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September 2012
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August 2012
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Even those of you who have graduated and gone on to learn that real life is...
– An excerpt from my friend (and CUNY Art History and Italian professor) Paul D’Agostino’s email to his students in advance of the Fall semester, quoted with permission.
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I wanted everything. To write. Sing. Invent. Compose. I had no desire for power,...
– Michèle Halberstadt, La Petite, p. 37-38
Every so often, WORD in Greenpoint puts out a table of advance proofs and other assorted books for the taking on the sidewalk in front of the bookstore. A couple of months ago, I was walking past when they had it and grabbed La Petite. I started reading it a...
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“Sebastian” by Reptar
This music video is really fucking weird, you guys. I kind of have no idea what’s going on, and it freaks me out a little bit. But I also love it because it’s for one of my favorite songs of the year. It just so happens to be by a band from Athens that I just so happened to see live for the first time last night at a totally last minute show in...
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July 2012
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After a death it is understood that one must go on living for the children;...
– “The Innocents” by Francesca Segal, p. 45
And just like that, you can be sitting alone at the bar of a restaurant, eating brunch, reading a book, and be surprised at how affecting one sentence can be.
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Here is the thing about people you’ve known forever: you don’t forget how to be...
– Same Difference | Nothing But Bonfires (via reallykatie)
So true. I’ve been letting people back into my life this year who I had shut out of it when I left school in Georgia six years ago, and it’s been wonderful to fall back into familiarity with them.
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murmurandshout replied to your photo: Three separate #books in one collection…and…
Did you buy it?
Unfortunately, no. I read the back blurb, and it sounded great, but I am pretty close to broke right now. I was just browsing on my way home from yoga.
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shawnblog replied to your photo: #America, part deux: Under Construction. (Taken…
Wow, is that going on right now? No wonder I never go south on North Capitol Street anymore!
Yes. Projected to be done in December: http://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectId=28606