfriend was named Dick. We began our relationship in the fourth grade, when our mutual friend Jeffrey Paradise brought me a “Dickiegram” on the playground at lunch. I’d never received such a message, but was excited. Dick was … Continue reading

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Top 7 Current Shows I’m Watching PLUS One More…

So I think I’m watching more current television than I ever have in my existence, i.e., where every show is my choice to watch and no one’s going to make me watch it but me. And shockingly, many of the … Continue reading

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North of the Border (A Harrowing Quest for Taco Bell)

Can someone please tell me what self-respecting Taco Bell doesn’t have a drive-thru? Never mind, I’ll tell YOU. The one on Old Country Road in Hicksville (I think), that’s what…one…doesn’t. You know what I mean. Either way, that is the … Continue reading

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Junior Low :'(

In eighth grade I loved a boy who, alas, loved another. His code name was Herbie, so that is what I shall call him here today. During this tumultuous time, I wrote a song about my sadness, called “Fading Shadows”: All … Continue reading

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How Not To Get Laid: A Scene From 2004

The Setup: Me falling asleep on one couch, at a friend’s. Guy whom I’d just met that night, and who’d lost me at “I only listen to jam bands,” on the other. Silence. Guy: Do you want to come over … Continue reading

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2:30 Awww

So as some of you may know, I’ve been suffering from a terrible toothache that began midway through my cruise. This has been held at bay over the past week, to varying degrees of success, by: 4 different prescription painkillers, … Continue reading

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Tat-Truths

1. You may wake up one day with the need for temporary tattoos. 2. This will be the day that ShopRite removes its sticker/tattoo machine from the premises. 3. You will then drive all over creation, thinking that if ShopRite … Continue reading

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Long Island Clubbing

Going to clubs is quite a complicated ordeal. It’s one of those things that you really have to muster up energy for, and you are never genuinely sure if it is worth it. I don’t know that I’ve ever had … Continue reading

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Mmm, Canned Pineapple.

You know what I love? Vending machines. My job just moved buildings, and now we have new vending machines that have 7-11 food! Hot Pockets, burritos, those random sandwiches made of chicken and pork that even though I don’t really … Continue reading

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