new york doesn’t leave much time to update.

the last couple of months have been filled with catching up, speed-walking, job landing, dance dance dancing, loving, kissing, missing, laughing.

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This time, I am committed to moving with no more than that which I can fit into two suitcases and a carry-on.

I want and need to shed so much. I am at a point in my life where I distinctively need to let go, of both the physical and the emotional.

I deleted a draft wherein I classified my ten-month sojourn as a failed engagement and a job layoff. ( Read more... )

cheri, je m’adresse à toi:
avec toi, cheri, la vie est belle!

the perfect way to get up and get happy on a beautiful sunday is to listen to malian duo amadou & mariam. this blind, 50-something couple creates music that is hip and vibrant in a way that any american pop star could only dream about.

check out the song sabali. if you like it, please go ( Read more... )

I want you -
The truth can’t hurt you,
it’s just like the dark;
it scares you witless,
but in time you see things clear and stark

The climactic burst of emotion from 3:45-5:10 is absurdly satisfying.

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What do you get when Ryan Murphy-the creator of the once-delicious FX show “Nip/Tuck”-takes on the world of high school show choirs?

In her review of Fox’s new show, “Glee,” The New York Times’ Alessandra Stanley says:

There are countless ways to characterize “Glee”: “Election” with music, “Bring It On” meets “High School Musical,” or even a ( Read more... )

Suzy Banyon decided to perfect her ballet studies in the most famous school of dance in Europe. She chose the celebrated academy of Freeborge. One day, at nine in the morning, she left Kennedy airport, New York, and arrived in Germany at 10:40 p.m. local time.

Did you know you can watch the cult classic Dario Argento horror film Suspiria in its ( Read more... )

though my wrists and my waist seemed so easy to break
still, my dear, I would have walked you to the very edge of the water
and they will recognize all the lines of your face
in the face of the daughter of the daughter of my daughter

darling, we will be fine, but what was yours and mine
appears to be a sandcastle that the gibbering wave takes
but if ( Read more... )

you know, i don’t think i could consistently update this thing if my life depended upon it. for one, my mind is preoccupied with the logistics involved in moving back to new york city-t-minus 20 days-and blogging really isn’t even remotely on the front burner.

also, though, i still don’t think i’ve found my angle yet. i think the last thing people ( Read more... )

“As we near this iconic marker I’m surprised to see just how much is in motion - from passage of the stimulus and repeal of the global gag rule to the Administration’s pledge to close Guantanamo. I’m frustrated at how slow progress is on other priorities, like health care and labor reform. And I’m troubled by the administration’s direction on some ( Read more... )

xx 1500 farmers commit suicide in india - if this doesn’t break your heart, you don’t have one.

xx on a lighter note, this is my new screensaver, created by tokidoki. it makes me giggle like schoolgirl.

xx obama pushes for a long, long planned high-speed rail system, with speeds upward of 150mph. see a picture of the plans here.

xx more details ( Read more... )