Author Archives: Larissa Archer

Newsflash: Women can be Funny, too!

I try not to get too worked up over stupid stuff I read in the papers….I’m sorry; I shouldn’t lie right at the outset like that. I read the papers specifically to feed my anger. Maybe I’m afraid my bile … Continue reading

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My Kilburn Apartment

When I first moved to London and was looking for a room to rent, I didn’t take any of the precautions I now know to be necessary. I didn’t check the mattresses and furniture for bedbugs, I didn’t visit the … Continue reading

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Pensées Françaises

Sarko and Carla visited L’Angleterre last week and of course images of the odd couple took up more space in the UK’s newspapers than reports of Zimbabwean election-rigging, Hilary-slamming, and new revelations of the brain cancer-mobile phones link put together. … Continue reading

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Paris Pix

Hi. I’m still in London. I don’t know what to do with my life. but I went to Paris over the New Year and for a bit after. There are lots more pictures on my facebook page, but a lot … Continue reading

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Edinb’rahhh and Moscow!

I know I was supposed to write a more in-depth account of my blow-out at my old magazine, but I can’t be asked. Instead, I’m posting pictures of my recent travels to Edinburgh for the fringe festival and Moscow, for … Continue reading

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The Latest Rejected Article!

Yup, and this time for reasons I might delineate in a wrathful expose shortly, fired from my job!! For those of you who didn’t know, for the last year, I’ve been a paid editor (and unpaid writer) for New York … Continue reading

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In Defense of Sloth

Since I haven’t posted for a while, here’s another article from New York Moves’s Christmas/Seven deadly sins issue (the one to which I contributed “In Defense of Vanity” and “Blinded by the Light,” linked below. Thank you, Odious, for the … Continue reading

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A Heartbreaking Performance of Staggering Genius

Angela and me at our best. I’m trying to teach her the “Tijuana Booty-Slap, ” or “TJ Booty,” as UCSD co-eds called it on their week end orgies south of the border. This was at a fabulous Easter party she … Continue reading

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New Year’s Blogolution

I was asked to write an article on the nature of change (or something, I don’t really pay attention) for the January double issue, which has now turned into the hulking January-February-March triple issue, of New York Moves Magazine. I … Continue reading

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Baby Pix!

Hey, that last post was a total downer. Here are some baby pictures for you to admire until I post for real again.

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