On Today Only: The Awl Is Auditioning New Commenters!
[Joke about Butterfinger Buzz] [BRING BACK DAVID CHO]
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On Today Only: The Awl Is Auditioning New Commenters!
@Nrbelex That's the only reason I comment.
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On 10 Things I Believed When I Was A Little Kid In Order Of How Embarrassing They Still Are When I Remember Them Today
That there were tiny people inside the radio/tape player singing the music a la the jukebox in Shining Time Station. Once, my dad played a recording of himself singing in a show and I was so overwhelmed. HOW CAN YOU BE HERE NEXT TO ME AND ALSO IN THE RADIO?!
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On What's Invisible At Harvard: A Conversation
@jolie I usually HUMBLEBRAG about it and just say "I went to school in Concord" but then sometimes if they know their shit they'll press and be all "Oh, Concord Academy?" [subtext: you? boarding school? musta been one of those "artsy" schools, like NMH, or CA] and then I drop the bomb: Middlesex, ya'll. GO ZEBRAS?
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On What's Invisible At Harvard: A Conversation
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On What's Invisible At Harvard: A Conversation
@jolie "Wait wait, lemme guess...Franklin Pierce? Keene State? No?"
At fancy Massachusetts boarding school, "I'm from New Hampshire" was always met with "Ohhhh cuuuute I have a house in New Hampshire!" I started responding with "SHUT UP no waaay! SO DO I!"
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On 'Til We Bury Every Dream In The Cold Cold Ground
Looks great in Firefox and IE7 on this crappy old Dell in my office. JUST FYI. Also: yay!
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On Revealed: Why We Drink
They banned happy hours, drink specials, etc. in Ireland several years ago, so we just started drinking earlier in the day to compensate.
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On Weather on the... oh, whatever.
YES, THANK YOU. He came to my middle school oh so many years ago to speak...about weather? I'm assuming? We were all too terrified of him to pay attention to what he was saying, but when I learned he had been laid off it was ALMOST as bad as the day the Old Man of the Mountain fell down. A true New Hampshire TRAGEDY.
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On I Have Thoughts About Commenting Systems!
I keep thinking that one day I'll be able to utilize my double-digit commenter number to impress a cute guy, but that day HAS NOT YET COME*, so, you know.
*I know, you're shocked.