http://www.noisiestpassenger.com I'm Amanda. I've got wide eyes, a smart mouth, and a MetroCard. And I'm not afraid to use them. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:07:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alas, no inclusion of "waiting on line," instead of "waiting in line," but I say a lot of this. If you're still into "Shit ___________ Say," check out my contribution, Shit Shiksas Say. It's a joint project with a TV writer friend from L.A. Can you tell which tweets are from ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2012/01/shit-new-yorkers-say/ I know it's all over now, but in case you're wondering... I still don't like Christmas. I want to foreclose on gingerbread houses and silence the godawful music. (By the way, this song is about date rape, not holiday spirit.) I want to boycott shops with gaudy decorations. And ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/12/the-i-dont-care-about-christmas-advent-calendar-version-20/ But this makes me feel better about it. Okay, I guess it's not that bad. http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/11/ive-got-a-bad-feeling-veronica-falls/ I have a few terrible stories about renting in NYC. Like the time the single light in my Central Park West studio kept burning out, and the super didn't believe me and left me to live in the dark for days at a time. Or the time a different pervy super tried ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/11/eight-tales-of-nyc-apartment-hell-curbed/ Happy Halloween! The scary news is that I haven't really left my apartment in three days, due to bad weather and lots of work. It snowed slushy, nasty snow-like precipitation on Saturday. I loved it, because it made me feel better about skipping Halloween parties. Now it's just cold. Well, it ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/10/trick-and-treat/ I read this joke in Time Out New York. It made me laugh on the subway. http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/10/a-case-for-thrift-stores/ Which do you like better? The Band of Horses original? Or Cee Lo's cover? I love them both as completely different songs. http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/10/no-ones-gonna-love-you-more/ How can I forget you, blog, when there's always someone there to remind me? From Formspring: So creative, persistent nagging I got... I needed some tough love. (I let these sit in my Formspring inbox for weeks before replying today.) From Ryan: Are you no longer blogging?  (And/Or, congrats on getting paid to write ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/10/the-reminders/ Is that first walk up to you, my face growing more familiar with each step. I look different, but not much. The circumstances and lighting are most of it. It's autumn now. It's been months. How has it been months? What have I been doing? And it's always nothing. I was sad ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/10/the-problem-with-coming-back/ Dorothy Parker said, "I hate writing. I love having written." I second that. I recently read Steve Hely's How I Became A Famous Novelist, a novel about a slacker who decides to get rich by writing a lowbrow novel that will appeal to the masses. I've joked about doing the same thing. A ... http://www.noisiestpassenger.com/2011/08/having-written-writing/