Is what I have been today.
I need some uppers, such as:
Num num num.
WORTHLESS
June 25, 2013PSA
June 23, 2013Even if you’re bougie and you live in Brooklyn, three old kitchen spoons and a polka dot comforter does not equal a stoop sale. Just throw your shit away.
Not a Joke
June 21, 2013Mars (the planet) wrote me an email.
Another Idea Stolen!
June 19, 2013Well, stolen from me… before I was born.
When I was at Shakespeare & Co. in Paris, I considered writing a mock-children’s book about a bookstore in which the characters in famous books come to life at night and haunt the daughter of the owner. Dorothy Parker would teach her all about the stupidity of romance, Yukio Mishima would commit seppuku on loop, and Jean-Paul Sartre would smoke (a lot.) It would be kind of like In the Night Kitchen meets Midnight in Paris, except with a more international cast of writers.
However, it seems someone else, namely Christopher Morely, wrote a book called The Haunted Bookshop, which will be out this August from the adorable Melville House. Synopsis as follows:
“When you sell a man a book,” says Roger Mifflin, the protagonist of this classic novella, “you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life.” Mifflin—whom we first meet in Morley’s Parnassus on Wheels—is an itinerant bookseller, ensconced in literary Brooklyn.
“If you are ever in Brooklyn, that borough of superb sunsets and magnificent vistas of husband-propelled baby-carriages,” he advises, “it is to be hoped you may chance upon a quiet by-street where there is a very remarkable bookshop.”
The shop, haunted by “the ghosts of all great literature,” provides the alluring setting for this suspenseful novella. Strange things are happening: books disappear and reappear, suspicious characters lurk, and the distant First World War may be encroaching even on the peaceful old brownstone where the shop makes it home. A thoroughly entertaining tribute to the bookseller’s art, and one of the most beloved bookish novels of all time.
Fuck-Ups
June 18, 2013Redacted: i got myself into a sticky little situation last night
ID: oh do tell!
Redacted: hahahah
well
i went over to my friend l’s apt yesterday for “a glass” of wine
which turned into 4 bottles of wine, some sushi, some cocaine
and then a hookup
hahahahhahaa
ID: HAHAHAHA
are you still seeing that other girl, k’s friend?
Redacted: oh, no
she wasn’t behaving herself
Terrible Tuesdays
June 18, 2013I feel like this is the kind of thing that would normally get me “excited,” but it just makes me sad. Al Jazeera has made an interactive map tracking Tibetan self-immolations since January 1, 2011. Watch it and cry.
I Need a College Student
June 17, 2013I will pay you if you get this internship and will do recon for me.
Internship at the office of Marina Abramovic
Abramovic LLC
(New York NY)
The office of artist Marina Abramovic is excited to announce our summer internship position.
The internship will primarily involve work on an exciting project in Marina Abramovic’s video archive. For this reason, we are seeking applicants with technical video skills. Knowledge of the history of video as a medium, a variety of videotape formats and current software platforms such as Final Cut Pro and File Maker Pro is strongly desired. A basic understanding of and a sincere curiosity about video and art history is also desired.
We are seeking applicants to begin immediately. The position is a three-month commitment, with some flexibility. Interns will work 2 to 3 days per week.
The position is unpaid, though past internships have led to longer collaborations and other exciting projects.
This position is a rare opportunity for anyone interested in a career in the arts.
Please email abramovic.intern@gmail.com with 2 PDF attachments:
-Your resume
-Your cover letter
In the body of the email, please include:
-Your name and email
-The names and numbers of three references
The United Lodge of Theosophists Declaration
June 16, 2013“The policy of this lodge is independent devotion to the cause of Theosopy, without professing attachment to any Theosophical organization. It is loyal to the great Founders of the Theosophical Movement, but does not concern itself with dissensions or differences of individual opinion.
The work it has on hand and the end it keeps in view are too absorbing and too lofty to leave it the time or inclination to take part in side issues. That work and that end is the dissemination of the Fundamental Principles of the Philosophy of Theosophy, and the exemplification in practice of those principles, through a truer realization of the SELF; a profounder conviction of Universal Brotherhood.
It holds that the unassailable basis for union among Theosophists, wherever and however situated, is ‘similarity of aim, purpose and teaching,‘similarity of aim, purpose and teaching,’ and therefore has neither Constitution, By-Laws nor Officers, the sole bond between its Associates being that basis. And it aims to disseminate this idea among Theosophists in the furtherance of Unity.
It regards as Theosophists all who are engaged in the true service of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, condition or organization and
It welcomes to its association all those who are in accord with its declared purposes and who desire to fit themselves, by study and otherwise, to be the better able to help and teach others.
The true Theosophist belongs to no cult or sect, yet belongs to each and all.”
I Wish It Were the REAL Kim Kardashian
June 14, 2013
Something Strange
June 14, 2013My conspiracy theory radar just went off.
Tish Cyrus’ statement about filing for divorce from Billy Ray: “This is a personal matter and we are working to find a resolution that is in the best interest of our family. We ask that you respect our privacy at this time.”
Billy Ray’s SEPARATE statement about Tish’s filing: “This is a personal matter and we are doing what is in the best interest of our family. We ask that you respect our privacy at this time.”
Hm… same PR rep?
