September 2010
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“Murder your darlings.”
– Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
WatchAHHHHHH.
newyorker:
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“In the event that you, a few beverages in, find yourself in the backseat of a...”
– Falling in love with NYU Local, slowly but surely.
Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai
Before my bed There is bright-lit moonlight So that it seems Like frost on the ground: Lifting my head I watch the bright moon Lowering my head I dream that I’m home.
existentialledge,existentialledge,existentialledge, existentialledge.
All I want to do right now is listen to hours and hours of Astrud Gilberto and drink some lemonade. While laying down, presumably.
“…infusing a sense of unity is daunting in a country with 32 states,...”
– Mexican Bicentennial Falls Short on Fervor
Things With Which I Am Currently Enamored Pt. Two:
Long, full skirts that move when I walk.
Spinach. Spinach wraps. Sauteed spinach. Spinach Salad. Spinach.
Trader Joe brand Mexican-style lager. Trust me, sounds disgusting - tastes delightful.
NYU Local.
The brown and black bag that I pillaged from my grandmother’s closet this summer.
Ritz brand “Crackerfuls.” Once again, sounds unappealing but I swear, trust me.
...
“Never get so attached to a poem,
You forget truth that lacks lyricism.
And...”
– Joanna Newsom, En Gallop
“And the rest of our lives will the moments accrue,
When the shape of their...”
– Joanna Newsom, This Side of the Blue
The First Week
It’s my third year living in this city and going to NYU but somehow the first week back is always the same: learning that you don’t know New York as well as you thought you did - recalling that ache in the heels of your feet from walking miles and miles, blocks and blocks - realizing that this city is more perfect than you knew or remembered - standing on a dark street in appreciative awe...
“That’s why I love this town,
Well just look around,
To see me,...”
– Joanna Newsom, Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie
