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    • Christina Applegate and Chole Sevigny
      at the BWE 100th episode party. They are both so blonde. That color blonde that does not exist in real life but only with chemical enhancement. They're beautiful though.
    • Melba Moore
      in the airport in Nairobi, Kenya! We smiled at each other over Nescafe (aka coffee).
    • Parker Posey
      at Murray's Bagels. She looked really punk rock.
    • Jessica Lange and Sam Shephard
      at A History of Violence at Cinema Village. They were so cute and followed us everywhere from the movies to Cedar Tavern and back to the movies. They probably thought we were following them.
    • Nicole Ari Parker and Boris Kodjoe
      pushing their baby down 13th Street. I was having a meeting at Cosi around the corner from my overcrowded office. I looked out the window and there they were. They stopped in front of my window and were doing the, who should take the baby conversation. I was trying to listen to the person talking to me but I could not and she was not the type of person who would understand my distraction by these celebs. They are both really attractive but almost too much so. His sneakers were new. His jeans were new. It was weird. I like imperfection.
    • Joshua Redman
      running on 18th Street. I realized that I've seen him many times before and just did not realize it. He was smaller than I thought he's be but I guess most people are.
    • Patti Smith
      which was not a big deal to me but my friend Marina apparently sees her all the time. This was her fourth sighting. I said she should say something like, "I see you everywhere. We should hang out." Marina wouldn't take the bait.
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
      with Isha on our way to the PATH station on 9th Street and 6th Ave. He is very tall but as my friend says, one cheeseburger away from being fat. His bodyguard "subtely" was wearing a jogging suit next to him. I guess they exercise together. He wasn't so hot to me but another girl flipped out when she saw him so what do I know.
    • Sam Rockwell and Liev Schreiber
      on New Year's Eve but you gotta buy me a few drinks to hear that story.
    • John Turturro
      in Union Square looking tall and handsome. I’ve always had a strange little crush on him.
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    March 02, 2004

    Are You Bipolar?

    08cover040301_98.jpg I am working on this film about African American women with bipolar disorder so I am totally obsessed with it. My mother had it and as a child of someone who is bipolar, you are always a little curious mainly about whether or not it is going to happen to you. So, this month's New York Magazine's cover article, Are You Bipolar?was a welcome sight for me.

    Bipolar has changed face in a new era. Gone (thankfully and hopefully) are the days where being diagnosed as bipolar was almost a death sentance. Back when my Mom was alive, folks just gave her some hardcore, non-working lithium and called it a day. Now, there are several medications and in the words of the writer, "various shades of bipolar".

    This article begins so promisingly in really dispelling the stereotypes that exist about being bipolar in today's society. Still, the end is disappointing. The article begins almost by showing a young woman (a Carrie of SITC type gal) navigating through this illness and keeping her humor and her essence in tact. However, having the conclusion be that she goes to another therapist who shows her to have been misdiagnosed just seems strange. It made the article almost seem like her week in the life of someone bipolar.

    Posted at 09:32 PM in Mental Illness/My Doc |

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    Jocelyn napier

    Yes I am bipolar. It just galls me when people trivialize this devastating illness. It has cost me relationships, my good credit among other things. My depressions are so bad that, untreated I try to commit suicide, anything to stop the pain. Same thing goes in mania, racing thoughts, paranoia, hallucinations, can't string a 3 word sentence together, people can't understand my speech the list goes on. I feel like telling that woman on the Times magazine
    and Jayson Blair to get stuffed. Untreated bipolar is a living hell!

    Posted by: Jocelyn napier | March 19, 2004 at 03:44 PM

    steve

    My girl friend is bipolar and takes off for weeks in not seeing me and has been reported to have been with other men. We have good sex,but still are relation ship is up and down. Any suggestions. Should I stay wiyh her or find a much stable relationship?

    Posted by: steve | February 10, 2011 at 01:19 PM

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