Wednesday, March 12, 2008
"All the immediate unknowns are better than knowing this tired and lonely fate"*
Lately, it seems like my new blog obsessions tend to mirror what's going on in my own life--or, more accurately, what's about to be going on in my own life. (I'm no Boy Scout, but "always be prepared" seems like a good idea, no?) When I was planning a trip around the world, I was addicted to reading the blogs of people who were taking trips around the world. Don't get me wrong, I still love my travel blogs, but now that those plans have been scrapped and I've been thrust back into the world of single-girl-hood, I've become more obsessed with reading the next Carrie Bradshaws (that is, ones with way better fashion sense and way fewer stupid puns. Although can I pause to say how totally excited I am for the Sex & the City movie? I didn't think I would be, given how Carrie and I left things, but I really, really I am. I think it's because the clothes don't look too horrible. Well, except for the infamous wedding dress. I mean, what is with that pointy hat thing?)
But I digress. While the lovely and amazing KT and Rachel have been fitting the single-gal bill for the past few months, I've recently stumbled upon another Carrie incarnate to love: Single + Cats = Sad. The blog's author, Martini, is a 27-year-old magazine editor who recently broke up with a long-term boyfriend because "it just wasn't right." So basically, we're the same person. Oh, except that she's a model in her spare time, hangs out at the Playboy Mansion and dates B-list actors, whereas I write quizzes for teenagers in my spare time, hang out in dive bars and...well, given that I live in D.C., my only option for dating the marginally famous is B-list politicians, and given the way the A list has been behaving lately, that doesn't seem too appealing. But these are tiny, insignificant details. The point here is that her blog is well-written and funny and makes me just a little less nervous about dipping a toe back into the shark-infested waters known as the dating pool.
*Is it just me, or should Jenny Lewis be the poster child for girls who break up with boys who seemed so right but turned out to be not so right? I heart Jenny Lewis, and only partly because starred in Troop Beverly Hills.
Lately, it seems like my new blog obsessions tend to mirror what's going on in my own life--or, more accurately, what's about to be going on in my own life. (I'm no Boy Scout, but "always be prepared" seems like a good idea, no?) When I was planning a trip around the world, I was addicted to reading the blogs of people who were taking trips around the world. Don't get me wrong, I still love my travel blogs, but now that those plans have been scrapped and I've been thrust back into the world of single-girl-hood, I've become more obsessed with reading the next Carrie Bradshaws (that is, ones with way better fashion sense and way fewer stupid puns. Although can I pause to say how totally excited I am for the Sex & the City movie? I didn't think I would be, given how Carrie and I left things, but I really, really I am. I think it's because the clothes don't look too horrible. Well, except for the infamous wedding dress. I mean, what is with that pointy hat thing?)
But I digress. While the lovely and amazing KT and Rachel have been fitting the single-gal bill for the past few months, I've recently stumbled upon another Carrie incarnate to love: Single + Cats = Sad. The blog's author, Martini, is a 27-year-old magazine editor who recently broke up with a long-term boyfriend because "it just wasn't right." So basically, we're the same person. Oh, except that she's a model in her spare time, hangs out at the Playboy Mansion and dates B-list actors, whereas I write quizzes for teenagers in my spare time, hang out in dive bars and...well, given that I live in D.C., my only option for dating the marginally famous is B-list politicians, and given the way the A list has been behaving lately, that doesn't seem too appealing. But these are tiny, insignificant details. The point here is that her blog is well-written and funny and makes me just a little less nervous about dipping a toe back into the shark-infested waters known as the dating pool.
*Is it just me, or should Jenny Lewis be the poster child for girls who break up with boys who seemed so right but turned out to be not so right? I heart Jenny Lewis, and only partly because starred in Troop Beverly Hills.
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