Year: 2005

  • Overcoming Anxiety.

    Sometime during the past 5 years, I have become more and more introverted and weird about meeting new people. It started with the telephone. First, I couldn’t answer the damn thing. Then, I stopped returning calls. I have written about this before. It’s a tired subject – my fear of the telephone – so I’m…

  • Evening plans

    Tonight, I am meeting my gal pal, Missy at Counter for some veggie food and wine. Tomorrow, she embarks on a 24 hour trip to Chicago. I’ll send her off good and hungover. All NYC people are welcome. Just kidding.

  • Toby Joe

    Today, Sarah B. wrote about The Dark Crystal, a favorite of mine. And it reminded me of a Photoshop job I created years ago using Toby Joe and Jen the Gelfling (Because they look sort of similar). I was just going through my dailylinks folder trying to find it and could not. But I did…

  • Get Out of Fat Free Card

    This Sunday will mark the one month anniversary of our diet. My End goal was to lose 20/25 pounds. While I am not sure when that End will come, I am slowly moving towards it. It’s been hard, I won’t deny, but it’s been entirely worth it, too. I took so many things for granted…

  • The L Word.

    Yesterday, aboard the L train heading towards Union Square a fight broke out between two hipsters. This was something different. Normally, people may seem agitated and shuffle their feet, maybe they’ll poke the person with an elbow or a knee. Rarely are words exchanged. Just nasty looks and a whole lot of passive-aggressive fueled huffing…

  • Finally

    After three long years of practically vomiting over my search strings, June is looking cleaner. (I wouldn’t go as far as to say “clean” entirely, but cleaner nonetheless.) I won’t talk about what I used to get for fear of attracting them all over again. And some of these disturb me still. Ah well. mihow…

  • revision

    While I was at the gym I did some thinking. I used to do all of my thinking in the bathroom. Now, it’s at the gym. Anyway, I feel badly for insinuating that the parents’ were at fault. When we were kids, we were allowed to go on any rides we wanted if we met…

  • Tragedy

    I wrote about Disney’s Mission: Space ride a few days after Toby Joe and I got back from Florida. I may have even rambled on about it in person to a few unlucky listeners. It really is an amazing ride – scary and nauseating – but amazing nonetheless. On Monday, a four year old boy…

  • Thom Pain and Toby Joe Boudreaux

    Last night, I met Toby for a deceivingly healthy looking meal at Zen Palate on Union Square. I haven’t had bread in nearly three weeks. Nor have I had anything fried or battered in any way. I’ve been, quite possibly, the most annoying creature to eat out with. I check everything. I ask questions from…

  • Field Trips (The quickest post I’ve ever written and it shows.)

    In late July, we’re going on a field trip to New Jersey. It’s an all day event. They are taking all of us on a bus. There will be ice cream, burgers, and I think soda pop. We’re also going to play games. I hear we’re able to sign up for softball, horseshoes, and volleyball.…