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03.20 | trapped in freedom
About halfway through last year I conquered a very important milestone in independent living - I went to a Broadway musical all by myself. And it made me feel so profoundly sad.
elaine
i own this place!
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03.13 | huzzah i am hitting up your highways
This Wednesday morning at around 7am, I boarded a student driving vehicle headed for Bushwick in order to take my drivers test and get an official New York state drivers license.
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03.06 | saying goodbye amidst the palm trees
My mom was able to be with Uncle Daniel a couple of weeks before he left us. Our cousins were kind enough to let her plan an extra memorial service now in March so she (and we) could pay our respects.
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02.28 | here's how i started out the year of the dragon
I had quite the itinerary set up for the first few days of the Spring Festival, and so I decided to record it all.
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02.21 | my very messy thrifted nyc apartment
Consumerism and waste cycles are topics that are really near and dear to my heart, and when I got to New York, I tried to be as mindful as possible to not buy into a culture of over-shopping.
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02.14 | what a time to deplete your social battery
ADHD time planning me did not realize I needed recovery from all of those little somethings built into my schedule as well.
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01.31 | imagining futures against oligarchies
Let's normalize fables about futures where rich people CAN’T keep their wealth eternally, because we as a society don’t let them.
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01.24 | why is it so hard to talk money?
In theory, I’m all for talking frankly about finances... But when I think about having a conversation with anyone about my own personal P&L sheet, I blanche.
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01.17 | it snowed in new york
When I first came to New York in the middle of a snowstorm during February of 2022, I had no idea that it would be the only snow I'd experience for the next two years. That drought finally ended this week!
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1.10 | finding (and looking) fun in a dystopian timeline
Every day, we get more news showing us going in the direction of the worst techno-dystopian hellscapes authors have imagined for us. We might as well look like we're living in it.
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01.03 | all the best in 2024 from your eldest daughter
I am simultaneously consistently grateful that I can have such an oasis of joy and togetherness amidst such a swirl of global (and some extended family) tragedies... and very, very tired.
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12.20 | a christmas miracle for my composting program
In one of the few pieces of really good news I've had to share this year, I'm excited to say that the GrowNYC community composting program is going to be continuing into at least the first half of 2024.