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101: How NOT To Quit Smoking
As Mark Twain may or may not have said (Mark Twain supposedly said a lot of things): “Quitting smoking is easy; I’ve done it a thousand times.”
I’ve quit smoking at least five times. I can’t tell you how to quit – as of writing this, I’ve been smoke-free for maybe 24 hours – but I can tell you how NOT to quit. These are the seven things that will never, ever work.
1. Working in the restaurant industry. Or in retail…. More »
My Boyfriend Wears Guyliner — And I Think It’s Hot
The night I met my now-boyfriend — that’s him, to the left — I was pretty drunk. So drunk, in fact, that the next day I had to ask my friend what he looked like. Was he cute? “Yeah,” she said, “and he was wearing makeup! He looked cool.”
Uh, makeup?
“Yeah, he was wearing eyeliner!”
I was relieved that I hadn’t gone home with a Kiss fan or a Juggalo—just a dude who wears eyeliner. And you know what? I like it!
“Guyliner,”… More »
Make Your Own: Tutti-Frutti Eyeshadow
Colorful eyeshadow is making a comeback! Or so every women’s magazine is saying. But does it look good on a real person?
To find out, I tested out the tangerine and electric blue shades recommended in Nylon. I copied their models’ makeup exactly, even using the CoverGirl eye shadow palette featured in their spread. I purchased the brand’s four-shade Tropical Fusion, around $5 at drugstores. The eye shadow itself took about three minutes to apply—the broad, cartoonish strokes were easy to… More »
Crushable Confessional: Couples’ Sobriety
What happens when a whiskey-loving couple goes sober for a month?
My boyfriend, Jay, and I met in Manhattan on the night of his best friend’s bachelor party. I was at the Slipper Room with my friends, he accidentally sat in my seat, and we struck up a conversation. We followed the bachelor party to a strip club and a dive bar, and by the end of the night we were drunk enough to think eating pizza in the rain in… More »
