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The Politics of Karaoke

Posted on January 24, 2011 Posted in Essays About Nothing

Few things can tell you more about a person than their karaoke song selections. I’m not going to wax on about folks with terrible taste in music usurping the mic for the better part of the night—no—I mean you can learn a lot about someone by how willing they are to sacrifice their own merriment [...]

Tagged Guilty-Pleasure, Karaoke, Koreatown | 3 Comments

Weather Appropriate Footwear

Posted on January 12, 2011 Posted in Dear Diary, Essays About Nothing

The entire city is already freaking out about the snow we’re supposed to get tonight. It’s amazing how little snow can cripple this city. I’ve had a pretty complicated relationship with snow up to this point. Of course when I was little—or really just before high school—I loved it, every minute of it. Even the [...]

Tagged childhood, New York, snow, winter | 4 Comments

Struggling with Addiction

Posted on January 11, 2011 Posted in Essays About Nothing, Nerding Out

As you already have probably figured out, I have a problem with the Internet. I was very young when I first used it—too young by many accounts—but the discordant yet comforting dial-tone beckoned me to it. It was new, an expensive and all-consuming habit. Within weeks I was blowing most of what little money I [...]

Tagged mIRC, The Internet, twitter, vices | 7 Comments
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I'm a typographer & illustrator that rides a single-speed bicycle and drinks black americanos, craft beer, and whiskey. I have several tattoos, reside in Bushwick, work in Greenpoint, and waste time primarily in Williamsburg. SO?

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