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Paul Simon’s number 1 fan I am an Aquarius. that pretty much explains it all

My own head, queens ny
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*sipping a Juul juice and oat milk latte, listening to the Red Scare podcast, waiting in line at Elsewhere for a set of three white DJs* “Amazon is going to ruin this city”
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Pitch us, we’re looking for diverse voices. We won’t put our email up though bc ultimately we are still gatekeeping and unless you were in my NYU class and we’re cool media friends then tough luck getting it
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This has to be a joke. Saw this sign outside my apartment and it’s one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen
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@deleuzesionaI That one isn’t published yet so I’d appreciate you not blowing up my spot
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It’s hard being both the family genius and the family fuck up but it’s a burden I’m prepared to carry
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Oh shit. Bernie is canceled
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And...? It’s not called Buffalo Boring Wings for a reason 👀
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Rat falls from ceiling and onto table at Buffalo Wild Wings in Westchester
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Abusers canceled in the DIY scene be like
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What if 🙃 you kissed my neck in the living room at Michael’s house😝 and I almost touched your blouse? 😅
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7 years
Me on October 31 vs me on November 1
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Euphoric to share my @VICE debut about how @euphoriaHBO gets mental illness right
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@queasy_f_bby The John Oliver effect. Makes me sick
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DIY ended because everyone was tired of staring at the ground and pretending like they didn’t know the person standing next to them who they follow on six different social media platforms
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Caroline Calloway taking her nudes to force herself to write 9,000 words
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I’m 29 today. One like = one happy birthday
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Wish I cared about anything as much as European tourists care about bushwick graffiti
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💕some personal news💕 Monday I’ll be starting as a staff writer at @CultureTrip . Super stoked to have a big boi job covering food and drink, art, culture, things to do, etc full time
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I turned 31 today. One like = one happy birthday, Alex
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Being vegan is not that hard. Here is what I eat in a day:
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Applying to c*lumbia and they asked how I heard about their journalism school and one option is “I have always known about it”
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3 years
Happy 80th birthday to my dear Paul Simon. I love this man's music and that's why it was so difficult to sum up his 50-year solo career into 10 tracks. But I did...
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Paul Simon turns 80 years old today. 🎂 Here are his 10 best songs:
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My debut @stereogum article is about the 40th anniversary of MTV. I ranked the videos that played on the first day
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MTV debuted 40 years ago this week, on Aug. 1, 1981. The first night was, as network co-founder and executive Bob Pittman put it, "a total, unmitigated disaster." It didn't matter. History had been made. Here were the 40 best videos aired that day:
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Freelancer: *pitches a smart, well researched story* Editor: thank you but we’re gonna pass! Staff writer: *pitches why I’m horny for that one actor on the teen show and how it’s actually ok* Editor: have it in by eod!
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My rap called “Midtown Guy” I’m a midtown guy, got my AirPods in I’m a midtown guy, headed to dig inn I’m a midtown guy, blasting the daily I’m a midtown guy, bumble date later with Hayley I’m a midtown guy, only shop at j crew I’m a midtown guy, oh you went to penn, too?
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All my Yalta Conferencers, which is the best seat?
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@Rachel_Sennott This is better poetry than Rupi Kaur
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CBD stands for: Can’t Believe I Decided not to get high
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I knew this was fake bc nobody in media is hiring
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NPR’s new newscaster.
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I spoke with @DeathPanel_ 's @realLandsEnd for my newsletter, which was on hiatus as I found the right meds. We spoke about disability justice and I learned a lot. You might, too.
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4 years
@WriterPhoebe @Caffienekitty you ever see the changeling?
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2 years
About to accuse my landlord of illegally destabilizing our rent. (He's offered us a 52% rent increase; we're counteroffering with the threat of a lawsuit). Wish me luck!
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6 years
Today is #worldcancerday . From ages 14-17 I had leukemia and am still daily reckoning with the mental toll (not always in the most healthy ways). I’m glad I’m here. Tomorrow I turn 26. I didn’t always think that was a possibility. Thank you to everyone who supports me
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Me texting the group chat after a third date goes well
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Turned 30 today…in style
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Moving has been fucking disruptive. I took some time off. But the newsletter is back with the fearsome @maggiecsiebert . We discuss why spoilers are dumb, Italian exploitation cinema, and which alt-lit presses are hot, among other things
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I have eaten the rich that were in the mansions and which you were probably saving for the revolution Forgive me they were delicious so unrepentant and so cold
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Interesting how on every sitcom five straight best friends all end up dating each other when in reality that only happens if you’re queer
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Excited to announce I’ll be writing a 33 1/3rd on Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack. Nobody asked me to but it must be done
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My friend is staying at an Air B and B and the dude whose place it is brought a girl home and right before they fucked she heard him say through the wall "Alexa, play Chopin"
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Riot fest? You’re 32, Tyler. Throw out your cut off black shorts that reveal your dripping pizza slice thigh tat and join an actual riot. Overthrow the government. March in the streets. Get out of that 19-year-olds DMs
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Friend: come to this bar tonight Me: I’m sorry I can’t. The L’s down Friend: but the bar is in bushwick and you live in bushwick Me: I know. It’s a disaster. Really wish I could make it. Next time 💋
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7 years
Barista: *hands me coffee* Me: Oh I see the misunderstanding. I said I want a large coffin. I want to die
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You’re in her dms. I’m in a bit of a pickle after trading my family’s only horse for some magic beans
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Rip Joan didion. You would have loved what I had for lunch (nothing)
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Mom’s boyfriend’s son just moved to New York and she wanted me to give him advice on making friends. I told him go on 5-7 bad tinder dates and one of the girls will ask to be your friend
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What's going on in poetry rn. Here's a good primer on the NY scene, my interview with Em Brill who hosts readings at KGB Bar
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Got a balaclava that makes me look 50 percent cool girl and 50 percent like a knight of king Arthur’s round table
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Been in New York five days but I already got a job (restaurant--nothing glamorous) but I'm proud of myself. Ty @sadgayfriendx !!
