tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81493142024-03-07T00:35:11.134-05:00spinachdip nycI am what I eat and I eat PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME for breakfast, lunch and dinnerbadly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.comBlogger770125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1164879511350334832006-12-05T09:23:00.000-05:002006-12-21T20:19:31.817-05:00I want to lamp, I want to be in the shadeHi kids. Today, I'm, over at [redacted], which recently rose like Amare from the ashes of The Daily Dump. We'll see if I have any blogging juice left in me. Please do my self esteem a favor and leave some nice comments.read: What Would Jodeci Do?Past guest blogging gigs:Gawker: intro/outrohigh class jackassa blog soupThis Is What We Do Nowextrawack!badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1160974861578263342006-10-16T08:00:00.000-04:002006-11-27T02:15:28.793-05:00We been together like Nike Airs and crisp teesLook, I appreciate all the kind words, Jordan/Jay-Z comparisons and offers for S&M play, but this shit isn't coming back.You can, however, find me all week over at Gawker trying to squeeze into Jessica Coen's size zero jeans. I'm not going to pretend I have any idea what I'm doing, so I'd be super appreciative if you could submit tips over to tips at gawker dot com.Thanks, see you at the badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1154124818576286042006-09-18T08:13:00.000-04:002006-09-18T08:37:28.446-04:00Let's cut the bullshitI'm done with this blog. I know, this is not the first time I've taken off but I always knew I was coming back to it. But this time it's permanent. I think it is, anyway. I've been known to be quite fickle, but for the time being, I don't see myself blogging again, at least not on this site. Probably.(Oh, but I am available for guest blogging. Honestly, I think I've done better writing on other badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1158337893676434782006-09-15T12:29:00.000-04:002006-09-15T12:31:33.700-04:00I'm bad for youThis makes me sad. My mom was right, I really did grow up to be a ladykiller.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1158084384375358672006-09-12T13:18:00.000-04:002006-09-12T14:06:24.536-04:00Tale of Two ShittiesI may have mentioned in an earlier post that my two favorite football teams were the Carolina Panthers and Liverpool. Also in the same post, I mentioned that my weekend didn't get off to a good start. But I'm an eternal optimist; all is well that ends well and shit ain't over until the fat lady sings. And what better to salve the wounds with the ointment of sports, the ultimate escape?So what badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1158017312257742182006-09-11T18:28:00.000-04:002006-09-11T19:35:03.283-04:00I can't believe it's already been five years, I can't believe it's only been five years.The reason I had trouble writing this post though, was that I no longer know how to feel about the day. I'd only been in New York for thee months when it happened, so I was lucky enough not to lose anyone in the towers. And as a relative newbie in the city, New York really wasn't a huge part of my identity yet. It was just a place I'd ended up, and didn't mind sticking around for a few years. badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1157752330503267962006-09-08T16:43:00.000-04:002006-09-08T19:51:12.693-04:00the back fourJust to let y'all know I'm still here:Dear Dan de la Dump,You suck. Really. What the hell am I going to read everyday to put off whatever I'm supposed to be doing. At the risk of getting all bloggy-hyperbolic-backslappy, you have more talent as a writer in your, um, daily dump than most of us do in our entire bodies. If I had to go gay and I had to do it with a male blogger, I'd probably do it badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1157136279403384632006-09-01T14:36:00.000-04:002006-09-01T18:24:48.796-04:00Inspired by a true storyHey kids, I'm out again. Today, I'm getting my sexy on at a high class jackass. The dinner's in the fridge - take off the saran wrap and microwave on high for one minute.Have a happy Labor Day weekend, everyone.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1157053024679876142006-08-31T15:31:00.000-04:002006-08-31T15:37:04.696-04:00I'm not here, the key's under the matGuest blogging today at A Blog Soup.And a related request to my dear readers - if anyone can find a decent quality mp3 of "Hip Hop Junkies (Spanish Fly Remix)" by Nice & Smooth, I'd greatly appreciate it and possibly marry you.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1156837541607089112006-08-29T18:32:00.000-04:002006-08-31T15:43:27.040-04:002006 New Yorker Festival: Color me disappointed or color me baddIf you're like me, nothing gets you excited for fall in New York City like the New Yorker Festival. Every year, New Yorker gets out its manilla envelopes full of writers, directors and musicians in compromising positions and get them to appear for one fabulous weekend of cultural elitism and free alcohol courtesy of sponsors.But I'm looking at the lineup and I can't say I'm impressed. I remember badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1156630733281504482006-08-28T23:50:00.000-04:002006-08-29T11:04:23.313-04:00I wish I could tie you up in my shoes, make you feel unpretty tooIt ain't easy being a Liverpool fan. There, I said it. "But why, Mr. Spinachdip, why? Your team won the Champions League in 2005, consistently finish in the top 5 of the league, has the biggest trophy room in all of England. How could that possibly be hard?"I'll tell you why. Because I'm a cynical bastard who can't help but see the dark storm clouds around the silver lining. I'm generally badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1156454151118031802006-08-24T17:15:00.000-04:002006-08-24T17:45:51.980-04:00Totally phoning it inJudge to Rule if 'Meowing' Is HarassmentJEANNETTE, Pa., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh-area police have gone to court to back a 78-year-old woman's complaint of harassment by a teenaged neighbor she claims always meows at her.Yeah, it's been that kind of a week. That's all I have for this week. Thanks to The Maureen for the heads up. Meow.