June 2012
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I've got one thing going for me
(At the birthday party today, talking to one of the five year olds)
C: How old are you?
Me: You've asked me this before. I'm 25.
C: That's old.
Me: ...
C: But at least you're skinny
Because of all the fanmail she gets, of course....
{At the birthday party today, saying goodbye to some of the kids from JJR}
Me: I'll miss you M.
M: I'll miss you too Miss Erica (hugs me)
Me: But I'll send you a letter while I'm gone in France.
M: Make sure you put your name on it.
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Summer in New York is a damn sight better than winter in New York. Big iced...
– NYCeophyte
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Hipster Logic Problems →
jeffpeff:
Theodore heard of Youth Lagoon before Max. Max heard of them after Cindy, but Cindy heard of them before Don. Who’s the bigger asshole?
Booked my flight to New York in June, between Chicago and Paris. If I don’t come back from New York alive, blame it on the hipsters.
May 2012
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I will be dreaming of renting a little studio with bay windows in an old...
– Kara VanderBijl, Cityography tumblr Little more than a week until Chicago…
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Invested In Love and Life
In my family, my brother is considered the least sentimental one. And we all know I’m always too much. My sister is the one who yells a lot and laughs loudly and is the least composed, which is what I love most about her; she is the same everywhere she goes. My brother is almost 10 years younger than me, but we are close despite the age gap. Mostly we talk about books and how I wish I could...
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Sometimes I write things I am not satisfied with, and every now and then I run...
– Neil Gaiman, on criticism
wellalright:
i never really get depressed, just kind of restless i guess. like i never feel like sitting around and crying, more like just, running through a snowy field or something. that’s kind of like a feeling a dog would get. got dog feelings.
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Anti- Hipster
Me: So I'll plan to be there {New York} for about three or four days.
M: Cool. I just bought a nice little bungalow right in the middle of hipsterville.
Me: That's not even funny...
M: ...so for about four days you're going to have to be a hipster
Me: Impossible. I shower too often.
Me: Among other things.
Me: Please tell me you're joking.
M: Not even a little bit.
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I came to this city in love and with everything I owned stuffed into three bags...
– In Love In San Francisco by Isaac Fitzgerald
My favorite part:
we kissed, our mouths filled with the Pacific.
One year ago I cancelled my flight to Chicago. I sat in my bedroom spewing out...
– My friend Michelle, who visited Texas this weekend from Chicago. I was supposed to go to Houston, but a family event unfortunately took precendence, and I ended up staying in Austin. For the past decade, I’ve sent letters to friends and family in far away places. And when I moved to San...
Concerts this week →
sfhaps:
Active Child Tycho Xiu Xiu Mogwai Beach Boys Simian Mobile Disco Suicidal Tendencies Paul Simon Van Halen
To my followers who live in San Francisco- Mogwai and Van Halen are putting on shows. Get after it.
The cure for anything is saltwater - sweat, tears, or the sea.
– Isak Dinesen (via haileycarroll)
Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over the sea.
– Khalil Gibran, The Prophet (via aladyinchicago)
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Because Everything Is "Right Down The Street" to...
Stephanie: There's a yoga studio right down the street from my new place.
Stephanie: It's like a 10 minute walk.
Inside my skin,
loving you, I am this space
my body believes in.
– Yusef Komunyakaa, from “Unnatural State of the Unicorn” (via the-final-sentence)
The air is so still that it seems to stop my heart. I remember you in a black...
– so much joy it hurts: September, Jennifer Michael Hecht
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