Category Archives: Friends & Neighbours

Wednesday Music: damn it feels good to be a gangsta, and be descended from gangstas

So I’m a few days behind – on account of being too busy living and working to blog – but I wanted to point out that the flat I am staying in here in Moscow belonged to the wonderful woman to whom this essay was dedicated. She loved me very much, and she loved myContinue reading “Wednesday Music: damn it feels good to be a gangsta, and be descended from gangstas”

A Gaiman/Sedaris video post in which I horribly embarrass myself for the sake of two people I adore

Vladimir, this is for you. I hope both you & Neil Gaiman can forgive me for the bad reading style. Lal, this is for you. I hope you’re happy, and may David Sedaris have mercy on my soul.

Beautiful People, the “beauty won’t save the world, but it will come pretty damn close” edition

For Dad. Happy Birthday. The ice outside looks like whale blubber. Nobody is cleaning it up, because that’s something that people in civilized countries do, and it’s not like we can have anyone forgetting where it is they live. It would be vastly unpatriotic, etc. I don’t have any ambitions to prevent myself from fallingContinue reading “Beautiful People, the “beauty won’t save the world, but it will come pretty damn close” edition”

Um, I wear heels. And have opinions. Oh, and I have boy friends. And girl friends as well.

In reading this excellent essay on the importance of lady friendships, I was surprised by some of the responses. While I think it’s perfectly valid for a woman to articulate why it is that she doesn’t have many women friends, some of the conclusions that were drawn in the comments struck me as downright depressing.Continue reading “Um, I wear heels. And have opinions. Oh, and I have boy friends. And girl friends as well.”