I’m quoted in today’s New York Times. Michelle Slatalla interviewed me for her column, “ Comfort in Your Closet: Spring Staples“. She’s a very kind woman who took all the stammering out of my quotes and saved the smart parts. Thank you, ma’am.
Month: April 2003
Counter Culture
This girl is waiting for the bus with her friend. She has day-glo pink hair and is wearing jeans ripped off at the knees over a pair of black and white-striped tights. She has a small safety pin through her left nostril. She is practicing what can only be a cheerleading routine.
Word of the Day
Twee: Overly precious or nice. Affectedly dainty.
Apologies
From Vendela Vida’s interview with Susan Straigt in The Believer:
BELIEVER: You told me earlier that that your middle daughter, Delphine, told you about a boy in her class who touched a girl, uh, where she didn’t want to be touched. How’d you respond?
SUSAN STRAIGHT: I asked her what she was going to do if that happened to her, and she asked, with this trace of malicious glee, Can I hit him? I said, No, cause then you’ll get in trouble for fighting. And I showed her how to throw that mean elbow that catches them in the jaw and the ear. I gave her the line to say after: Oh, you startled me, and I’m sorry you’re bleeding now.
Talk About Non-Expert
My first Non-Expert Column for The Morning News. It’s on threesomes. I know this article just screams, “Send me some witty little email rife with sex puns and suggestive innuendo!” I’d ask you to resist that impulse. Thank you.
Tiny Little Life
I have an actual blister on my wrist from typing too much. It’s time to go outside.
Away
Our landlady lives below us; she’s rarely home. When someone calls her answering machine and leaves a message, it makes this sound:
Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep
Mighty Girl 