metrocake

A shining, sparkly ball of angst, now based in Manhattan!

Archive for August, 2008

you had me at “cantenna”

This is COMPLETELY TRUE. It also describes me and R….and at least half of our friends.


Tagged as , + Categorized as geeeeeeek, girl meets boy, interweb

the disco balls, where were they?

Last night, I was in Whole Foods in Chelsea, a very gay-friendly neighborhood in New York. As I was strolling around the store, the Village People’s “In the Navy” came on. At first I was all, “No way. They’re playing the Village People. In Whole Foods. In CHELSEA. How [...]


Tagged as , + Categorized as New York, New York, free association, geeeeeeek

does this template make me look fat?

As you all know (and if you don’t, check here and here), I’ve been trying to get my portfolio together. I’ve been using Backpack to organize my materials, which has been a tremendous help — it’s good to see what I’ve got all in one spot as opposed to scattered all over my apartment. [...]


Tagged as + Categorized as grrrl geeeenius, interweb, true life

…so it wasn’t porn after all!

We’ve been experiencing major, major, MAJOR lag while playing Warcraft in our apartment. This started a few weeks ago. Since we’re on a cable connection, I’d figured that some young’un was home from school and had just learned how to download porn.
But no — no, it’s not just our apartment, nor [...]


Tagged as + Categorized as New York, New York, gaming, geeeeeeek

…then you’re in the man from mars…

I saw a Space Invader on Friday! I snapped a pic of this little guy as I was leaving my InDesign training class at the Javits Center. I love his mirrored eyes. :)
Turns out, there’s a whole fleet of space invaders, not just in Manhattan, but all over the world. They’re [...]


Categorized as New York, New York, free association, gaming, photoblog, pretty pretty pictures