Everything’s unwrapped, the champagne’s gone flat, and even the hangovers are over. While my holidays were full of warmth and good cheer and that uniquely Simmermon brand of stressed-out love, I’m glad to be entering that great grey yawn of real winter. Running around outside SUCKS until mid-April and when I have my daily […]
Entries Tagged as '2007'
Christmas 2007: Loving Real Hard Without Knowing What’s Going On
January 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: farewell · love · eating · food · Christmas · update · family · sister · Daro · grandparents · Pop-Pop · So It Goes · thank you · tragedy · 2007
Thanksgiving 2007: Dealing With It The Best We Can
November 27th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Behind that adorable black face, behind those sweet mournful eyes lies the soul of an unapologetic shit-eater.
For real.
That is not a metaphor. She’s gone from stealing fruitcake and puking it under the tree last Christmas to full-blown coprophagia, gobbling it right up from between dead leaves on the ground at night. Cold and hard or […]
Tags: farewell · love · time · eating · Thanksgiving · food · family · sister · Pop-Pop · grandparents · So It Goes · tragedy · Mom · thank you · 2007
AOL Layoffs: My Heart Goes Out to You
October 16th, 2007 · 8 Comments
AOL laid off over 2,000 employees worldwide today, including 750 at its Dulles campus. Some of those people are my friends and former coworkers, and my heart goes out to all of them — even the bitches. My former boss, who I like and respect immensely (although I am not sure the feeling is mutual) […]
Tags: 2006 · layoffs · AOL · 2007 · Uncategorized
Shoot the Freak
February 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Now that I’ve had 24 hours to piss and moan about my block — and had my public self-flagellation indulged with some very nice comments — I’m trying something else.
I’m going through the And I Am Not Lying, For Real Official Photo Archives (aka my hard drive) and running my better photos until the words […]
Tags: New York City · 2007 · Coney Island · NYC · Shoot the Freak
