How to be a Good Writer: Tip 1

Sometimes it's really hard to remember everything that happens in one night so you can blog about it the next day (especially if the night involves all you can drink martinis for $10, a tiny dinner, a fabulous outfit, more extra-large drinks somewhere else and passing out in a chair in someone's front "yard" in Adam's Morgan, but that's another story for another time). That's why I always carry a pen/marker/sharpie with me and at least two receipts on which to write down funny things.

Observe:



Oftentimes you'll be fortunate enough to be in a place where there are napkins (see above) so you can use aforementioned pen/marker/sharpie on said napkin.

On this particular napkin is written:

"The two ways I want to die are:
1. having sex with a prostitute
2. having eggs at Tastee Diner"

to which someone replied, "well, maybe tonight you'll get lucky and can do both."

See, that's a golden moment. You don't want to let that one pass you by!

People of the world, carry markers and receipts! Be lame! You'll thank me later.