“I would absolutely expect that that’s exactly what WNYC would say, because you know liberal public radio always has an agenda. And so since I disagree with the premise of your question I don’t feel like I have to answer the rest of it.”
— Governor Christie in response to a WNYC reporter’s question on New Jersey Transit errors and the impact of climate change on severe storms like Sandy  (via wnyc)
theparisreview:

André Kertész: On Reading
theparisreview:

André Kertész: On Reading
theparisreview:

André Kertész: On Reading
theparisreview:

André Kertész: On Reading

wnyc:

NPR is looking for a new announcer. Translation: You get to say “This is NPR” to millions of people every day. 

You’ll record all of NPR’s “support for this program comes from” announcements in our national programs, and edit/produce/traffic them though our system. Heard by millions of people each week, you’ll get to say, “This is NPR” each day.

You should bring a voice that’s clear, confident, and welcoming; a working style that makes the complex look simple; and be a bit tingly at the thought that your voice will be part of public radio’s daily connective tissue all across the country.

Cool.

-Jody, BL Show-

This is the first time in a month that I’ve felt inexplicably happy. I really feel like it’ll all work out. I’m making plans and smiling like a crazy human on the bus. I can see the future concretely ahead and I’m OK with going home for now, because I know that I will definitely be back in a year. I know it. I feel it.
It means a lot of hard work between now and then, but I can do it, if it means I’ll get to stay here forever and ever. It’s the first time in a month that I’ve felt hopeful.

The world’s gone upside-down

Grey Parisian days

“I was twenty. I will let no one say it is the best time of life. Everything threatens a young person with ruin: love, ideas, the loss of family, the entrance into the world of adults. It is hard to learn one’s part in the world.”
Paul Nizan, Aden Arabie  

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Talking Heads - Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Going to see a man about film school tomorrow.
Things are looking up. I’m ignoring all my present problems, and solving future ones.

“Rather than live on in the hearts and minds of my fellow man, I would rather live on in my apartment.”

humansofnewyork:

“I went to an all-white high school and an all-black college.”
“What was the main difference between them?”
“… the people.”

  • what she says: i'm fine
  • what she means: the bourgeoisie is just as necessary a precondition for the socialist revolution as is the proletariat itself.