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1155931845077671622006-08-18T15:12:00.001-04:002006-08-21T13:10:28.386-04:00In which I come back from my unplanned hiatusI gotta say, I'm wary of attending happy hours. Not happy hours per se - I'm cool with cheap drinks, uncrowded bars and getting sloppy before the sun goes down. That's the way life should be. It's what comes with happy hours that I'm wary of.The last three or four times I've gone out for happy hour, the night stretched beyond the designated hours and recommended nightly intake of alcohol and badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1155323117712607822006-08-11T14:58:00.000-04:002006-08-11T18:15:14.246-04:00A shit postI have a guest post over at This Is What We Do Now today. This came about at the last minute because I kinda screwed up my email settings, but I squeezed out what I could. Hope you like it.Speaking of screwing up my email, I have a backlog of messages I haven't read that goes back to February. So if you've written to me and didn't get a response, it's not because I'm a douchebag. Well, I am, but badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1155149231677850712006-08-09T14:43:00.000-04:002006-08-09T20:38:54.846-04:00Diet Coke + Mentos + gorilla suitApropos of nothing, here's a video of an experiment my friend Guy participated in. He's the one who doesn't, how shall we put this politely, quite get to the climax. Enjoy.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1154955063741568372006-08-08T15:15:00.000-04:002006-08-08T20:21:41.730-04:00Yes, you would be correct(Pants has the shorter, less self-indulgent version of the event)You're probably wondering, "Is that Bret Michaels of Poison up on that screen? Did you see Poison in concert? In middle of New Jersey?"Yes, yes yes.And now you're wondering, "Is he singing 'Something To Believe In' or 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'?"I'm pretty sure it's the former. But before we flashback to Sunday evening, let's go allbadly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1155033921520469602006-08-08T06:27:00.000-04:002006-08-08T06:45:32.236-04:00Three things you need to know about Snakes On A PlaneYou can get snakes on your phone. This is simply amazing. I've sent this to everyone I know over the past week. Which is like, five people, including my mom and dad.Cee-Lo's "Ophidophobia" (mp3) off the Snakes On A Plane soundtrack is the most horrible, yet irrisitable song you will hear all summer. Which will probably be an apt description for the movie too. The hook is just horritastic.Snakes badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1154354348727878932006-07-31T09:38:00.000-04:002006-08-01T03:13:50.693-04:00Reviews in bullet pointsThe Dreamers - An awful, awful movie. It's nowhere near as stylish or poignant as it thinks it is. Laughably pretentious, contrived and self-important. I'd give it zero stars if I could. That said, Eva Green buck ass nekkid. 3 stars.Little Brother @ Fort Greene Park, Wednesday, July 26 - Short but sweet, fairly enjoyable show. I'm thinking this is the first non-Roots hip hop show I've been to in badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1154023127765940852006-07-27T13:57:00.000-04:002006-07-28T21:39:31.163-04:00It's not just your identity, it's also your burritoEarlier this week, I found myself hungry and on St. Mark's, and as I often do, I reflexively headed for Chipotle. I ordered my usual - soft chicken tacos, lettuce, cheese, possibly guacomole and no sour cream - and my heart grew with excitement while my stomach expanded in anticipation. The tacos and I would be one in mere minutes.As the soon-to-be-mine tacos took their place inside the red badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1153759340959526152006-07-24T10:25:00.001-04:002006-07-24T15:56:38.220-04:00I don't trust me around you: reviewing Good Bye, Lenin!"How is this a cliffhanger? You know Mer ends up with McDreamy and nothing's going to happen to Izzie."After I posted my summer pop music ratings, Feisty sent me the following IM: I can't believe more people didn't berate you for posting gay music.Now that I think about it- why weren't you reviewing better music? Fair question. How could someone with such incredible taste in music lower himself badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1153218393064442312006-07-18T08:22:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:02:43.743-04:00Rating the songs of Summer 2006Ah, summer. It's when the days are longer, skirts are shorter and jams trickle out of car windows and rooftops. I like to think I'm a connoisseur of good music, but like New York City girls and clothing, I shed my snobbery to adapt to the summer heat.I'm okay with rocking out to J-Lo's "I'm Real (remix)", even singing alog to Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way". Because it's not about the badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1152907682352395762006-07-14T15:42:00.000-04:002006-07-14T18:51:40.506-04:00Details of victoryThank you, Andrew Krucoff for throwing the bash. Thank you, author Frank Portman for giving Krucoff a reason to throw the bash. Thank you Gawker Media for hosting the bash. Because your free alcohol (the lukewarm beer notwithstanding) took us to a place where we rarely venture to. (And thank you Pete for you awesome green shirt.)Thank you, Crime Scene Bar & Lounge on Bowery for your cheesy, badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1152807919656746252006-07-13T12:22:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:25:19.700-04:00Leave a message after the beep. Beep.I'm guest blogging over at extrawack! today. I also do weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and corporate events.I'll be back to regular ol' blogging soon. Ciao.badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1152215582194948462006-07-09T19:49:00.000-04:002006-07-11T00:01:21.276-04:00spinachdip's guide to the 2006 World Cup: What the fuck?So close, yet so far away.So the clever writer that I am, I figured the headline for this post would be something simple, like Fin, or Les Bleus blew! or Up your ass-urrri, Azzurri!, but Lady Luck never seems to smile upon me. Rather, she prefers to pour a freshly poured pint of Boddington on my head.I mean, whether you supported for the cheese eating surrender monkeys of France or the greasy, badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149314.post-1152215570257472632006-07-06T18:35:00.000-04:002006-07-07T16:20:42.610-04:00spinachdip's guide to the 2006 World Cup: Blue on blue crime (with nudity!)(Yes, there's a link to nudity in this post. If you're here just for the pictures, you should skip on down to the end of the post)I didn't want to mention this so close to your independence day, but let us now praise Takeru Kobayashi for, once again, proving that Japan is the greatest nation in the world. Infidel Joey Chestnut of the Great Satan America put in a commendable effort, but it always badly drawn boykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com0