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If you’re dating a music writer, you’re single to me. What’s Brandon gonna do? Recommend me his least favorite Aphex Twin album but tell me it’s actually his favorite?
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Love when a job interview is just a vibe check
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You shouldn’t have to pay rent during your birthday month
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You're not cool in Bushwick unless, once a month, you show up at your local bar dressed in what can only be described as a costume, but which you still consider an outfit. Bonus points if you do this every day
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I don't know, can they?
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🚨🚨I’m in Rolling Stone🚨🚨 check it out
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Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright died 10 years ago today. Hear 12 tracks that showcase his playing, singing and songwriting
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I think more people should be made aware that Art Garfunkel has every book he's read since 1968 listed on his official site
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Text I got from my sister
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For my 28th (today) me and my kind gf saw some art
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Oh this weed? It’s called Infinite Jest. It gets you really high but only if you smoke all of it and then tell everyone you smoked all of it
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On the one hand, im unemployed. On the other hand, I really wanna buy this first edition Eve Babitz
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Tom Verlaine book sale is the Chloe sevigny closet sale for boys
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@mollyw_123 “I walk the line” is manipulator music. “A boy named sue,” a queer anthem
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Love that @cbcb2000 mentioned red scare in @Artforum ( @nobody_stop_me )
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Ya liking vampire weekend is corny but what’s more corny is hating them and thinking you’re morally superior bc your favorite band is some even more lame shit like modern baseball or the national
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In Florida. But wishing I was at the myrtle wyckoff White Castle
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@tatianatenreyro 2 would be more reflective of my actual hs listening habits and 10 my freshman year of college but I stand by both
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Cute that freelancing is posited as a choice. When i moved to NY it was to "break into music journalism." An older music journalist told me if I wanted a job, one of his friends would have to die
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Reject modernity embrace tradition
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This pic of Lana looks like every Jewish girl’s birthright photo on tinder
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The bodega’s selling what now?
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Catch this cutie at The Strand staring Thursday
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A customer who was being rude as shit said she hopes I have a terrible night and then I found a $20 on the ground!
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Pretty good self-own
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“This used to be Silent Barn” I tell my age gap girlfriend
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Every time a girlie retires her belly button ring an angel loses its wings
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I’m underemployed, single, and filled with dread. Do I start a band or a stand up career?
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My sister was on my dad’s new iPad and the first thing that came up was an article his gf sent called “What to do when your anti-Israel kid comes home for Thanksgiving.”
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🚨🚨some personal news🚨🚨 later this month I’ll be joining the amazing team @artsy where I’ll be writing and editing stuff as a Content Intern
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My id driving while my ego and superego are distracted
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Ok still waiting to hear back from two schools but got into city college today for the mfa in fiction program. Got waitlisted at col*mbia. Keeping my fingers crossed I get in clean. But whatever, I have a place to go now
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When Gwen Stefani sang, “this shit is bananas,” I felt that
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@cgduckworth This tweet belongs in the moma
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3 years
Drinking all four glasses of wine and replying to everyone’s stories on Insta
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If you tell me to add you on insta at the bar and you don’t add me back in the morning you are breaking one of the Drunk 10 Commandments and god will not look kindly on this
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My roommate guffaws from across the room. Her laugh is clearly exaggerated but I won't take the bait. Whatever it is that's so funny is between her and her god
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4 years
Three likes and I’ll go get a bud light lime from the bodega
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Pitchfork should have a section on its website called “Pretty Good New Music” that’s just all the albums rated 7.2 -8.1 cause I’d listen to those too
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My parents are not happy that my new job, getting stoned and watching Seinfeld all day, pays $0 an hour
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The Q+A part of any talk is just stupid people trying to sound smart forcing smart people to sound stupid by engaging in their illogic
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Was talking about the sopranos at work and then when I boarded the 3, micheal imperioli got on behind me. I took this bad pic but it was for sure him
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@LIHpics The high of one of those king hits is equal to being in the same room as someone smoking today’s weed
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Dwayne "(Sandy)" Johnson
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Found an amazing shirt online
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4 years
Debate is going great
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No offense but there’s no way boy genius isn’t a psyop collab between the CIA and NPR
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A few months ago, I did some emailing with @cumwizard69420 whose paintings are some of the best stuff on the internet right now. Check it out, please.
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This breakfast sandwich I just spent $14 on better kill me
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Me: *smokes mids, starts thinking about whether I was disrespectful in kindergarten, starts feeling bad for my teacher, starts feeling bad about everything* Me, the next day: ahh time to unwind with some weed, the drug that relaxes me and makes me feel good
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Some jobs you apply to just for fun. Like, is the new yorker gonna stumble across my resume in the slush pile and think, "Yes, our next editorial assistant"? No, but I love to fill out forms so I'm just going with it
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Here's my list, in no particular order, of my favorite albums of 2016. Lots of great albums made by some great people
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