nyc is exhilarating and exhausting. i love manhattan, although i know i'll probably never fulfill my childhood dreams of one day living there. i remember growing up in queens and being so excited every time we headed into the city. i love the crazy diversity everywhere ( Read more... )

do you like lykke li? i like lykke li.

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last night, we watched nobody knows. it was absolutely haunting. i highly recommend it. the true story that inspired the film is unbelievably sad.

also, there's a song at the end of the movie which i found quite beautiful. it's called houseki by takako tate.

thanks to impossiblething i got my first free issue of nylon magazine today. thanks, man ( Read more... )

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wouldn't it be amazing: to see a democratic landslide in november. seriously, if the dems don't win the presidency this time around with the gop in the state it is then we are doomed!

96% Mike Gravel
95% Dennis Kucinich
86% John Edwards
80% Barack Obama
79% Chris Dodd
78% Hillary Clinton
78% Joe Biden
72% Bill Richardson
33% Rudy Giuliani
22% Ron Paul
22% ( Read more... )

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this girl i was never directly friends with but only had classes with during high school just contacted me through facebook. she wrote a nice hello and talked about portland since she used to live here. this has happened to me a handful of times so far - some random person from my past contacting me through some online social network. most of the ( Read more... )

i love cats but i don't love them THIS much. this is ridiculous!

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