February 2012
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“I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that...”
– Dave Eggers (via ireadintothings)
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Oh, I’m going to be wounded
Oh, I’m going to be your wound
Oh, I’m going to bruise you
Oh, you’re going to be my bruise.
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Ode to an intern
Dear Intern,
You are far greater than the sum of your parts. Don’t let them tell you otherwise.
Most days they’d like you to believe that you’re greater than all The Others who have come and gone before you, whoever The Others are. They spin these cautionary tales and write off everything these poor bastards have ever done. So you have no choice but to toe the line, or risk...
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The things they never teach you in school.
(That you only learn in the painful and proverbial ‘real world’.)
1. That when all is done and dusted, the only people who really matter are the ones who will be with you when you have nothing. When you are nothing. In those precious heady moments of praise from an editor or the delicious glee of a first paycheck (in a long time), it’s easy to lose yourself. Don’t.
2. In...