sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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For today’s TRACKS I wrote about moving to New York in 2007, thinking I’d make a life in magazines, listening to the Vampire Weekend “Blue CD-R,” and how it’s all gone since.
I’ve only read 7 of these.
worst I’ve scored on a test in a while
This is incredibly unfair but lol
I don’t say this lightly: I’m in awe.
