I Survived Hurricane Sandy And All I Got Was This Lousy Blog Post

As anybody not living underneath a rock probably knows, the entire East Coast got raped and pillaged by Hurricane Sandy last night. The record breaking "super storm" left eight million without power, and caused an estimated 20 BILLION dollars in damage. As a dweller of the NYC Metropolitan area, where I live and the surrounding boroughs got it bad (worse than this guy), and are now reeling from the aftermath. --- I normally don't take much stock in the news. In my mind, it's mostly fear … [Read more...]

Man tries to commit suicide by jumping into Bronx Zoo tiger den, epically fails.

UPDATE: According to this article published yesterday by CNN, the man who jumped into the tiger den didn't do it as an act of suicide, he just "wanted to be one with the tigers." Translation: He's a f*cking idiot. --- In what authorities are calling "an athletic feat that was a first in the history of the monorail," twenty-five-year-old David Villalobos leapt 17 feet off of the Bronx Zoo monorail, clearing a perimeter fence, and landing straight into a tiger den last Friday, losing his foot … [Read more...]

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of French Fries

I don’t know much -- OK, anything -- about foreign policy. I don’t know why we all just can’t get along, share and play nice like we were taught in kindergarten. I don’t understand why any of us think we own this planet and have any more right to one part of it than anyone else. I also don’t understand why people litter. I’m so silly. --- When people start spouting off about socialism, I am all: "Huh? Is that a bad thing?" Socialism has the word social in it and I’m pretty darn … [Read more...]

OWS “General Strike” – so why am I still at work?

So apparently THIS is happening today. --- The convo I had with my boss in regards to the general strike went something like this: Me: Sooo, tomorrow is Occupy Wall Street's general strike. Him: Okay... Me: Apparently people aren't supposed to be going into work. They're going to block off the subways. They're protesting throughout the city! Him: And how does this relate to you coming into work? Me: I'm just saying it might be hard for me to make it in on time... y'know, because they're … [Read more...]

Another reason to love Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Jay Leno is a self-important douche who hates his guests, David Letterman is a sarcastic old man who hates his job, and Jimmy Kimmel - well, does anybody watch Jimmy Kimmel?- but eeevverybody loves Jimmy Fallon. --- Even though he used to bother me on SNL by constantly laughing during his sketches, since Fallon took over the throne from Conan in '09 he's become the king of late-night. --- Want proof? President Barack Obama appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday and "Slow Jammed … [Read more...]

Live-blogging Hurricane Irene in NYC

Whaddya do when you're stuck inside with nothing to do but ride out a hurricane? You write about it, obviiii. Saturday, 11 a.m. Head to the store before noon (that's when stuff started closing) to get "supplies." Holy sh*t you would think the apocalypse struck NYC. Part of me thinks that people are just using this storm as an excuse to buy as much unhealthy food as possible and completely pig out for the weekend. Even if the storm was at its worst and lasted two full days with no water or … [Read more...]

Angela’s ‘Hurricane Irene’ Preparedness Guide

While I sit in my New York City office chatting with my coworkers about the weekend's impending hurricane (ie: I'm distractedly yelping to everybody, "I'M GOING TO DIE IN MY BASEMENT APARTMENT!", calling my parents in tears, and frantically checking bus lines), I'm finding myself having a hard time focusing on work and more about what I'll need to prepare myself for the apocalypse. 1. bottle of whiskey This is probably the most essential item for a few reasons. One- it will help calm the … [Read more...]

Sunday bites.

Sooo much pride. … [Read more...]

I wanna sext you up.

I'm sure by now everybody has heard about the big Anthony Weiner sexting scandal. You know, the one where the New York democratic rep. sent sexy-time pics and messages to a plethora of young female fans over Twitter and Facebook? The messages, some of which included Weiner shirtless or with "bulging-underpants," were leaked earlier this month to a shocked and appalled country, and now the (married) politician is doing some serious damage control. Despite the fact that only a … [Read more...]

Holy Sh*t I’m Moving yadda yadda Part 2!

The second and final installment of Angela's "HSIMTNYC" Video Diary has finally arrived! This video was a definitely more of a challenge to put together than the first. In part 1, the storyline had a clearly defined beginning, middle and end, which made it easier in terms of knowing what to film and how to edit it. Capturing life post-move was a little more difficult because, like, I'm still living it. So I did my best to take about two months worth of footage and make some type of … [Read more...]

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