I Wanna Be Your Blog

My name is Tessa. I used to live in Los Angeles and now I live in Brooklyn. I do this and other things.

Email:
strain.tessa@gmail.com

Twitter:
@tessastrain

Comics reviews/commentary:
DEATH-RAY OZONE

Old tumblr:
REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS

Essays about my hometown:
ON THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Art:
NUMBER 1 PEN NUMBER 2 THOUGHTS

Things I’m pretty much always ready to talk about

  • ghosts
  • why salt bagels are the best bagel
  • Westerns
  • how frustrating it is that expensive mascara really is better
  • how cool it is that Philip Marlowe and I have the same china pattern
  • gold
  • Batman
  • my desire for a true and worthy nemesis
  • Elaine Stritch
  • what I should have for breakfast
  • my dream to record an album of jazz standards with Iggy Pop
  • how nice David Lynch seems
  • hot dogs
  • Gossip Girl
  • the merits of a truly boring men’s watch
  • the novels of Ira Levin
  • why “gurl,” “dude,” and “bro” shouldn’t be gender-specific
  • the space program
  • my favorite and least favorite freeways in Los Angeles

  1. chaoticneutral said: Which freeways are your favorites?
  2. explosionswoo said: Definitely saw the title and thought “Man, space had better be on this list”
  3. dykings said: I have never had a salt bagel. Why are they the best??
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