Arjewtino

A friend once asked me what a blogger happy hour was like. I told her it was like being in an episode of 90210:
We all meet at the Peach Pit (Science Club), Brandon Walsh (me) makes sure everyone has a good time, Donna Martin (you) drinks too much champagne and can’t graduate (drive home), […]

Exodus is a powerful word. It signifies rebirth, movement, and lots of sand.
To my people (the Chosen kind), Exodus means an escape from a pissed off Egyptian suffering from a severe inferiority complex. And matzo balls.
To Google, Exodus is the number-one ranked Web site of a ministry that wants you to believe “freedom […]

Make your own.
So you attended your first blogger happy hour. You met the hosts -– INPY, Kassy K, Roosh, VK, and myself –- as well as many new people. You imbibed too many drinks, talked to dozens of new people, and realized that not all bloggers are insecure, self-absorbed nerds (just most of […]

I have some great memories from elementary school:
Field trips to the Griffith Observatory; playing tetherball with friends at recess; seeing my first porn magazine; and playing “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” with the girls.
But one of my most favorite memories was when we had Show ‘N’ Tell. I would search […]

Photocredit: Zo.
“Always keep a song in your heart; it’s like karaoke for the voices in your head.” — Robert Fulton Abernethy
My life is full of embarrassing singing moments. For example:
Driving with Blue and singing “Angel” by Sarah McLaughlan:
Arjewtino: “In the arms of the angel…”
Blue: “You sound really good.”
Arjewtino: “Really?”
Blue: […]

Typically, I don’t write happy hour recaps. I prefer to leave them to the experts who can actually internalize memories while drinking. But Friday night was a particularly satisfying and successful event that I couldn’t let pass without mention.
It was a beautifully warm evening that afforded me an opportunity to wear my Jewcy […]

How do bloggers make amends? How do we forget weeks and months of “he said, she said” accusations and learn to bury our proverbial hatchets? How do we drown away the ugliness of “blog wars” and turn to the one thing we can all agree on?
By staging another Blogger Happy Hour.
I believe it […]

I didn’t get to interview the Jewish, LA-based, celebrity disk jockey/ex-boyfriend of Nicole Richie at Shamrock Fest this weekend like I had planned. But if I HAD interviewed him, THIS is how I imagine it would have gone:
Arjewtino: Why did you agree to play Shamrock Fest 2007?
DJ AM: I get paid anywhere […]

After slogging through Blogger for seven months, I am launching Arjewtino.com. What does this mean for you? Nothing. But Blogger made me frustrated, and I like having my own domain name.
You may have noticed I didn’t post a Blogger Happy Hour recap on Friday.  This is because two-day hangovers DO exist.  This photo may explain […]