I’ve been busy this week packing up and moving boxes over to Aimee’s a few boxes at a time, because I figure it’s less maddening if I move over a few weeks than if I do one big move and spend the whole time thinking about how I’ll be moving all of the same stuff […]

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It’s tough to blog without an internet connection… It’s also been stiflingly, disgustingly hot, and my pace has slowed to a crawl, punctuated by moments of just sitting and staring. I brought a bunch of photos I’d taken to work yesterday on a cd, having no other way to get them from home to work […]

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Another June, another boxing spree… I pulled some folded up boxes out from under my bed this week to get ready to pack everything in my room, and looked over the descriptions written on the side of one of the boxes. “BOOKS,” it said, followed by “7/99 6/01 8/02 5/04.” I crossed out the last […]

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The Photobooth Convention was a success, and we’re still taking care of the press and public inquiries and contributions that have come about because of the event. It’s been a pretty busy week at work, but the countdown has begun: five more weeks of work before the wedding, and one more after, which means not […]

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This weekend was one of our last in Boston, even though we don’t move for another two-plus months – that’s what happens when you decide to get married, move, quit your job, and go to school, all in a six-week period. Friday night, I met Josh outside Avalon for the Doves show. The last time […]

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Sometimes I love the way my mind works: this morning, our parent institution had an all-staff meeting, the kind we rarely get asked to attend, thankfully. Stunned as I was by the unending flow of jargon that was coming from the person leading the meeting, I was going in and out of actually paying attention. […]

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The last time we went to my friend Mark’s opening, we liked what we saw, and so did a lot of other people. One of those people liked the painting we liked a little more, or a little more quickly, than we did. By the time I told Mark we’d buy it, it had been […]

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On my way to hang out with Josh at the CBC, I stopped at the Century Bank ATM next to Tommy Doyle’s, and was greeted with not only spoken instructions for using the ATM, but instructions spoken with an English accent, maybe even almost Scottish. Very strange. Please Enter Your Secret Number(86 kb mp3, 0:14)

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A month ago, I spotted the location of the new Darwin’s getting ready to open on Cambridge Street. It was a cause for celebration, as the new location is about ten minutes closer to work, and also because there’s really nothing else going on in that particular stretch of Cambridge Street between Inman Square and […]

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Last night I enjoyed the company of director, writer, and all-around legend Melvin Van Peebles, in town for a screening of his first film, The Story of a Three Day Pass (1968). Dinner lasted about three hours, and was made up of a number of delicious courses, wines, and after-dinner drinks wheeled to our table […]

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These past few days definitely go down as the first great weekend of the spring. My good friend Brent paid a visit to the east coast for the first time since I’ve lived here, and we spent a glorious Saturday exploring Cambridge and Boston like tourists with a stopwatch. After giving a tour of the […]

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The preparation and planning for our wedding (just over three months and counting…) has been fun and worry-free, for the most part, and has certainly been an educational experience. Last night we had our first night of pre-cana in the basement of a church in Boston. A few months ago I definitely didn’t know what […]

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What’s going on over at Bostonist? I’m happy they’re here, but we need to get some quality control measures in place. I understand today is April Fools Day, but do they really need seven fake posts to honor the day? What’s worse, one of them is about a “deul” between “mayor’s,” and another is described […]

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After talking with Luke about his mash-ups (read Sasha Frere-Jones’ primer from the New Yorker for a catch-up) at a Tim & Mari party a few months ago, I’ve been meaning to hit a Mash Ave night at River Gods. It’s a last-Tuesday-of-the-month affair, and last night worked out. Aimee and I met at around […]

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Sometimes things are really busy at work, and sometimes, it’s really slow. This week was one of those times, and things got so slow that by the time yesterday rolled around, I decided to take the day off. Conveniently, Aimee also had the day off for the Good Friday holiday, so I surprised her this […]

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