michelle says: Archive

Nov 1st

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“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...”

– W.H. Auden (via sometimesagreatnotion)

Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

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oh, starbucks

Barista: YES, MISS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE, MISS?
Me: I'll have an Awake tea latte with skim milk, please.
Barista: CHAI TEA LATTE?
Me: AWAKE tea latte.
Barista: (nodding) WHAT KIND OF MILK?
Me: Skim.
Barista: SOY?
Me: SKIM.
Barista: SOY.
Me: SKIIIIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIIIIIM.
Barista: (calling to the drink-maker) SOY CHAI LATTE!
Me: I will eat your family.

Oct 28th

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I'm sorry, but no. →

Flake used to be great until the last year or so, until every single version of the candy became stale and unpalatable. This guy’s endorsement must be running off of fumes.

Oct 28th

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start spreading the news

This is it. I’m sitting in my apartment on the third floor, in a street-facing, third-floor apartment. This is a very loud corner in the East Village. It is not known for being a sanctuary. It is so loud. It can be so full of noise and chaos, compounded by the thoughtfully installed hard wood floors and economically installed single-pane windows. It’s a curse we are tied to by a lease. But,...

Oct 27th

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Oct 22nd

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Oct 22nd

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Privileged Little Artiste Writing Something... →

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Oct 16th

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Oct 16th

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k-i-s-s-i-n-g

onethingilearnedtoday: An anthropologist at Texas A&M once traced the first recorded kiss back to India, around 1500 B.C., when scriptures first started to mention people “sniffing” with their mouths (later, texts would describe lovers “setting mouth to mouth”). According to this same anthropologist, the kiss eventually spread westward when Alexander the Great conquered the Punjab in...

Oct 14th

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