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Nerve@SXSW 2006.
Blogging the Roman Orgy of Indie-music Festivals.
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The Daily Siege
An intimate and provocative look at Siege's life, work and loves.
Kate & Camilla
two best friends pursue business and pleasure in NYC.
Naughty James
The lustful, frantic diary of a young London photographer.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: kid_play
The Nerve Blog-a-log: Super_C
The Nerve Blog-a-log: ILoveYourMom
A bundle of sass who's trying to stop the same mistakes.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: The_Sentimental
Our newest Blog-a-logger.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: Marking_Up
Gay man in the Big Apple, full of apt metaphors and dry wit.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: SJ1000
Naughty and philosophical dispatches from the life of a writer-comedian who loves bathtubs and hates wearing underpants.
The Nerve Video Blog
Deep, deep inside the world of online video.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: charlotte_web
A Demi in search of her Ashton.
The Prowl, with Ryan Pfluger
Nerve @ Cannes Film Festival
May 16 - May 25
ScreenGrab
The Nerve Film Blog
Autumn
A fashionable L.A. photo editor exploring all manner of hyper-sexual girls down south.
The Modern Materialist
Almost everything you want.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: that_darn_cat
A sassy Canadian who will school you at Tetris.
Rose & Olive
Houston neighbors pull back the curtains and expose each other's lives.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: funkybrownchick
The name says it all.
merkley???
A former Mormon goes wild, and shoots nudes, in San Francisco.
chase
The creator of Supercult.com poses his pretty posse.
The Remote Island
Nerve's TV blog.
Brandonland
A California boy capturing beach parties, sunsets and plenty of skin.
61 Frames Per Second
Smarter gaming.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: Charlotte_Web
A Demi in search of her Ashton.
The Nerve Blog-a-log: Zeitgeisty
A Manhattan pip in search of his pipette.
Date Machine
Putting your baggage to good use.

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  • Sloppy Seconds: Why Does Oprah Look So Scared?

     

    We're kind-of sad to report that the Marilyn Monroe sex tape has been "fully debunked" by the FBI, whatever that means. [Radar

    Maybe it's the band geek in us, but we got way too excited over this video of synchronized metronomes. [Didn'tYouHear?

    Uma Thurman's stalker says he "didn't mean to scare her." [Yahoo!

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  • How Facebook Proved Mom Right

    Let's all take a few moments to reflect on our time spent in middle school. Maybe you were a little fat, or had a huge gap between your teeth and your mom constantly told you you were David Letterman's love child. Maybe you were first chair tenor saxophone in the band and wore beads in your hair and oversized, teal "Save the Manatee" t-shirts. Did you ever go home crying because some mean, popular girl made up a stupid rumor about how you put your cat's tail in your vagina and for some reason everyone actually believed it? And when your mom asked you why you were crying, you were too embarrassed to tell her?

    Come on, at least one of those things had to have occurred during your time spent in middle school, right? Either way, you probably had at least one phase of feeling like a complete and utter loser, because at one point, however briefly, you probably were.

    During those times you might have had a crush on a cute boy or girl at school, full-well knowing you'd never be cool enough for him or her to give you the time of day. He might have wanted your help in math class, but would snub you when his friends were around in the hallway or the lunchroom. Still, Mom just wouldn't stop with the "you'll see, he'll be a dork when you're all grown up." But we were certain we had sealed our pathetic fate in life: the eternal dork.

    We never believed Mom. Did you?

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about the blogger

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

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