Bucket List

After watching a lot of romantic comedies and relationship-centric serial dramadies, I can only say that I really hope at some point I am meaningfully trapped in an elevator with a Very Meaningful Person.

Blech

Either it's Emily Gould's confessional influence talking, or the fact that I'm in this city virtually alone, and since "breaking up," I have no one to share such musings with (pathetic pathetic pathetic), but I'm gonna say it:

Last night, at age 24, I threw up from drinking for the first time. I'd had, over the course of maybe 5 hours, 3 drinks. I'd also eaten virtually nothing and cried a lot. This is perhaps also pathetic, but as the vomit was real, the milestone has been achieved.

Mistakes Were Made

I tried really hard to believe that dating someone who loves Funny Ha Ha was a good idea. I mean, you can't judge based on shallow and arbitrary taste-criteria, can you?


Maybe I should have.

three...two...one...

As I contemplate the changing of the years, it is hard not to be overcome with regrets of 2009, soon to be cemented in history. I tell myself: the "year" is an arbitrary demarcation of time. The discontinuity between 12/31 and 1/1 is totally illusory. Right? Yes. Yes.

And then I realized: THIS is why people drink on New Year's Eve.

Mass Migration

In honor of holiday travel season, The Daily Beast ranks the nations best and worst airports. I don't really fly enough to persuasively agree or disagree with their findings, but their survey did give me a chance to reflect on my recent docking history. For example, Atlanta's Hartfield-Jackson comes in 25th out of 27, better than Miami, Newark, and...well, that's it. The survey, obviously, does not take into account the deliciousness of Atlanta Bread Company. Philadelphia comes in near the bottom, too, ranking 23rd, but--and I feel I must be misunderstanding something here--it places 2nd (best?) for amenities. Unless "amenities" is code for "soft pretzels," I'm not quite sure what they're referring to here. It was nice to see Detroit make the top 5, beating out many otherwise-more evolved cities. Unfortunately, the Detroit airport may be best used to get oneself out of Detroit.

Brace Yourself

Chicago appears to be full of boutique dental offices with punny names. A fraction of the options within walking distance: Sugarfix, Brushin' on Belmont, Always There Dental Care, In Smyle.

Best in Show

Until Bo Obama wins Westminster, I'm unimpressed.





(not to discredit Obama's achievement--just pointing out there are more frontiers to conquer)