June 2009
6 posts
...I'm a billionaire.
Homeless man dragging a cart filled with cans twice his height a block from City Hall: So, you make a lot of money, huh?
Guy wearing government N.Y.C.H.A (New York City Housing Authority) shirt: I'm not a millionaire...
Guest Post: City of Lights, City of Love by Cyrena...
New York felt strange the first time I walked in the streets after spending a semester abroad in Paris. It wasn’t the same as I had left it; the buildings and sidewalks seemed to be at least three times bigger than what they were in my memory. I thought about New York often, and talked about it. I certainly missed the city that never sleeps.
Through the cold first winter months I missed the...
Excuses are for Excuse Makers
First, I lost my bright green notebook containing countless numbers of brilliant ideas for this ‘blog’ (lack of a better term). Then, I couldn’t get my computer to stay on long enough to even click on the Google Chrome icon in my quickstart menu. This blog seemed doomed. And so, as Lykke Li encourages in her song “Let it fall,” I let it fall.
Last weekend, cleaning...
April 2009
5 posts
There goes the Rhyster Bunny
My friends (my sister, Natalie, and my part-time lover to whom this blog is partially dedicated to) have brought to my attention my obscure use of nicknames for Rhys.
So, here’s an explanatory glossary of nicknames for Bobesy:
Rhys: Despite all appearances, this is in fact, his real name! When I first tried finding him on the popular social networks of the time, I immediately assumed...
““According to the Obama-Coburn Federal Funding Accountability Transparency...”
– Rhys Southan
Montreal is only worth Passing Over
Passover. The holiday where a divine force saved the Jews in Egypt. Perhaps this year my salvation will come in the form of Rhysy (if he stays in New York, that is).
Rhys and I have celebrated four Passovers together (Three years, four seders. Do the math.)
Passover was our first family holiday together. We had only been formally dating for 2 or so months, yet he eagerly accepted an invitation...