“It is necessary to find one’s own way in New York. New York City is not hospitable. She is very big and she has no heart. She is not charming. She is not sympathetic. She is rushed and noisy and unkempt, a hard, ambitious, irresolute place, not very lively, and never gay. When she glitters she is very, very bright, and when she does not glitter she is dirty. New York does nothing for those of us who are inclined to love her except implant in our hearts a homesickness that baffles us until we go away from her, and then we realize why we are restless. At home or away, we are homesick for New York not because New York used to be better and not because she used to be worse but because the city holds us and we don’t know why.”
Maeve Brennan (via randomnyc)
Well she would knowwwwww…..
In the 1970s Brennan became paranoid and was an alcoholic. She was hospitalized a number of times. She became destitute and homeless, and frequently slept in the women’s lavatory at The New Yorker. She was last seen at the magazine’s office in 1981.
In the 1980s, Brennan vanished from view and her work was forgotten. After wandering from one transient hotel to another along 42nd Street, she was committed to Lawrence Hospital. She died in 1993 at the age of seventy-six and is buried in Queens, New York City.
(via strawbrryf)
The Etsyconomist has been... Occupied. Urgent Request: Please use this Toll-Free Number for Arrest Resources in NYC : 1(877)74.22.OWS
Arm yourself!
+1(877)74.22.OWS is a FREE interactive number that connects protesters directly to NYC legal resources if they’re being arrested or witness police brutality.
It’s easier to write down 1 number on your arm than 6, and it’s easy to distribute. Plus there’s only pay phones in the Tombs.
If you dial +1(877)74-22-OWS, you’re instantly connected to any of these:
Here’s the info page: http://owsarrest.com
Saves ink, saves time: write it down, and please pass it on!
And lest all form be broken:
The Economist: Protesters around the world share a common demand: something must be done. Daily chart October 17th
Etsy: “Love what you do. Passion and sincerity are key ingredients to success.”
Who said that economists don’t know how to manage love?!
The Economist: The enhanced costs of homeland security post-9/11
Etsy: Godzilla needs to come over & help me repaint my living room.
Now is the time to come together and rebuild. And repaint. Hope he put down some gaffers tape to protect the baseboards.
Etsy: I always knew unicorn horns were magical
The Economist: With economy & his presidency in the balance, Obama urges Congress
Throughout his speech Mr Obama tried to impress a sense of urgency upon his listeners. “Some of you have decided that our differences are so great that we can only resolve them at the ballot box. But the next election is 14 months away. The people who sent us here … don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months.” But the odds that Mr Obama and Republicans can overcome their gaping differences in less than three months seem long indeed.
¡Gol! Awwwwww…. but….
The Economist: Business in Sierra Leone. The long and winding road
and…
The Economist: The African Union has dismally failed to help the continent’s starving people
oh jeez…
but awwwwwwwwwwww!
Todays Cuteness by Jujuba
