一个脚步声虽然小但是十个,一百个,一千个,一万个我们就能震荡地球了 – 阿信, 五月天 — 玛莎的小事 (Piano Live) If you take one small step after another, eventually you’ll have taken 100 steps. One word after another. One step after the other. Six thousands words later you’re done. Continue reading
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Opinions: 36 days to Commencement
Since my own brain is too fried to write more than school papers, here are some bits and pieces from the media worth mulling over: My So-Called Opinions “But what these critics seem to be missing is that many millennials are plagued not so much by apathy as by indecision. And it’s not surprising: Pluralism … Continue reading
A Sanctuary: 41 days to Commencement
“Holy” seems an abstract term until in the middle of a hectic week and a Manhattan neighborhood I stumble upon a church on Fifth Avenue. It’s a historic landmark, but there is a small service going on as I open the doors. Once past the foyer a calm fills the air–I don’t think I’ve experienced what … Continue reading
Picturing the past: 45 days to Commencement
The pages of my former professors’ book (above) and the long thread on Wired New York about the city’s architectural history are stunning. I tremble as I look at these pictures, just over a century old, of what Manhattan was like in the 1910s. Everything I’ve been learning about comes to life in grayscale images … Continue reading
Fleeting nights: 49 days to Commencement
It’s 8 o’clock at Astor Place. A crowd of giddy high schoolers pour out from a white charter bus into the dark street towards Broadway. College students and the employed head the other way, away from the NYU campus and towards St. Mark’s Place. A short man in a leather jacket talks Medicaid, Obamacare, … Continue reading
The IEX Debate: 50 days to Commencement
The IEX and high frequency trading debate got pretty heated today on CNBC. Watch how the anchors kept the the jumbled conversation on track and made sure their questions got answered: I’m not going to add anything to the debate for now except: Boldly ask the right questions, and be smart. The truth is always … Continue reading
Fitting in: 51 days to Commencement
He also lacked the Wall Street trader’s ability to seem more important and knowledgeable than he actually was. Yet from the time he first glimpsed a Wall Street trading floor, in his early 20s, Ryan badly wanted to work there. “It’s hard not to get enamored of being one of these Wall Street guys who … Continue reading
The fight: 55 days to Commencement
Life is a fighting game. Fight to get every word right, every position accurate, and everything completely understood. Be your own copyeditor. Be your own editor. Be your own master, because you are important. Continue reading
No escape: 57 days to Commencement
Not having headphones for two whole days after a concert is very painful. Besides wanting to relive the performance through my song collection and fans’ YouTube videos, I needed the concentrated sound headphones provide in order to transcribe some audio. For short stints I could borrow a friend’s, but that wasn’t enough for me who’d … Continue reading
Yellen to speak: 58 days to Commencement
While I was drowning in midterms and the hectic days of spring break, NYU announced that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will speak at my commencement this May. I didn’t learn the news until NYU sent out an email this morning. Apparently few others had heard because no one on Facebook mentioned the decision. That, or … Continue reading
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