As a reformed Anglophile, it can be difficult to look back on past transgressions. I claimed to have an affinity for ‘British check shirts”, whatever that means, and have several clothiers bookmarked under the presumption…
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Wannabe : Social Media Intern
INTRO So here’s my weird Saturday. Now I didn’t do this but if I did… CHAPTER 1 I happened to stop by Troutman Avenue one Saturday for some brunch at the ol’ Rookery (GET THE…
Wannabe: Party Crasher
Deep in the throes of Summer Madness came one of those lazy Saturdays when you meet up with some friends for brunch and then slowly teach your body to make do with alcohol the way…
Wannabe: New Yorker
I came to New York as many disaffected 23 year-olds do, to see the New York of lore: the druggy downtown scene of Kids, the squalid teenage hangout/ninja training venues of the first TMNT movie,…
Wannabe: Angeleno
Here’s what I don’t understand about California: San Francisco: Beautiful. Big Sur: Amazing. San Luis Obisbo: Handsome. San Diego: Pristine. Santa Barbara: Elegant. Monterey: Charming. Pasadena: Lovely. Los Angeles: Why? Why are you like this,…
Wannabe: Pothead
Let me start things off on the right foot and say I love ‘stoner comedy’: Grandma’s Boy, Mitch Hedburg, alien posters that say ‘Take me to your dealer’…it’s all brilliant. I can appreciate the distorted…
Wannabe: Bostonian
After watching The Town, The Departed, Mystic River, Monument Ave, Southie, Gone Baby Gone, and the 1996 series Boston Common, a part of me feels I don’t exploit my native Bostonian enough, as it has…
Wannabe: DJ
I’ve DJed approximately five places: the Edessa bar in Park Slope, Burn Down the Disco, Club Fuxxx, Hay Bay-bee, and my cousin’s birthday party on the front lawn of my aunt’s place in Scituate, MA.…
Wannabe: Raver
You never really realize how dumb you were as a kid until you find some strange rag in your old room at your parent’s house and you try and jog your memory of what it…
Wannabe: Hacker
First of all, hacker creds: had a 2400bps modem (fxee17b@prodigy.net), asked for a CPU-overdrive upgrade (486SX25 to a 486DX75) for Christmas, and developed a map for Wolfenstein3D so grotesque (each sprite altered to up the…