cost-benefit analysis

"I don't want to have a job where I wake up every Monday and wish it were already Friday. Why would I want to wish that my life were a week shorter?"

- Stephanie Tepperberg

Now that the economy sucks, I figure that since it's harder to get that highly competitive, high-paying job, the opportunity cost of me doing something that I love is now lower. (This line of reasoning brought to you by my minor in economics aka The Bain of My Academic Career.)

I'm so excited for my fashion marketing internship next semester (with Eva Danielle), especially because it feels like the pieces are all starting to kind of fit together. (Thomas Edison's quote, "I didn't fail; I found 2,000 ways how not to make a light bulb," has definitely been ringing in my head the last few weeks.)

All I need to do now is make it through the next two weeks (aka Hell) and then it's winter break, Christmas, New Year's in NYC, Marco Island's Florida sunshine, and a second semester senior schedule consisting entirely of dance, film, fashion, and music.

It's all so close and yet so, so far.

in anticipation of annual awkward family time

"It's not until you're older that you understand why everyone drinks at family reunions."

- Jackie Puig, the wise Cuban

personal branding

"Women tear each other apart. ... The problem is, if they think you're attractive, you're either stupid or a whore or a dumb whore. The instinct among girls is to attack the jugular."

- "The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox" (The Times Magazine)

tick tock, on the clock

Halloween: Rockstars. Angels. Ninja Turtles. Royalty.

And an extra hour thanks to Daylight Savings.

texts from last night

But texting and the utilitarian mind-set are naturally corrosive toward poetry and imagination. A coat of ironic detachment is required for anyone who hopes to withstand the brutal feedback of the marketplace. In today’s world, the choice of a Prius can be a more sanctified act than the choice of an erotic partner.

- "Cellphones, Texts and Lovers" (NYTimes)