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Thoughts.

June 5, 2013 11:43 pm
1) It has occurred to me that girls can’t seem to have a decent conversation without somehow veering into the “weight issues” lane. Every girl has some weird problem. I deeeeeply wish this wasn’t true.

2) Is it true what they say about girls with only male friends, and guys with only female friends? I think to some extent, yes. It’s all relative, but for the most part, yes. Kinda like Only Child Syndrome.

3) Yet another person gawked at a Korean chick being veg. Can someone for once NOT give me a hard time about this? Now that would be refreshing.

4) Citibike is glitchy, but I’ll still take that over the fucking STANK ass piss smell of the subway. I’m looking at you, 2nd Ave F.

5) R.I.P. STOGO (ice cream shop). I had no idea you were dead. I’ll remember the good times we had. Sincerely sad you’re gone.

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There Aren’t Enough Hours In One Day

February 6, 2013 2:04 am
to do all the things I want to do.

I’m trying to remind myself to live in the now, look at what I have, remember I’m lucky, and enjoy the present. I have a terrible problem with the “grass is always greener” mentality. Why is it that we tend to want what we don’t have? I don’t want to waste time wishing. If I live like that, I’ll never leave a daydream.

I want to be wide awake.

Example: I keep wishing for summer. Yes, it’s warm there, in my dreams of summer, but that’s an idealistic, rose-colored vision. I conveniently forget the unbearable humidity, the swarms of mosquitoes, the sunscreen running into my eyes. And how painfully sharp the stench of NYC’s subways become, in the sweltering heat. Let me remind you, no one wears deodorant here.

Make use of the seconds, the minutes, the hours (well whatever’s left after 9-5). The grass is green right here, right now, so fucking step into that cold winter sting and fucking enjoy that shit. It’s free air-conditioning.

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10 things on the last day of 2012.

December 31, 2012 2:01 am
This past year has been one of the most memorable years of my life. It finally felt like I knew exactly what I wanted. I was truly free. I loved it. Self-reliance is underrated.

01. Hair changed from black to blonde to lavender. Dyed each time myself.

02. Fixed up my bikes myself and rode them like crazy. To Coney Island, along the Delaware River, on the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, to Jacob Riis Beach, etc etc.

03. Met up with friends I haven’t seen in years. Decades even. Amazing, how people evolve. Most of the time it’s good. :)

04. Met new friends. Not just acquaintances. New, real, good friends. People I fucking enjoy. That’s rare.

05. Opened my shoe site, started on Etsy, branched out on social media: ANGE shoes NYC.

06. Now working with an awesome group of people at MTV. Staff benefits officially kick in on Wednesday! Doctors, dentists, here I come!

07. Saw so many sweet bands. Sometimes scored free tickets. Still so happy I saw The Weeknd.

08. Learned a few more songs on the uke. (only a few, but shit, I barely have time to paint so hell to the fuckyeah, a few songs!)

09. Burned a few bridges. Let go of a few people. Everything for the best. My bags are lighter for it.

10. Basically, at the end of 2011, I was pretty confused. About a bunch of things. Now, at the end of 2012, things have never been more clear.

BRING IT, 2013.

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Girls.

December 17, 2012 11:45 pm
01. I will never understand the unnecessary bitchiness certain girls exhibit on a regular basis. The world does not revolve around you, please stop.

02. Why don’t girls team up more? Why is it always about trying to be “better” than some other girl? Men are the real enemy people! (jk, but you know what i mean)

03. Every so often, a girl I think is really cool… turns out to be a total snob (which is actually a cover for giant insecurities). And my inevitable utter disappointment follows.

04. If a girl is pretty or smart or good at something, why is the default setting “jealousy” for most of her fellow girls? You have your own talents, focus on those! No need to tear someone else down. SMH.

05. Maybe this post isn’t even really about girls. Maybe it’s just about people in general. Where have all the good people gone? Losing faith here.

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Poisoned by Food

December 10, 2012 1:15 am
WARNING: This one is sort of gross.

01. Fucking hell. 4th dance with this devil and FUCK. It gets worse every time - definitely begged for death at some point.

02. Bile is DISGUSTING. Foul and green and DISGUSTING. After you’ve puked up all the food in the world, all that’s left is bile, and you will continue to throw it up until you beg for death.

03. TMI? Well, fuck.

04. Delirium is funny. I kept thinking I was still at work and trying to fix something on the site. I kept counting out the CMRs to see if they were correct. wtf.

