I had a huge teenage crush on Marilyn Manson.

I don’t think I’d punch anyone but I can absolutely understand the impulse. I am the same way, someone taking my parking spot inspires this murderous rage in me that I’m not sure anything else really matches. Also, I live in Boston.

Wow, that is really depressing. Does he lecture them about it? I absolutely would.

It's one of the only three movies I've walked out of.

They Live by Night is a fantastic movie. It's so memorable, and sad.

I finally actually got into this book "Projecting the Holocaust into the Present: The Changing Focus of Contemporary Holocaust Cinema" which I've had around for a while and finally got around to. It's for some work I'm doing. It's interesting but it's also kind of depressing because it is making me feel like there is…

@avclub-e57f718840a576abbb40a7d046c4e3b0:disqus I've started typing and then given up on multiple different screeds wondering why any reasonable person would ever want to live in New York, making reference to how little rent I pay for a really decent place that is still in a big city (and a non-crowded, non-super…

I don't think it actually was a gay joke. Also, come on, everyone's been to San Francisco, so it doesn't need a "basis" in the show.

They revealed the names of snap crackle and pop a while ago. Pretty recently but maybe not recently enough so that it's not a nice little surprise? I don't exactly remember when.

Indeed, that was awesome.

Yeah I can imagine. I took Latin for six years through middle and high school and the grammar is almost exactly identical so all the grammar seemed very straightforward to me (also, I studied BCS before Russian, which is even more like Latin). I mean, verb aspect was new. But yeah, learning Latin doesn't just help…

@avclub-d019eb089e65903455cc52308f00b997:disqus Yeah, Russian language. I did Slavic Languages and Literatures in college and am probably applying to grad school at some point so I'm just keeping up with it and taking advantage of getting to audit a class at the university I work at. I love basically everything about…

I haven't had a cigarette in the past four days just because of the weather. I wish we could smoke inside.

I'm overwhelmed with work too. I had a major meeting today which generated a ton more work. Then I was too depressed/stressed to focus very well on it so I didn't get as much done as I wanted to, also I have homework for the Russian class I'm taking. Also I spilled an entire cup of tea all over my desk and myself,…

Thanks so much guys! @avclub-6beb5f589a9fd04c21fcd50db3d9c80c:disqus and @Scrawler2:disqus - yes, totally. I was definitely much more hopeful than I realized I was. Before the date we were talking/chatting/Skype/texting each other all day every day for an entire week, like seriously 24/7. (He was excited for it too,…

One fantastic tip for grilled cheese sandwiches (or any grilled sandwich, I guess) is to spread mayonnaise very lightly on the *outside* sides of the bread, that touch the pan. It makes the bread get much more brown and crispy and toasted than you could otherwise achieve without burning it. I don't remember where I…

I went on what I thought was a really great date last Friday and the guy doesn't want to go out again and I've been unreasonably depressed about it all weekend. Like, seriously incredibly sad. It's also really bothering me because I'm not looking for a relationship at all, and this was supposed to be an extremely…

That's a really Boston look. Northface or parka jacket, cargo shorts, and a large iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts. It really is 15 here right now so that's not exactly going on, but seeing someone thus clad is not a rare sight in like November or December or March.

That's gross. No go. A jean jacket is a jean jacket, a blazer is a blazer.

I had oatmeal for breakfast and lunch. (I made a whole cup, had the first half for breakfast before a meeting and the second half for lunch just now after my meeting.) I always make it with brown sugar, a ton of cinnamon and a ton of raisins, but I tried adding peanut butter to the second half just now for the first…