February 2012
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“I have an unfortunate habit of laughing when I’m nervous. I don’t know why....”
– The Reasons I Won’t Be Coming (Elliot Perlman)
pluralisms asked: lmao i'm not wearing pants lying in bed watching the lotr extended editions and drinking rolling rock, we r both functional adults
Maybe I just need to be rich so that I may be...
I’m getting the itch to go some place new again. Not forever and I’ll always come back to this island, but New York, which was once so foreign and terrifying and strange, has become second nature to me now.
I can take a downtown D train, then transfer at 42nd street to take the 7 train into Queens without ever looking up from reading the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar on my...
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“I’m drinking Pepsi and cherry vodka in bed. Haven’t brushed my teeth...”
– Everyone whose number I don’t have is upset that I can’t text them right now.
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I have to the conclusion that New York City must be a man because I love New York City but New York City does not love me back.
(I am having a bad week.)
NYC wild life
Mom: I saw two foxes on my way to work this morning. And those cows on Hwy 5.
Me: I saw a homeless man in a sombrero yesterday.
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WatchFound this song a few days after moving here and it reminds me of those first weeks and months discovering the city, roaming around the West Village. Cool.
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YO NEW YORK
I’m having a Mac & Cheese themed dinner party in Brooklyn the third weekend of March. Won’t you come?
Here’s the menu so far:
-Bacon and Scallion white cheddar mac and cheese.
-Lobster/Pesto/Smoked Gruyere/Brie mac and cheese
-an assortment of breads and spreads (jam, chutney, honey butter, etc)
-Mixed green salad to cleanse the palate
-A dish of sauteed...
“We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and...”
– Carson McCullers (via little-f0ot)
There has never, ever, ever been a quote more true for me.
“She lighted a cigarette and put her arms around her knees. It was like she was...”
– The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (via sleeping-s0undly)
Racialicious: Some Notes on Rape Culture →
britticisms:
She commented on my hair, how it was no longer straight, but acquiring that kinky, natural texture that we either love ferociously or feel annoyed with constantly as black women.
I said I thought it was fine. But also, that I was tired with people, with anyone commenting on my looks. One comment makes me believe there are other comments and things said that I am only unaware of...
this makes no sense/it makes a little sense to me...
Wanna know how many times I’ve cried in an NYC bar?
Count the number of times I’ve been to any NYC bar, any in this city at all (like 5 million), then multiply that by how the number of months I have lived in NYC (10), then add that to number of times it is socially acceptable to cry in public (probably like, once) and you’ll get a rough estimate.
Sooooo…like, WAY TOO...
“If guys don’t like you, then just stomp on them.”
– My friends give good (?) advice.
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itsnotthatfunnyisit:
Storms - Fleetwood Mac
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Good point
Me: Basically all I've done since moving here is cry in public. So, that's cool.
B: Whatever, that's so goddamn glamorous. If I had to cry anywhere in public, it'd be in New York City.
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I want my future boyfriend to know that he doesn’t need to feel obligated to buy me shit on Valentine’s Day and that I would actually appreciate it if he didn’t. I’m just not going to appreciate flowers that were bought out of obligation.
What I would appreciate is if we just bought a bottle of Knob Creek, ordered take out, got drunk, went down on each other, then fell...
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This is inappropriate and wrong because Grandpa...
Me: I hope he'll be okay. I just want him to be at my wedding.
My brother: Teresa, no human being has ever lived that long.
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It’s taken nearly an entire year but I think my Mother has finally come around to the idea that I’m not leaving New York any time soon. Securing a sweet new job has a lot to do with that, I am sure.
Also, I’m unstoppable. She should know that. She raised me to be.
This Must Be The Place - Talking Heads
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January 2012
“I added you to my Favorites on Spotify today.”
– My girl Katie, who understands that the way to my heart is through my ego.
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Ways to annoy me on the subway
- Be on the subway.
- Hold onto the pole with the sleeve of your jacket as a germ-buffer like some weirdo who hasn’t heard of hand sanitizer. You look like a goddamn baby. You are in NYC and you’re afraid of germs? Just leave. Leave the island right now.
- Be a child who won’t stop staring at me.
- Be someone who doesn’t give up their seat to an old person.
-...
being home, and having two homes
As soon as I got to my Mother’s house, I took advantage of all the space I had, the simple square footage of it all, and began going through boxes of stuff I had left behind, not caring where things landed. Right now the floor of my childhood bedroom is covered in clothes I didn’t think I’d need in New York, books that felt like torture to leave on the Ikea bookshelf my brother...
The Winds - Jessie Baylin
“the way he...
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“Every day in New York seemed to be the start of a new adventure, and although I...”
– Norris Church Mailer
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I am sure the Conde Nast building is air...
Should I apply for an internship at Conde Nast or should I escape the brutal NYC heat and go home for the summer?
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I am Edith and my sister is Mary
Grandma: How was your date with that man?
Me: Good! He's pretty great. I think we are going out again this weekend, also...he---
Grandma, interrupting: ....I forget why I called you. It wasn't to talk about your date...OH HEY how about your sister expecting baby number two!!!!??!
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Some guy at this dinner party: "This documentary changed my life."
Me, to Katie as she's making a fake-jerk-off motion: "I just ate goat cheese out of my cleavage."
As I was exiting the 145th subway station about an hour ago after my night shift at the restaurant, a man ran into me with his bike.
For those of you that don’t know, 145th sits on a bit of a hill, so he was going really, really fast when he hit me. I didn’t even see him coming until it was too late. I turned right to exit the stairs, and it was a whirl. All I saw was this dude...
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What do you do to cheer yourself up when you’re bummed that doesn’t involve alcohol? This is not a trick question.