Texting girls

I never use exclamation points when texting guys. But girls? Sure, throw it in there. Why not add enthusiasm to the message? Generally they're fine with it.

I don't know if Conan and I are okay right now to be honest with you

You think you know someone. You spend more night in his arms than any woman's. Night after night he tells you a couple jokes, makes fun of himself enough to be endearing, and gives you a giggle. And then one morning you wake up and he's...he's gone. He just up and left, something big came up in LA, he couldn't turn it down. Now, just when things were so good, so right. Somehow over the course of years you let your guard down and let him in. It's hard to forget when he first arrived. Those days still make me smile. I was wary, shy, confused. He's not like the others I've had. He's so silly. Will it last with all these antics? Would he stop being so nervous around me already? I'm not going to bite you. I just want to laugh with you. And then he did it. He made me laugh. He did some things I'll never forget, that much is sure. His little voices and bits, they were different, they were new, they were weird. He was encouraging weird. Encouraging risk. Encouraging self consciousness. It was exciting. It was exhilarating, frankly.

Once my guard was down I started to admire him. I looked forward to what he'd think up next. It became inspiring. Instead of cringing I was leaning forward. I was embracing him.

And then over time, I don't know how to explain it even. It just happened. He became important. A friend. Someone I could trust. I could sometimes understand what he was about to say by looking at his face. Just like with any good lover.

So when LA came up I tried to put it out of my mind. Maybe if I don't think about it won't happen. But New York was so him. New York was a party his best friend threw where everyone knew him and wanted to hang out. What was so great about the new life in LA, and where would it leave us?

But you know what, after awhile I got excited about his new adventure. Hell, maybe it is like they say. If you love someone, let them go.

Those days are gone now. He's been in LA for what seems like an eternity and well, I'm holding up alright. I try not to think about it too much, what we had. Who knows, maybe we still have it and we're just not in the same city anymore. Maybe he shaped me, molded me in ways that prepared me to be on my own in ways I don't even understand. Oh god, here I go again. I've got to start keeping it under control. Maybe the new Conan will be just as good as the old. But deep down, I'll always miss that one. Guess I'm sentimental like that.

Day drinking

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Blog Title

I was jogging along the Hudson River waterfront recently when I overheard someone say the phrase "sorcery among the populace." I have no idea what they were talking about but I do recognize a cool phrase when I see one. I don't believe in sorcery and I certainly don't believe in it occurring among the citizens but I do like phrases that can't be easily defined so yeah let's go with that.

Assorted thoughts

Growing up in a religious environment imbues you with certain perceptions of the external world. One in particular that I remember goes something like this: "Now there’s Christians like us. Real Christians. Then there’s people that just say they’re Christians. They talk the talk but they don’t really live it." I always prided myself on spotting these people. There’s one over there now. Look at him just sitting there, not giving a shit about his parents. I should go hold the door open for that old lady--I bet God would really notice that.

Masculinity is an interesting subject. Now that mainstream views on homosexuality have shifted I think it’s forcing a lot of straight men to re evaluate how acceptable behavior is defined. For example, if you go out to a bar and meet a great girl the first thing you do is tell your friends “Oh my god I met this great girl: She’s cute and funny and we really hit it off.” But as of this writing you can’t say the same stuff when you meet a guy. “Oh my god last night I met the most amazing man. We were talking about sports and religion and I was like ‘Oh my god I totally hope we become friends.’"

I get irritated when my cell phone breaks. It doesn’t have a cord and lets me make calls anywhere in the world. Meanwhile, my grandparents chipped ice off Lake Erie to heat so they could take a bath. As Louis C.K. points out we have nothing to complain about.

There are probably better ways to spend your time on the Internet than using the Wendy’s store locator. But I need to know what my Wendy’s options are no matter what zip code I’m in. Go ahead and bookmark it: http://www.wendys.com/

I never wanted to go to England before because I heard the bars close at 11. Then someone told me that’s just the pubs—nightclubs stay open later. So now I want to go.

If I was a teacher I’d chew gum every day even though my students wouldn’t be allowed to. “My job is to prepare you for the real world. Other people have shit you don’t. Get used to it.”

And finally a quote from our friend Woody Harrelson:

"I wrapped a movie called 'Zombieland,' in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character," Harrelson said in a statement issued Friday by his publicist.
"With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quite understandably mistook for a zombie," he said.

Quite understandably indeed.