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Cari

i'm not feeling particularly witty today

About Me

i used to write a dating column. now i write reviews of things. they all appear here , on my blog, but some are here in The Pulse or here on my website.

i wish i could get paid to read all the time. i have a weakness for spanish wine, french cheese and british accents. i wish i could bother to wear high heels every day. i spend too much time getting dressed, even when i'm not going anywhere. i really care about football, specifically of the uga and atlanta variety. i don't fall down stairs, i fall up them. i like the heat and the humidity. i firmly believe that a good meal - a really really good meal - can restore one's faith in humanity.

My Interests

baby pandas, the red sox, my cat clarissa, independent and public radio, news, media gossip, alol other forms of gossip, music, home decor, cooking, uga football, expensive handbags and gorgeous shoes

I'd like to meet:

zac posen. baby pandas. witty and charming people who make me feel chic.

Music:

big star, yo la tengo, superchunk, bruce springsteen, the replacements, sufjan stevens, guided by voices, assorted jazz, nonesuch explorer reissues, almost anything on folkways, some bluegrass, old country, je suis france, the masters of the hemisphere, still flyin', the go! team, cheap trick, bloc party, the futureheads, phoenix

Movies:

i used to enjoy horror movies but i can't watch them anymore. give me british romantic comedy any day.

Television:

they keep canceling all the shows i like. think i'll stick to sports from now on.

Books:

yes, i read. but i've stopped lending books because i never get them back. i, however, always return my library books and also pay my fines. are those tax deductible, by the way?

Heroes:

aphra behn, ted koppel (on nightline), daniel schorr, georgia o'keeffe, maureen dowd, katherine graham, helen thomas, linda wertheimer (yes, i wish she was still hosting all things considered)

My Blog

Goodbye to all that

Well, it's official.Due to my firing on Monday, there will no longer be a dating column, written by me, at least, in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. To all my regular readers, friends or strangers, ...
Posted by Cari on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:07:00 PST

September Column

Ring-finger reflections at nearly 30All I can say is that it's a good thing I already have a Crate & Barrel credit card.Seriously, if I didn't have one (amazingly enough, the one credit card I have ne...
Posted by Cari on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:53:00 PST

FYI

Ok, those of you that know me, and know about the whole on-and-off again thing with "Ben", should know that he does know, and has known, about all the stupid things I do for my column less in an attem...
Posted by Cari on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:56:00 PST

Week Two

"Day 8: Using Web sites like MySpace.com or Facebook.com, search for guys you had crushes on in high school. Send two of them a message explaining that you were looking up people from school, noticed ...
Posted by Cari on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:19:00 PST

Second August Column

If I'm over the Professor, why does it still hurt?When I first heard that my ex, the Professor, had gotten married, I thought it couldn't be true.He was the most commitment-phobic person I had ever me...
Posted by Cari on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:14:00 PST

Week One

"Day 1: Get the ball rolling by sending out feelers to all of your friends. E-mail them and say 'Hey, I just wanted to touch base because I am looking to meet some men. If you know any great single gu...
Posted by Cari on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:09:00 PST

What have I gotten myself into? (aka, my latest column)

Single on a missionThe countdown is on: 30 days to find a dateEDITORS NOTE: Read Cari Gervin's daily blog posts as she tries to meet a guy in 30 days at www.tfponline.com. [Cari's note - the blogs are...
Posted by Cari on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:36:00 PST

New Column

'It's not like that,' he says ... Sure it's notThis is how an affair might start:He's not wearing a ring. You meet him briefly at work, at your old, boring job. You don't know him; he doesnt work in y...
Posted by Cari on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:06:00 PST

Last May column

I cant share space with crushesThere I was, standing in the middle of hundreds of other people in Centennial Olympic Park, and I couldnt think of a single thing to say.It seems like I would have had a...
Posted by Cari on Wed, 31 May 2006 07:33:00 PST

Early May column

Unless your parents married their high school sweethearts, then you probably grew up, as I did, hearing about Dave.Whether the name was Sheila or Bobby or Alix or, as in my case, Dave, this was the pe...
Posted by Cari on Sat, 27 May 2006 11:16:00 PST