The first thing I did when I arrived in New York City for fall break was sleep. The second thing I did was go to Barnes & Noble and buy Gone Girl. I haven’t read a book–a “real book” (namely, not a textbook)–since August, and I’d been meaning to read Gone Girl for months before the movie…
The effects are not minimal.
He didn’t close his door. He sat in his desk chair. With those two simple things, I could relax. Together they screamed, “I realize I brought you to my bedroom on our first date, but I’m not trying to push any boundaries.” The night didn’t start off so promising. He had texted to say he’d…
It rained yesterday. Okay, I know, it’s not breaking news. But I’d forgotten what winter rain was like. When I lived in Portland, I never thought anything of the rain. I rarely checked the weather report, because let’s be real, it was going to rain almost daily from October to May. I donned my purple rain shell every…
The vast ocean only magnifies our solitude.
For Grammy, tennis is bliss.
Water, brought to you by the Queens Botanical Garden.
You might not be able to tell at first, but this photo is ironic. I was wandering around Harlem, camera in hand. I stopped, lifted my camera, and pressed the shutter. You’d think from looking at this picture that the women were meant to be my main subject, that I pressed the shutter to capture…
Admittedly you can’t see the street, but I promise it’s there.
Today is Election Day in the United States, and the first one where I’m actually eligible to vote. It’s a bit less exciting to turn 18 in a mid-term election year than in a presidential election year, but I’ve been waiting to exercise my right for a while now. I filled out my ballot the…
Victim to Charm 