05. Dehydration is scary. When you can’t even keep a sip of water down (and that’s after trying to drink for 48 hours) you can tell that just standing up is a BIG DEAL.

06. Woke up in the bathroom. Woke up on the floor of the hallway. Woke up with my face planted near my feet in a pile of blankets (that suffocated me awake). Basically your body tries to get any goddamn rest that’s possible in between bouts of violent vomiting.

06. There’s a weird “moment of clarity” after the vomiting stops, and the pain sort of subsides, where you think “oh, I’m okay! Maybe I can put something in my stomach!” but don’t be fooled. It’s a sick joke.

07. Hungerrrrrr. I am SO hungry, but I can’t eat ANYTHING YUMMY. WHAT KIND OF HELL IS THIS.

08. plain. mushy. baby. food.

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Today.

December 4, 2012 11:24 pm
01. Is it winter though? If 60 degrees as the high is winter, then yes, more please, thank you.

02. My roots are showing. I don’t give a fuck.

03. Never trust someone who has lived here less than half a year to tell you where a “good deli” is. Never. They are wrong. The poor things. Point them in the direction of Russ & Daughters.

04. My mouth is watering just thinking about Russ & Daughters.

05. Secret Santa is happening at work. Yay?

06. Someone in the Cliffside Park area visits my tumblr wayyyy too often. Like an obscene amount. You know who you are. Hey visitor, if you’re reading this, please go outside. Maybe even go for a bike ride in this awesome winter weather. Thanks!

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Thoughts.

August 28, 2012 12:07 am
01. Corporate offices aren’t always a bad thing.

02. Being so high up near the sky makes the sudden weather changes (rain to sun to rain to thunder to sun to lightning to double rainbow) super distracting.

03. I don’t have time to paint shoes lately! :(

04. Many friends have returned stateside from Korea, and I will partying with them shortly. Probably this weekend.

05. Tourists all stand in Times Sq. They just stand there. Taking up sidewalk space.

06. Autumn is around the corner, and I have 2 months of being 24 left.

07. HUMMUS + PITA BREAD. fresh-off-the-hot-plate pita bread, my man.

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Thoughts.

August 1, 2012 2:16 am
01. Dark Knight Rises!! Tom Hardy! Sir Michael Caine! <3

02. You’d think I learned from the 3rd Degree Burn Disaster of Puerto Rico (circa 2005), but I haven’t learned shit. I still forget to reapply sunscreen after getting out of the ocean. And here I am, unable to get in a bed because even the sheets hurt my RED, RED skin. Even underwear is hurting me. :(

03. Djembe drums are awesome. I have two - both bought in Ghana years ago. Gonna learn (to the dismay of my neighbors).

04. Haim is my new favorite band.

05. Goodbye iPod touch, cassette tape case, and all my beloved apps. Thanks for the good 2 years we had together. I hope whoever finds you cherishes you as much as I did.

06. I need a new gadget. iPhone or Galaxy? hmmm..

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Today.

July 19, 2012 2:40 am
01. Deliciously loud thunder. I love watching lightning crack across cloudy skies.

02. Diplo’s remix of Sleigh Bells’ Demons on repeat. Can’t WAIT for Saturday; let the face-melting beginnn

03. My cousin is getting married and moving to Brazil. A reason to go to South America, soonish.

04. I was in a high-rise made only of scaffolding. But the floors were partially carpeted. When I stepped in the wrong place, the building fell apart like Jenga, in slo-mo. Somehow, I survived the collapse - on my knees amid miles of rubble. I woke up feeling really lucky to be alive. Like, phew, that was close.

05. I guess I take too much for granted.

06. Seattle in September. Victoria too? Possibly.

07. Isn’t it weird when you’re sitting on the subway, all nasty with sweat and minding your own business, and someone shady starts doing a “sketch” of you, even though you have no desire to be in a random person’s sketchbook?

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Thoughts.

July 6, 2012 12:39 am
01. Yelled myself awake. It was alarming, for everyone involved, as it’s never happened before. The dream was particularly disturbing.

02. Never thought I’d need an oddly shaped FR-2 for an old Suntour freewheel, and yet here I am.

03. Cutting up jeans is the bestest. Used all the leftover denim to make a sweet saddle bag/ bike burrito for Sherlock. It looks fucking awesome, all DIY and shit.

04. My alcohol tolerance only seems to get worse with time. Back at NYU I could be drinking til closing time, making good tips til 4am. Now I’m buzzed after 1 beer. Lame.

Then again, my liver is happier.

05. It’s time for a root touch-up. I know my hair hates me, but I just loooove it. ^_^

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