said one longtime resident on the changes:

“i’ve lived in my rent-controlled apartment for years and pay $115 a month. i live on the lower east side. the young kids who just moved in upstairs and pay $700 a month for the same space — they live in the east village.”

i’ve been trying to do it right
i’ve been living a lonely life
i’ve been sleeping here instead
i’ve been sleeping in my bed,
i’ve been sleeping in my bed
.
so show me family
all the blood that i will bleed
i dunno where i belong
i dunno where i went wrong,
but i can write a song
.
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweetheart
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweet
.
i don’t think you’re right for him
think of what it might have been if you
took a bus to chinatown
i’d be standing on canal, and bowery
and she’d be standing next to me
.
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweetheart
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweetheart
.
and love, we need it now
let’s hope for some
cause oh, we’re bleeding out
.
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweetheart
i belong with you, you belong with me
you’re my sweet
.

ps – justine, your shit is rigorous and i miss you. das it.

.

joanna told it to me first.
then i told everyone else.
.
oh my o m g.
it was gnarly.

.

5 on 1 publishes 5 photos
from various photographers
on 1 specific theme.
.
this month’s theme was travel
and i found out late last night
that 5 of mine were chosen!
.

ps – thank you sooo much, ian.
pps – umbrella drinks on me, ya’ll.
ppps – pacey nooooooo!

old brand new
.

we must be our own
before we can be another’s.
ralph waldo emerson

.

1...last week, dan and i camped out at ninth street to work separately, silently for an entire afternoon. when i finally looked up, i realized i hadn’t felt that quiet or comfortable or productive all f-ing year.
2...in terms of bluest skies, last weekend was a total teacher’s pet. not complaining, just saying.
3...they’re showing a lot of florals right now, so i was thinking… (florals? for spring? ground breaking)
4...sarah, molly, and i spent all day saturday laughing in mccarren park, incredulously browsing the brooklyn flea, taking the east river ferry to dumbo, laying out in brooklyn bridge park, and walking someone else’s long haired dachshund. unfortunately, i think this means we’re the ladies.
5...i wanna be made (into a twenty something dude living and working and dating in new york).

the vaguely
.

my horoscope this week:

“let’s just be blunt:
sex and romance are
always on your mind.
maybe you can have it all.”

benjamin evans
.

i just saw these in real life.
.
never have i ever
googled anything
more fanatically.
.
everything here is wonderful.

“robot music.”
“this is just like my grandma’s sofa!”
“daddy loves dubstep.”
“i think the drop is when you drop being sensible”
“where’s the aaaaafterparty?”

5 on 1
.

but then the friend called
and i relaxed a little.
it’s okay, always.