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we were just pretending

"I guess I like that idea that you could pretend yourself into new feelings and new relationships. Obviously I'm a big pretender. but the kind of leap where it's almost like some kind of science fiction thing happens. Like we were just pretending, and then what's this? We actually have new powers now, and we see each other differently, and in fact all of life has suddenly tilted. I'm going for that everyday, personally."
~ Miranda July

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The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal

“I leave any and all readers with one message, a simple request. If, in any way, this account of mine has moved you, has piqued your curiosity, or has stirred your heart, visit New York City. See the amazing metropolis it’s been reborn as. But as you walk the streets, pause once in a while, squint your eyes, try to see past the steel and glass to the city it once was, the city I describe in this book. And once you have fixed it in your mind, don’t ever let it go. It belongs to all of you, too.”
- Matty Roth, Wartime: The DMZ and the Second Civil War (in Brian Wood’s DMZ: The Five Nations of New York)

Just finished this series, which is fantastic—as political commentary, as journalistic fiction, and as an unforgettable portrait of New York City.

“I leave any and all readers with one message, a simple request. If, in any way, this account of mine has moved you, has piqued your curiosity, or has stirred your heart, visit New York City. See the amazing metropolis it’s been reborn as. But as you walk the streets, pause once in a while, squint your eyes, try to see past the steel and glass to the city it once was, the city I describe in this book. And once you have fixed it in your mind, don’t ever let it go. It belongs to all of you, too.”

- Matty Roth, Wartime: The DMZ and the Second Civil War (in Brian Wood’s DMZ: The Five Nations of New York)

Just finished this series, which is fantastic—as political commentary, as journalistic fiction, and as an unforgettable portrait of New York City.

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Time Robot

“Time’s a goon, right?”

bridgioto:

Just hangin out with that inner critic, yo. She’ll creep up on you like nobody’s business.

I think one of the hardest things to learn when you’re starting out on a making-stuff journey is which bits of that voice are valid and which bits are a waste of time. A lot of it can drag you down and get you stuck so much that you can’t find the confidence to face the stuff you need to do to get better. But once in a while there’s a real piece of honest self-reflection. Telling the difference between those two can be super tough; knowing when to listen and when to just chin up and move on.

I call mine Brass Knuckles Guy.