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June 8, 2010
I woke up at 7, with a hangover and pains in my knuckles. The hangover was from celebrating my first day of work. The pains were from carrying around 138 pounds of everything I owned -
Striatum
The striatum is a structure of the brain that influences decision-making. Bending around itself like a pair of clip-on headphones, its lobe is easier to see as a rotating animation; without an animated -
Riverside Park
I'd been to Manhattan before. A year earlier, I'd stayed with a family friend for the summer, and I got to explore the city on my off-hours. That summer, I walked constantly -
Tetris Effect
The term "Tetris Effect" has a couple different meanings. The first refers to the common Tetris problem of not having enough time to decide on the best move. It's just a special case of -
Fossa
One of the cages in the Bronx Zoo holds a Fossa. It looks like a cross between a cat and a dog, but it holds strange and human eye-contact. The zoo was almost empty -
Nightmare
The dogs in my nightmares never bark. I can tell them by their speed and the noise of their paws. The sounds I most associate with fear are the muffled footfalls of dream dogs scrambling -
Hide and Seek
"Hide and Seek" is a song by Imogen Heap. It was sampled in "Whatcha Say" by Jason Derülo, and its vocoder harmonies have been taken up by Tiesto and the OC to sappy effect -
I Feel Like Dying
"I Feel Like Dying" is a song by Lil' Wayne. The version I usually listen to is a remix by Flying Lotus. I had the impulse to play it on repeat when I first -
Ringtone
I hate my phone. Until I figured out how to change the settings, the default ringtone was "God Bless America," and even now that it's a repeating doorbell sound I can never get the -
Self-Diagnosis and Self-Medication
Everything reminds me of something else. It's been that way as long as I can remember, and it comes in handy. Analogies are easier, not to mention puns. And when I make a really -
General Grant Houses
The General Grant Houses are a New York City Housing Authority project on the corner of 125th and Amsterdam. I passed them on the bus one afternoon on my way through Harlem. They look better -
Skopje
At 11:17 PM, on July 25, 1963, Robert Moses might have been brushing his teeth before bed. He might have used a toothbrush and toothpaste he'd bought from a store a few minutes -
Robert Moses
Whenever I read Robert Moses’ name I hear it spoken with a sneer. I first heard that sneer in a class about Race& Politics, the kind of class colleges make you take because nobody knows -
Satisficing
When I was seven or eight I would tell people I wanted to be a marine biologist when I grew up. My parents encouraged it to an extent. But I remember one day getting picked -
Four Loko
Four Loko is a caffeinated, fortified malt liquor for people who don't have have anywhere to be tomorrow morning. It's targeted to young people and minorities, and it doesn't feel much like -
Addressing
Addressing is a technique I use to make certain things more entertaining. I started experimenting with it when my favorite song was Whatcha Say, by Jason Derülo, but I couldn't relate to the lyrics -
Stereotypy
Also known as "Animated GIF Syndrome," stereotypy affects captive animals and people with mental illness. Stereotypies are repetitive, ritualistic movements that include nail-biting, vocal tics, "polar bears rocking in place or swimming in endless -
Fernando
Fernando lives in Spanish Harlem. I visited the room in his apartment he'd posted Craigslist, and it had a nice view of the live poultry market on the street below. The crystal chandeliers in -
Lauryn Hill
When I used to listen to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill all the time, I would take her lyrics as a challenge. The album was a set of protest songs, sort of, and Ms. Hill -
IPod Music Video
As soon as I got my first iPod, in high school, I started walking more often. It was just after Christmas, and it got dark at about 5 PM every night. I didn't go -
Peter
Peter is an old man who posted a room for rent in his apartment on Craigslist. When I emailed him, I took a formal tone, and I kept up perfect grammar and capital letters, because -
Taxi
When I got in, the driver didn't ask where I was going. We sat in the car, East of the park on 86th street, and waited for the tourists to cross the street on -
Whatcha Say
"Whatcha Say" is a song by Jason Derülo. In the lyrics, the narrator apologizes to his girlfriend for cheating on her, and we're supposed to hear the female voice on the chorus as -
The Rough Night Wiki
Welcome. This is the true story of the rough night I spent trying to track down Peter and Fernando in New York City, and some of the thoughts that came up during the search. Click -
Aneurhythm
An aneurhythm is an involuntary imagination in which one seems to hear a repeating melody or musical phrase, like it's "stuck in the head." I call them "aneurhythms" rather than "earworms" because they've
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