Hermione... NO!

Looking for "hands on" experience?

Sorry, couldn't help it. Our man Will is looking for interns...

pretty paris

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killing smokes

i always preferred that expression more than "smoking kills'. i don't think i've ever been more of a smoker in my life. parisian life does not include not smoking.

so for awhile i've been crushing on jens lekman, a singer from sweden with a delicious voice. last night i went to his show at the mains d'oeuvres in paris. he played an excellent set, but because he is so damn irresistable he decided to quit the stage and sing for private requests in the cafe...but the managers would have none of that. so meg&i invited him to play a set at her new empty loft in montmartre. there is no electricity just yet, but jens & i agreed that a few spirits would warm us up. he said that he had to pass by his hotel first, and convince his driver to drop him off. i gave him my number and then to meet up with damien at a bar...an underground loud place with no cell service. jens called. i got his message two hours later. essentially, i stood him up. ha ha ha. it would have been too good to be true anyways. but you do have to admit that he is one pretty boy:



thus is the latest news from gay paree.

i miss you's.

you're invited...

to a barbeque in my backyard...






...in the spring, of course.

Go fug yourself.

This site is fuggin' awesome. There is nothing like a witty, celebrity-fashion-bashing blog to cap off your Valentine's Day. Happy VD, opals!

e-opal has gone non-smoking

kudos to cary

luck to mikey

and damnit, erica, isn't this your 47th try? (ok, so i have to quit though, 'cause it's been over a decade since i started smoking. ewww)

Do your part for animal rights.

yeah, who has the energy to be clever...

yay tara! i would like to see you perform this semester, if we can make it happen...

i missed american idol, but that doesn't mean i don't love it. did you see the one with the little brokeback boy from wyoming? who had, like, never had a real conversation with anyone outside his family? awsome.

i'm working on a bunch of stories right now:

• one on this preservation librarian
• a profile on a city council member from queens
• an archeological dig born out of a new subway stop down in battery park
• nyc helicopter pilots
• this fun event
• interviewing an investigative journalist to see their story process (well that's less of a story than an assignment)
• and a court/lawsuit story that i-- ooops-- haven't gotten around to starting yet.

ok i've got to get back to work!

pum choo opals.

I'm sick of trying to think of witty titles.

Hi-dee-ho, kiddies. This has been a rather silent blog recently...
Well, I have been in my second semester of grad school for two weeks, and things are going very well. They just posted the operas that our class will be performing next year, and I got a kick-ass role in Massenet's opera Werther. I'm super excited, and I am currently having a blast watching a combo of American Idol and the Grammies (which are both dreadful). How are all the other o-pals out there? Holla.

Heellllllllllloooooooooooooooo

Is anybody out there?

sniff sniff sniff

well hello lovelies...

i feel out of touch, but that may just be all in my head. i'm pretty stressed with school this semester-- all of my classes are reporting/writing heavy (as opposed to the reading/studying sort), and it's an insane juggling act to keep my head above water-- especially with work. it's pretty much 7 days a week for me.

so that's about it-- i'm just busy with school, so the update is pretty boring. i'm taking reporting new york (so carolyn, i really am working on that nyc guide, i swear i'm getting to it), investigative (that one's a bitch) and writing/reporting 2.

i'm at dan's right now, diverting from my research to play online and watch a rerun of gilmore girls while the boys play video games. penelope's having a little vacation at the fabiani ranch out in westchester. mikey- did you take her to that park yet? apparently she has a nail appointment tomorrow. the little diva.

ok, back to work. i part with a little something for paulie and the electric caro: