The Daily Durvy

Alex and I, the Jew and the Least Religious Person on The Face of the Planet, decided to each pick something to give up for Lent.

This decision came from a conversation that started as a discussion of Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday and Easter and resurrection and what we find most annoying about each other. Because that’s how in love we are.

I honestly don’t find very many things about Alex annoying. I think he orders a lethal amount of pizza and needs to eat more vegetables. So he said he would give up delivery for Lent. When I told him that Lent is 40 days, not a week, he almost backed out.

But he agreed to do it because of what I told him I would give up for Lent. I’m going to give up all negative body talk. No more “I’m fat” or “I’m disgusting” or anything similar. According to Alex, it’s the most annoying thing about me. So for 40 days I’m going to try to not saying anything bad about myself. I’m hoping it breaks this bad habit of self-loathing and self-pity.

Alex is hoping too. And anxiously awaiting the day he gets to order pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

My website temporarily exploded yesterday. And I was totally calm about it.

And by totally calm I mean I ALMOST TORE MY HAIR OUT AND ATE IT.

I’ve been working really hard on the new layout for this site. I’m not done, and I don’t know if I’ll be keeping this currently theme. Mostly because I’m crazy and apparently have a taste for self inflicted pain.

If the site is a little messy for the next few days, I totally apologize, and I promise to keep the updates coming! :)

I took a lot of pictures in Mexico, and it is raining here. The sun in the pictures makes me feel like I’m back in Los Angeles.

Hello everyone. Today you get to read an excerpt from the brain of Alex, the oh so wonderful boyfriend. (Also, please excuse that I have no idea how to format a blog entry)

Let me preface by saying what follows. I am a happy mixture of nerd, geek, dweeb and loser. I have had my fair share of friday nights planted firmly in front of a computer screen growing paler and more socially awkward but nothing quite beats the social stigma that belongs to the players of Dungeons And Dragons. Thankfully I, myself, am not a player but as of late my roommate is. Himself, his good friend, and other various walking stereotypes all get together regularly to engage in a world of fantasy and wonderment filled with dragons and swords and magic and all sorts of badass awesome shit like riding a freakin’ flying horse while chopping the heads off of orcs n’ shit.
But all I see when I walk past them is a half eaten box of pizza and multiple manboys sitting around a table with reference books and stats sheets yelling strange sounding compilations of words that somehow translate to fun. (It reminds me of basically the entire series of The Rugrats on Nickelodeon. Where the kids see these wonderful and adventurous journeys when all adults see is a bunch of kids in a fort made of pillows.) Its not that I feel unimaginative or even left out… oh god no I don’t feel left out.

My only qualm is that when I walk past them to get something from the kitchen they all stop and give me these stares that scream “OUT YOU OUTCAST! LEAVE OUR SOCIAL AWESOMENESS!” and I just cant help but laugh and walk away.

The other night, Alex and I watched Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I was expecting it to be stupid. IT WAS NOT.

Anyway, during The Big Sex Scene, I liked the song playing so much that I got on my computer and bought the entire soundtrack ON THE SPOT. Much to my dismay, the song was not on the soundtrack. Stupid, right?

Eventually, we googled it and found out the song was “Hold Me Up” by Live. It was not sold on iTunes. Another google and a slightly illegal download later, and I have listened to that song no less than 500 times.

You’re welcome in advance. I apologize in advance if your roommate tries to bash your head in for hearing this song blasting from your room for the 501st time.