I came across this poem some months ago while following The Paris Review’s Instagram account. They had a photo of the physical page that they published it on, and it’s stuck with me ever since, this poem. Though I’d since uninstalled Instagram from my phone – because at some point, if you’re like me and looking for distractions from […]
Month: October 2013
Projeto Morrinho at Queens College
I was planning to visit a few galleries this week; I did my research, prepared my notebook, and got my MetroCard ready. My body, however, had other plans, and I woke up on Friday with a major cold. Headache, sore … Continue reading →
Me in the Finance World: An Observation after Seeing it Live for Myself
In one of my classes for my minor of BALA (Business and Liberal Arts), we are required to conduct an interview with a person in a position that we aspire to hold. The project entails much more than simply interviewing and it is a major to-do. I was stressed, not about the five page reflective […]
MLB Playoffs Round 1
Well…we’re on to the Championship series. I offer my sincerest condolences to those fans of the Rays, Pirates, Athletics, and Braves. So far my prediction that pitching would decide things…
Change is Good
Words like computeresque (adj), ecomuseum (n), and ringback (n) weren’t around before I was born. Actually they were accepted into the English dictionary as new entries only as far back as 5 years ago, in 2008. They may have been used before then, but they are now three of the numerous new official entries …
Has the U.S. Stabilized its Carbon Emissions?
I am taking a class on Urban Research Methods and recently learned about the various ways “mutant stats” develop. One such reason is an obvious one…certain groups will skew numbers and the contexts that encases these numerical values to represent the social, political, and/or economic agenda they support. This happens in every issue or matter of debate […]
New Fiction – “What We Balk About When We Caulk A Dead Dove”
My workshop professor (the wonderful John Weir) asked to us to write an “homage” or “cover” of the short story of our choice after reading Nathan Englander’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank” (available for your reading pleasure here), which itself is a cover / homage of Raymond Carver’s “What We […]
#NowReading
“Cabot Wright Begins” by the wonderfully salacious James Purdy; “Bough Down” by Karen Green (wife of the late great David Foster Wallace).
Operation: Government. SHUTDOWN.
Sorry for not posting in a while. I have been inundated with work-I’m sure you all can relate. All of you, that is, except Congress. Since October 1, there has been a government shutdown. Its cause is rather complex, and I am humble enough to admit that many of the details go way past me. […]
