The past 96 hours included turning in and presenting: 1 30-min group presentation and 35 page paper and 20 page writing portfolio, 1 30-min solo presentation and 15 page paper on copyright infringement in the art world, 1 8-min partner presentation, 1 5-min presentation, and in total 73 powerpoint slides.
Remaining: 15 page paper, 8 page paper, 5 page paper, 3 page assignment, and 1 motherfing final exam.
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…quite simply, I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love the first person who ever touches you and you never love anyone quite that way again. I remember walking across Sixty-second Street one twilight that first spring, or the second spring, they were all alike for a while. I was late to meet someone but I stopped at Lexington Avenue and bought a peach and stood on the corner eating it and knew that I had come out out of the West and reached the mirage. I could taste the peach and feel the soft air blowing from a subway grating on my legs and I could smell lilac and garbage and expensive perfume and I knew that it would cost something sooner or later—because I did not belong there, did not come from there.
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You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.
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today marks both Easter and the 96th year since the Armenian Genocide. when Obama was a candidate running for president, he vowed to the Armenian people he would acknowledge and label the massacre “genocide.” unfortunately, he has failed to do so, upsetting (and disrespecting) many worldwide.
the lesson is this: always do as you say.
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When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the Easter Bunny didn’t exist, Elijah was God’s invisible friend, with any luck Nana would die soon and If I ever saw a unicorn, I should kill it or catch it for cash. Sloane Crosley
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Elif Batuman’s life changed when she published a hit book. She writes about how it feels no longer to be the outsider – and about asking Jonathan Franzen for some weed.
“Because of the time difference, I received these communications – mostly invitations to suck different kinds and numbers of cocks – first thing in the morning. “
Do yourself a favor and read the full article in the Guardian here. Candid, thoughtful, and terrifically engaging about the life of a writer.
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Adweek launched its new site redesign today. With it, a great article on Brooklyn becoming the new mecca for creativity.
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ohMAAN 