Do you ever ask yourself, “Gee, how can I become friends with a group of mean terrible people? All of my friends are just so nice and love me for who I am, and it’s totally boring! I would love some sociopaths to brighten up my otherwise healthy social life, you know?”
I used to blame a lot of my problems on New York, which was stupid and cowardly of me. It took me a long time to realize that the city isn’t some devil that’s out to get you. It’s more like the most unflattering full-length mirror you could possibly think of.
But if you really want to disappear, you will find a way. People always do. You can’t make someone participate in a life they didn’t want to begin with. They have to do it for themselves.
Breaking news: 20-somethings are underpaid and overworked! Thank you, The New York Times, for being brave enough to reject the current pervasive perception of 20-somethings having no work ethic.
It’s winter and will be winter for two more months. You need something to look forward to in order to make it through, don’t you?
A few weeks ago, I participated in my FIRST EVER comedy show at Housing Works Bookstore. The theme was Love, Sex And The Internet: OKCupid and while I had never been on an OKCupid date before, I have had a traumatizing experience with an online matchmaking website.
There’s also a section on Big Business and Banking, which makes me think that this book is targeted more towards out-of-work dads than it is for 23-year-old recent graduates named Brittany.
First of all, can I just say that I love how much gay guys hate Anne Hathaway? With all of their vitriol, you’d think that Hathaway was personally responsible for the existence of HIV or something.
I’m at this unfortunate place where basically if my plans are not dinner with close friends and grabbing some drinks at a dive bar afterwards, I will feel a degree of apprehension about going out.
You enter your twenties with all of these convictions and lose them all by the time you’re 23. 24 if you were raised right.