if only i had a basketball jersey and saggin’ jeans.

THIS HAPPENED. Friday night, Cindi and Matt and I parked near Luce and hopped a train to the other side of town to have dinner at Grumpy’s before the Doomtree show. We rode back shortly after 9 to meet up with Wendy and Willis. As we stepped off the train, a dude asked us if we wanted free drinks, and ...

blackjack anniversary

Oh man, I’ve been gone for a while! It’s possible I’ve been preoccupied. Almost two weeks and 5 different medications later, I think I’m cured. I hope I’m cured. That probably wasn’t actually the worst two weeks of my life by a long shot, but it sure felt like it at the time. I’m going to a specialist this afternoon ...

south south bronx

Three days of steroids, hydrocortisone, and two types of antihistamine later, my hives seem to be improving. This was the first day this week I haven’t spoken to a doctor, or gone to buy medication. Things are looking up! And my skin looks pretty awesome too… fading red marks all over the place, covered in bruises from itching. I’m just ...

or a mandoline.

OH HOLY CRAP. So, why I haven’t been back to say hi this week is because I’m covered in hives. This is an entirely new phenomenon to me, as the last time I had them I was 6 months old. They determined at that point that I was allergic to penicillin, and I’ve never reacted to a thing since. I ...