January 2012
3 posts
my h.g. wells moment
I think one of the greatest, and strangest, things that can happen to you as a teacher is when you come across students who remind you of yourself… when you were in high school, and didn’t know who you were. When they reveal to you that they, in fact, don’t know who they are, and can’t wait to find out who they will become, it’s like you’ve stepped into a...
March 2011
1 post
it feels good to decide on things… today it’s braeburn apples and jimmy fallon.
October 2010
1 post
Recipes from The Nest →
I’m baaaaaaack!
May 2010
2 posts
Master Boater
Today a graphic design student mocked up the layout for a “Master Boater Magazine” cover with feature articles, “How long does your Master Boater last?”, “New Rudders for the experienced Master Boater!”, and “Stroke!Stroke!Stroke! How to increase the speed of your Master Boater!”. It’s going in my memoir.
the world is filled with such happiness and joy! →
April 2010
1 post
“10. one day, i swear to god, you will learn how to be the same person in every...”
– courtesy of alexi. you should get to know her. imboycrazy.com
February 2010
1 post
“I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective...”
– Jennifer Egan NYTimes.com (via somethingchanged)
December 2009
2 posts
November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
4 posts
September 2009
2 posts
June 2009
3 posts
“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s...”
– Chuck Klosterman (via victoryblues) (via iguessthatscool) (via unicornology) (via jessicachu) (via tilforever) (via apoormansmemory) (via glassphoenix)
I love you, Chuck
Ahh, Chuckman.
(via surbs)
May 2009
15 posts
my dream home. →
on doing.
so many people are doing so many interesting things. for example, i am eating frozen spanakopita. right now. am i one of them?
“the surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem...”
April 2009
9 posts
so its normal.
crushes:
M,
This time, I’m going to say no to going out for dinner as ‘friends’. It always ends with us holding hands and not talking for months afterwards.
Maybe I’ll say yes.
— K
i want yellow rainboots.
“You have the ability to get what you want. You probably have everything you need to be completely satisfied. Do you also have the ability to want what you’ve got? Do you have peace of mind?”
yoosh
today i learned a new word from a 7 year old:
yoosh- noun (YOO-sh): mess.
ex: clean up that yoosh, look at that yoosh, what a yoosh, she’s a hot yoosh.
March 2009
2 posts
insight
…Go out into the world. Live paycheck to paycheck. Get a shitty job. Learn to make the best of it by sleeping with your co-workers at the pub. Stay out late. Do some drugs. Volunteer at the food bank. Move to a totally new city. Sleep with some rich guy to get a free trip to Rome. Sleep with young guys just for the fun of it. Work odd jobs so you have time for matinees in the afternoon. Read...
February 2009
1 post
“beauty lies not in colors but in their harmony. proust.”