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I was listening to Marty Moss-Coane’s show “Radio Times” this morning on my way into Philadelphia.  i don’t know why i torture myself by listening to that show because nearly every time i do, i end up enraged, an internal thunderstorm rampages my conscience. i get stirred up, utterly pissed off and want to call-in, [...]

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if i can instruct noam, encourage him to get back on his skateboard after falling, how can i teach myself the same lesson? how can i remove the stigma surrounding “failure.” should i call “falling” failure at all?
Try. I just finished listening to Anna Deavere Smith’s book on CD Letters to a Young Artist: [...]

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i took public transportation from the airport to the hotel, a bus and then the subway for only $2.30 canadian.  speaking of money, the conversion rate sucks.  as i told someone yesterday, this is the only time in my life when i wished american imperialism worked ; – )   okay, not really, but the dollar [...]

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so the deal is that i’m in my second year of an mfa program at hunter college. i have approx. one full year to go. the goal is to finish school and then get a job at a social issue nonprofit dealing w/ innovative use of media. in the meantime though, i am working four [...]

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(a back-post for last weekend.)
took noam to the skate park w/ his friend marcus and his mom this past weekend. even though he was a pain in the tuchas this morning – throwing fits left and right, not letting me get work done, etc… He’s always had a problem with playing by himself, not getting [...]

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as i approach my 30th birthday (it’s actually a good 5 months away), i wonder just how ‘well’ i’m doing in life.
a few months ago, in late august my partner, ana, went through a similar ordeal. for her turning 27 was a huge milestone b/c it meant that she had been living in the [...]

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