June 2010
91 posts
May 2010
68 posts
“No One Can See Me Like You Do (Live)”...
“For you, no tax.”
– Indian newstand man, regarding the $1 soda I was purchasing at 1 AM.
New York you romantic.
This American Life: New Beginnings →
The first story about a traveler (future editor in chief of Wired magazine Kevin Kelly) who thought he was gonna die, is still one of the most resonant stories I have ever heard. First time I did I cried, at work, in my cubicle.
summer in the city, means cleavage, cleavage,...
Last night at 1 AM on E.14th and 2nd Ave a Hasidic man and his wife were eating at Dunkin Donuts. Standing outside on the corner, smoking calmly was a woman with all the ingredients of her chest hanging out of her super tight top in varying degrees of plump bosomyness and mascara everywhere but on her lashes, smoking with her arms crossed. She didn’t seem to notice the waterfall that was her...
“The most important part of your life, was the time that you spent with these...”
– LOST
Way to reduce me to rubble. I know how it feels to feel like that about people! That’s not supposed to be on TV. TV makes kids capitalist pigs!
“See you in another life, brother.”
– LOST RIP
“I just wanna know how she pees.”
– Kristin on Marina Abramovic’s performance piece at the MoMa where she just sits and stares for 9 hours straight.
Watch“Write the Future”
This ad is the best movie ever. If “Grey’s” wrecked you watch this.
“For you guys I will climb the firewall.”
– A message from our graduating Chinese grad student friend who must return home after this weekend’s commencement and has restricted Facebook access in China.
“As long as it looks intelligent.”
– My mom on NOT cleaning up 3 million books for tomorrow’s pre-graduation bash for my brother.
Am I a slacker or anti-establishment
if I have a business meeting in cutoffs and canvas sneakers with no socks? Maybe it’s eco friendly. Maybe I’ll change between now and 3:30.
The Wall Street Journal: The Shy Social Butterfly?... →
Reading this I felt like someone wrote an article about me. I thought I invented these situations:
Most people who know me believe I’m really outgoing. I’ve held hands with strangers who were nervous on planes, made a friend while shopping for ties at Saks and once called a wrong number and chatted away—for 10 minutes…
So why do I get tongue-tied, back up into a file cabinet...
Inc.com: How Inc. Magazine Went Office-less For an... →
I’m working on a green energy project right now with some old friends which is looking to be half virtual-office, half physical office, and it’s fascinating what you can get done while sitting in a Taqueria.
NYT: My Hero, Emily Dickenson, the Outlaw of... →
Rawk.
“don’t forget your purple crayon to draw your own adventure”
– My friend Ellie’s advice to her brother at graduation.
Ellie lives on a cooperative farm in a school bus and can often be found all over the United States of America singing “Moon River” to herself and making scones. I hope you bump into her.
“Go Do” Jonsi
“That we had said nothing about Flannery’s story was a tribute to her...”
– Jean Williams Wylder on her friend Flannery O’Connor (from Flannery: The Life of Flannery O’Connor by Brad Gooch.)
I wonder, past hype, accolades, and hero worship, if the brilliant and beautiful in our midst — be they our friends, peers, or total strangers — really know...
“A journey is a person itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards,...”
– John Steinbeck (via sohfresh)
“One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only...”
– Willa Cather
Sometimes friends traveling in far flung reaches of the nooks and crannies of the Pacific remind you of awesome quotes by one of your favorite authors.
Watchchristinehoberg:
haileywojcik:
Here’s my Good Friday music video…. Thanks to everyone who was in this!! You look awesome because you are awesome. I want everyone to pay special attention to Mike Tuccillo’s dancing and hair…
<3
audreyculver:
Here is the official music video for Hailey Wojcik’s “Good Friday,” from her album, DIORAMA. Shot on location in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Directed...
“You know kids, people say that the world is getting smaller and there are no...”
– Dr. Brian Glyn Williams, my favorite warlord befriending professor who changed my life and who I wanna be when I grow up.
“All I want to do is go everywhere and see everything.”
– Photographer John Margolies (via life)
