how do i say this without sounding insufferable?
i kind of hate Nantucket.
i have been in an unbelievable funk since i got here. i have tried to logic my brain out of this depression, which works most of the time these days, thanks to a well-worn and hard-won mental pathway that i can force myself down […]
my lungs still hurt from the third-hand smoke. one of my colleagues has a minivan that i borrowed today to move into my new warehouse space. he is also a heavy smoker, which means his car reeks, and he is also 23, which means his car is full of all sorts of strange boy paraphenalia […]
new studio space, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
on Sunday afternoon, i finished moving into my new studio space at school. it had been vacated by my friend Jenn. i had spent last year in an interior studio space without any windows, and the difference they make for me is just huge. nearly everyone who has […]
from that winter in harlem, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
let this serve as notification to any party who decides to pursue a significant relationship with me - i cannot sleep with anyone.
right now i have relegated myself to the living room couch (which, i should say, is not a terrible thing, as it is a […]
flyover in Texas, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
today, i came across this BBC article:
Houston would probably not even exist without the car.The city of 2.8 million people - in the next few years it is set to overtake Chicago as America’s third largest city - is really a rosetta of suburbs and exurbs stretching between […]
my friend Alek is seriously considering going to Tyler for his MFA. having already been accepted, he has to decide by the end of the week. i am unspeakably jealous. i have already peppered him unsolicited suggestions of places to live/eat/hang out/etc.
tonight i found my map of Philadelphia, pulled from the bottom of a drawer, […]
on friday, i went on a road trip with my mother and grandmother, to New Bedford. i’m not exactly sure why i wanted to go to New Bedford. the actual move in date has been established to be sometime early next week, but i felt i needed to go up there to just remind myself […]
from this week’s NYTimes Real Estate Section:
“The Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia was nearly as expensive. “Landlords were very aware that people like us were coming in looking for retail or studio space,” he said. “It felt that the prices were ahead of the neighborhood, and I was kind of depressed by what I saw.”
ok, […]