Awkward City, Population 1.

7:34 am on July 23

Thanks again for everything yesterday. I really appreciate it.

7:22 am on July 23

7:21 am on July 23

» Rumor: MacBook touch Coming in October [Gizmodo]

I’m speechless.

7:09 am on July 23

» MTV VMA's – Nicole Atkins

We rep her for Sony, and she’s up for a VMA. The lady is opening for Avett Brothers, people. Vote!

2:10 am on July 23

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

A frustrating night. I’ll be back tomorrow.

10:52 pm on July 22

» Scandal: How Did Edwards Affair Stay Hidden?

Yeah. John Edwards. But, I guess, if Batman can get arrested…anything is possible.

7:00 am on July 22

I'M GOING TO BE A DAILY ILLINI OPINIONS COLUMNIST THIS FALL!

I’m so, so excited. Eek! Are you excited? You should be. Get excited! Might want to bookmark their site while you’re at it. This job is going to be a blast!

In other news — it’s gotten to the point again where I have too many jobs to keep track of. Last year, I had a sticky note above my desk with a list of them. Maybe this year, I’ll upgrade and engrave a tablet.

6:57 am on July 22

“ You have received the Hugh Hefner Magazine Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year because of your outstanding achievement as a journalism student. Your award is provided by Playboy Enterprises,Inc.

—

The letter I received for my scholarship yesterday! I put up an away message about it, and everyone — everyone — thought I had posed for them.

Hugh’s an alumnus, sillies! And generous alumnus at that. (I’m so excited! Eep!) Go pick up an issue, and tell your girlfriends it’s just a congratulatory gift for me. You’ll totally get away with it.

6:55 am on July 22

Just One Of Last Night's Many Confused Conversations.

Gertz: You posed nude!!??!?!
Me: no.
Gertz: How else does a beautiful woman like yourself get a dime out of playboy?
Me: hahaha
Gertz: Which month are you going to be in?
Me: December
Gertz: I'm guessing October
Me: The Hanukkah issue
Gertz: I was going to say that your flowing brown hair is like the changing of the leaves
Gertz: But then again...leaves change and different times in the country
Gertz: So that makes no sense
Gertz: Hannukkah fits better
Me: haha

10:50 pm on July 21

This is a pretty good summary of the past two days. My brother Steve visited this weekend, and between eating a shitload of food, we chugged water but stayed consistently dehydrated. It fucked my body up, but whatever. Here’s to global warming!

Check out the slew of photos for the trinkets I picked up this weekend (directly below) and the rest of what we did!

10:50 pm on July 21

» ohnotheydidnt: Britain's Princess Anne recycles 1981 dress

Let’s not rag on her for wearing the same shit — how the fuck does it still fit her? Sheesh. Royalty and their personal trainers.

10:47 pm on July 21

Two-sided markers, blank postcards, and a tiny flashcard notepad that I’ll use to learn new vocabulary from Muji.

10:42 pm on July 21

A Taterpot, which looks like a potato, but grows basil! Steve and I stopped off at a store that literally sold every trinked I’ve ever seen online and wanted, and this was my pick :) It has a face! I love inanimate objects with cutesy little faces!

10:40 pm on July 21

A Moleskin that holds doo-dads, since I have a ton of doo-dads!

10:37 pm on July 21

Sunday:

Pictured: Brunch, which consisted of a mimosa, iced coffee, a basket of muffins and an omelette-y thing with proscuitto. All while reading the Sunday Times.

The rest of the day:

- Visited the Met (Hearst ID = free admittance!)

- Wandered through Central Park (and almost died from the heat)

- Went to Upright Citizen’s Brigadee theatre and saw ASSSSCAT 3000, the theatre’s all-guest improv show. Last time, there were only a few people performing. This time, there were writers from Conan, 30 Rock and The Colbert Report, and Rob Riggle (from The Daily Show), Horatio Sanz and Rachael Dratch were there! It was pretty good, but the guy who was the monologuist (aka, unofficial leader/host) was fuck awful.

- Joe’s Shanghai, a chinese restaurant that I took on suggestion and was glad I did. Pork crab meat soup dumplings, mmm. The 1/2 crispy duck was good, and the pork shoulder was….not my bag. Oh well.

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