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November 26

— It's the only place I know how to bear

Thirteen years ago this morning I walked into my parents’ bedroom on an overcast and somewhat rainy Tuesday morning to find my Mother in bed, lying lifelessly still.

I froze that day, a state of mind that I’ve existed in ever since. That is until this time last year, when I finally exhaled, or perhaps more fittingly, inhaled, and came to see that my life’s journey hasn’t taken me all that far: I have not yet fully left home. In what is supposed to be the life and dreams of every teenager, and despite moving away and living in three different cities, drastic changes would be needed for me to even think of crawling mercilessly forward. So here I go.


November 20

— Untitled

  • Scott: Where do you get these artsy tweets and away msgs?
  • Ian: My mind.
  • Ian: Or drugs.
  • Ian: Your call.
  • Scott: The union of both?
  • Ian: Well, so actually, I stare at the drugs and wonder what I would think I would think if I was ever on them.

October 30

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"The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets." — Naked Lunch, William S Burroughs

October 4

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bloodisthenewblack: Pandora’s box. If you gotta run, run from hope.

bloodisthenewblack:

Pandora’s box.

If you gotta run, run from hope.

July 18

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The Cloud Project Seeding clouds with tasty nanoparticles to make ice cream flavored snow!

The Cloud Project

Seeding clouds with tasty nanoparticles to make ice cream flavored snow!

February 5

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"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it." — Albert Camus, French author, philosopher and Nobel prize-winning journalist

February 1

— City Bakery's Hot Chocolate Festival!

Today marks the start of City Bakery’s 17th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival, which runs throughout the month. Fearing that I would miss my favorites again this year (cinnamon, bourbon, and lemon), I created an iCal filled with the days’ flavors. They’re kicking off the month, and SuperBowl Sunday, with beer hot chocolate! Take a peek or subscribe!


January 7

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On the heels of the news that the city overwhelms us, but photographs of nature can help restore our mental well-being, João Paulo Carvalho’s work is sure to inspire, with its ever-so-subtle hints of human existence, in an otherwise natural environment. Refreshing.

On the heels of the news that the city overwhelms us, but photographs of nature can help restore our mental well-being, João Paulo Carvalho’s work is sure to inspire, with its ever-so-subtle hints of human existence, in an otherwise natural environment. Refreshing.

January 6

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"I love the way we all suddenly stop traducing our enemy when we hear they have a cancer or have suffered a stroke. If only we could always keep in front of our minds that we are all dying." — Don Paterson, from his most recently published book of aphorisms, “Best Thought, Worst Thought.”

January 1

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My Father, writing at his desk, the day before Christmas, and just a few days before his new daughter, and my new sister, Brooke Elizabeth, was born.

My Father, writing at his desk, the day before Christmas, and just a few days before his new daughter, and my new sister, Brooke Elizabeth, was born.

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