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Proven: Hurt People Hurt People
Once upon a time, an ex-boyfriend of mine told me that he loved me with all of his heart. Then he told me that no matter how much I loved him back, it would never be enough to constitute a truly...
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A Connecticut Blogger’s Response to Tragedy
Words. Humor. Those are my things, and yet they’re both completely useless right now. I will never be able to wrap my head around what has happened in my state on Friday. As someone who dreams of one...
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Keep Hating, Pope — and I’ll Keep Loving
Moments before digging into our Christmas Eve feast this year, my mom suggested that I lead the table in saying grace. As the recognized wordsmith of the family, I typically agree to perform this task...
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Cruel Intentions is the Best Movie Ever, and I Have the Tweets and Emotional...
If there were an Oscar category for “Most Perfect Teen Movie that Totally Transcends the Category of Teen Movies and Makes a Deep Statement About Love and Trust and Innocence and the Human Condition at...
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I Think This is Called Growth
So, I have missed blogging. And Keychanges. And y’all. And Debelah Morgan, singer of the infectiously feel-good 2000 pop hit, “Dance With Me,” but that’s for another post. Despite my blog-homesickness,...
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No Fear, Lots of Love, and Maybe a Tunic
Here’s an instant message conversation that took place between my work-wife Mila and me the other day: Mila: I’m wearing sunglasses today because I feel like a rock star for once. Nic: You are a rock...
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I Wore My Pedometer to the Club and Took 10,000 Steps in the Name of Love
My company participates in this program where we get paid little mini-bonuses for wearing work-sponsored pedometers and taking steps. Something about having healthy, active employees and saving on...
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Self-Love and Regression (and Football)
Ever since I started dating again, I’ve been a little boy-crazy. This kind of makes me feel like a total F.A.B. (that’s fake ass bitch, for those of you who don’t speak in abbrevi-gay-tions), because I...
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I Accidentally Made Out with a Closeted Married Man, and Now I’m a Hot Mess
First and foremost, I feel the need to assure you that the events I’m about to recount actually took place. Like, in real life. Which you’ll soon realize is insane because one) I have already written...
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Three Things I’ve Decided About the Search for Love
I recently came across a half-serious/half-bitchy article on Esquire‘s blog that addressed the myriad ways in which my soul sister, Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City, has allegedly corrupted the...
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This is What Happens When I Best Man a Wedding
Yes, I just used “Best Man” as a verb in the title of this post. It’s a thing now, and you’re welcome. So. After throwing an epic three-night, thirteen-man bachelor party at a rented house in Vermont...
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And Here’s the Douchiest OkCupid Profile EVER
In case you missed it, I recently wrote about how I advertise the fact that I’m a fast pedestrian on OkCupid because it seems like the least douche-y option for my “I’m Really Good At” section. But...
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The Best Advice I’ve Ever Received: “Be the Light”
Lately my spiritual journey has involved a lot of “Why am I here?”-ness. Not the classic question of “Why am I here?” like, on the planet, though. Mine has been the other classic question of “Why am I...
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That Married Dude I Made Out with Last Year? SAW HIM AGAIN
Last November I met a man on a train. Let’s call him James. James and I bonded all the way from New York to Connecticut, and then we passionately made out in his car like a couple of horny high...
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Kind of a Blog Post About Dating, Mostly a Video of Me Singing a Dixie Chicks...
Recently some readers have been inquiring about my dating life, which, contrary to the fact that I haven’t really blogged about it in nearly nine months, has not disintegrated entirely into a...
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Why Do We Hook Up With Our Exes?
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by Regina George hooked up with an ex. That’s probably almost everyone, right? Okay. Raise your hand if you’ve ever hooked up with an ex on a...
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The Straight Gay Ghost of Tinder Past
So this past Saturday, right? I’m sitting on the couch in my hotel room and killing time on Tinder waiting for a trolley to pick me up for a wedding, and I come across this buff bro type named...
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I Wore My Pedometer to the Club and Took 10,000 Steps in the Name of Love
My company participates in this program where we get paid little mini-bonuses for wearing work-sponsored pedometers and taking steps. Something about having healthy, active employees and saving on...
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Three Things I’ve Learned from Being in a New Relationship
The last long-term relationship I was in ended in early 2010. Obama was still in his first term, Mariah Carey was yet to be impregnated with fraternal twins, and I had crabs a Blackberry. I was barely...
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All We Wanted Was to Watch Some Damn Golf
On Saturday my boyfriend Graig and I went on a beautiful eight-mile walk along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. It was scenic, serene, far removed from the city, and this is apropos of nothing but...
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