May 2012
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Two Hangovers
by James Wright
Number One I slouch in bed. Beyond the streaked trees of my window, All groves are bare. Locusts and poplars change to unmarried women Sorting slate from anthracite Between railroad ties: The yellow-bearded winter of the depression Is still alive somewhere, an old man Counting his collection of bottle caps In a tarpaper shack under the cold trees Of my grave. I still feel half...
April 2012
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March 2012
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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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Small Song
by A.R. Ammons
The reeds give way to the
wind and give the wind away.
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birthday keys
for my 21st birthday, my parents gave me a beautiful key pendant. according to my mother, the key symbolizes the responsibility i now have for myself. i hold the keys to my own future and the rest of my life.
i had never heard of this tradition before. i suppose it is an antiquated tradition my mother brought with her from growing up through the British school system in Malaysia and attending...
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'The Steins Collect' →
Note to self: Visit when back in New York!
February 2012
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The M.R.S. and the Ph.D. →
January 2012
7 posts
新年快乐！
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How Fares the Dream? →
[A]lthough we still see ourselves as the land of opportunity, we actually have less intergenerational economic mobility than other advanced nations.
a good read that explains well the intersection of race and class systems in America.
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The Life and Death of Pvt. Danny Chen →
A group of his superiors allegedly tormented Chen on an almost daily basis over the course of about six weeks in Afghanistan last fall. They singled him out, their only Chinese-American soldier, and spit racial slurs at him: “gook,” “chink,” “dragon lady.” They forced him to do sprints while carrying a sandbag. They ordered him to crawl along gravel-covered ground while they flung rocks at him....
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December 2011
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today, i heard a 60-sumtin’ old man tell his dear wife, “don’t be a ninny!” i’ve never heard someone call another a “ninny” before. he said it with such love and disdain. being a relationship is so much fun - having someone with whom we can be silly and sweet.
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on the Met's "Infinite Jest"
really enjoyed the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibit “Infinite Jest.” it was inspiring to see the different techniques artists have used to create satirical works, techniques that we continue to use today in caricature - exaggeration of features, fun and intricate line work, animated facial expressions. visual art can extend the humor of a joke and create a more sensory...
hard work & a dash of luck
merry christmas!
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winter homebody wear
mother’s old chambray shirt, black leggings, colorful Timex watch strap, grey puffer vest, winter white pashmina, wool socks, a messy bun & oversized tortoise shell glasses (always).
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“I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You...”
– Ernest Hemingway
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breakfast at grandpa's
one of my fondest memories is of breakfast at grandpa’s.
when my brother Wilson and i were little, my mother would drop us off at my grandparent’s apartment in Queens before heading to work in the mornings. we’d crawl onto their mustard couch and continue our slumber while my grandma would wrap blankets around us to keep us warm. as we slept, my grandpa would prepare us...
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“Be not hospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise.”
– W.B. Yeats
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Caught Out of Time →
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100 Notable Books of 2011 →
Note to self.
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“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games....”
– Michael Jordan
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Stradivarius Recreated from CAT Scans →
Wow. Who knew this would be possible! However, it’s “similar,” not the same…
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November 2011
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half-broken nails
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Wish List
Rubber stamp set
Watercolor tube set
Tea
L’Occitane hand creams
Perfume
Leather gloves
Books
Polaroid film
iPad cover
Scratch map!
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creatingaquietmind:
I think you could fall in love with anyone if you saw the parts of them that no one else gets to see. Like if you followed them around invisibly for a day and you saw them crying in their bed at night or singing to themselves as they make a sandwich or even just walking along the street and even if they were really weird and had no friends at school, I think after...
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are we getting nicer? →
lost-cities:
a New York Times article by my favorite journalist Nicholas Kristof about looking at the positives of our societies today.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
L’été après ma première année, j’ai eu le jour le plus alarmant dans ma vie. Peut-être cela décrit ma stupidité ou ma naïveté, mais j’avais très peur quoi qu’il en soit. Mon amie, Stéphanie et moi, on était en vacances à Cinque Terre, un group de cinq petites villes intégrées dans les falaises d’Italie. Nous avions immédiatement le coup de foudre pour Cinque Terre. La mer était plus bleue que tout...
beyond excited to return home!
Roger Angell on Crying →
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