7/11 on 23rd St closed for “unknown reasons.” NO ROLLER HOT DOGS!!! OH GOD, WHY DO YOU MOCK ME??

Michigan J. Frog is no more. Goodbye, my baby, goodbye, my honey, goodbye, my ragtime gal…

We’ve all seen the campaign for real beauty all around the city, compliments of Dove, right? Well apparently, much like the "Buy me a Cheeseburger" anti-campaign for Kate Moss back in the 90′s, the cynics have gotten their hands on the Dove campaign, as well. (Via jossip) I think it’s a sign of achievement. When a campaign is so successful (or just so everywhere, geographically,) it’s only natural that people will rebel. A bad PR sign would be if no one cared. Google pulled 7440 results from "Campaign for Real Beauty," so I suppose enough people care to notice.

No, really… I am. I graduated from my IAF classes a few days ago. This photo is from my first jump after graduation. And then this one is my first mid-air dock. Truly, truly amazing. I’m on such a high.  Both literally and figuratively, I suppose. Skydiving definitely needs some PR, that’s for sure. I told my parents I was jumping, and they completely freaked. They went to a website that lists all the fatalities and based their limited understanding of the sport on that. The problem therein lies with that concept. It’s like my going to the coroner’s website in NYC and assuming that NYC is dangerous because 400 people were killed last year. I’m not taking into account [...]

Thanks to Lisa Belkin for outing my skydiving obsession this Sunday. Thanks, Lisa! Made for quite the admission to my parents. But I suppose it was going to happen sometime. This is the photo she’s talking about, by the way,.