I Like Things.

   Have you ever read Sylvia Plath? I have. I really resonate with her desire to be everything and do everything. I also relate to her fear of jeopardizing what she loves because she has to choose what she wants to do with her life.

  This is what I love. This is who I am.

• My best friend
• My family
• The Arctic Monkeys
• Creative Writing
• "The Lovers" by Rene Magritte
• Photography
• Feeling warm and fuzzy inside
• When I've just woken up, and my feet feel so comfy under my duvet
• The color red
• When I've heard an amazing song for the first time
• Sketching
• Going up on planes
• When I am under water
• Touching the floor of a pool
• Chocolate lava cake
• Chocolate
• Laughing
• This blog
• Dancing even though I am a bad dancer
• The sun's rays shining on my back
• My arm hair
• When I am somewhere new
• When I am walking down the street and I really take in where I am and I am so mesmerized with my city--- my home.
• Watching a good film
• Filming with my camera
• When I'm inspired and I have to get my thought out on paper because it is genius
• Release from stress
• Reading a book or play that makes me think
• When I get goose bumps after hearing something profound 
• L'homme Run
• When I look in a mirror and I like what I see
• When I read something I wrote and I like what I see
• Learning new languages
• Speaking new languages
• Music that makes sense
• Music with no lyrics but still makes sense
• Exchanging ideas with others
• Feeling accomplished
• Finding things I thought I lost

   That is all I can think of right now. There are so many components to one person and I think that each person should embrace them all. Feel free to share your own likes, dislikes, etc. or not. That is okay too. গুডবাই এখন জন্য! 

Socrates said What!?

   I have been given an amazing opportunity to work with a college professor at Columbia University this summer. I was able to participate in a socratic seminar, visit an exhibit on activism, and bask in Columbia's gorgeous campus. This program will have lasting effects in both my studies and in my ideals. I have flipped through the pages of various writings by Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Hobbes, and Lincoln while juggling what it means to be an activist and a citizen. This has come to be an enlightening summer!

Tchao for now!

Rainy and Patriotic

 Twas' the fourth of july yesterday! It rained for a lot of it and it was pretty chilly, but overall a great day! I went to City Island with the family. Ate some greasy food. Played around with the camera. I am realizing more and more as I continue with this blog.... that I really enjoy fattening food. I like to think that I enjoy the finer things in life (love veggies & fruits just as much as the next person---- but deep fried foods make my heart swoon). Anyway, enjoy! Hope the day was enjoyed by all!

A week of NJ, more burgers, and a rat

   So these are just pics I took like 2 weeks ago. I meant to post them up, but I couldn't find my wire thing to connect my camera to my laptop. I was still able to blog using my phone (which has a surprising nice camera), so some of my previous posts use that camera.

  Anyway, to summarize these pics,  I went to the mall, ate some burgers. Malls suck in Manhattan (if you can even call them that), so I went elsewhere which is in NJ. Another day, I went to a graduation party which was in this outside area of my building. Other pics may include that one day I stepped outside of my house for like 30 minutes to take pictures, saw a rat, and went back home.

 Hope ye enjoyed!