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i’ll throw it for you, laika, if you’ll chase it, dart through the stratosphere like a comet, undeserving of its fate.

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train landscapes 2: amtrak cascades

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i feel like we don't appreciate these days how much the twin towers sucked, like, design-wise

they were contemporarily hated for just being these giant grey monoliths

like there probably could've been an easier way to get rid of them, but they probably needed to go either way

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americans: pssshh you think 80°F is hot???? i'm from big texas this is nothing kid, i might put a coat on actually

europeans: wdym 10°C is cold???? this is shorts weather bro, when you start pissing crystals then we'll talk

unattended raspberries: i went moldy while you were reading this

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just finishing first semester of 2nd year of uni. here are the best MSPaint drawings I've made during lectures so far

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from The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

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TNEWTIES

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courfeyrac was taking the watch during bring me home so do you guys think he had a notebook with him where he wrote "midnight of june 5th, 1832. volunteer old guy serenades marius at the barricades???"

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girl help im escaping from predators

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I’m sorry I have to be the theatre person I am deep in my soul for a moment.

Swept Away on Broadway closing after a month isn’t startling so much as just completely gutting. Broadway hasn’t been the innovator it once was in many, many years. Rent prices are obviously tough in New York, especially the theaters. Sometimes, it feels like the best stuff won’t ever break through in this climate.

We know Broadway theater in New York is very much a tourist’s market, but it pains me to watch incredible shows like Swept Away fall victim to this phenomenon because it really is THAT good. With a score by the Avett Brothers and performances by the best of the best (John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Enscoe, etc.), Swept Away offered a bright light of hope and redemption in a tense political and cultural climate. I saw it in previews just a few weeks ago, and it was one of the few times a Broadway show broke through to me, a cynical ex-actor, singer, and performer, in a powerful, memorable way. The only other times I’ve ever felt that was seeing Wicked at 14-years-old and Sondheim’s last musical at The Shed in January.

In other words: Life altering stuff.

So, I say all this because I’m sad to see such a powerhouse of talent and storytelling go the way most truly great, niche things on Broadway go. Swept Away, along with so many other one month runs, deserved better. Also, I’ll cross my fingers for a national tour, simply because I know the demand would be there regionally, as a North Carolina-bred fan of The Avett Brothers.

If you’re in New York in the next week and a half, you should try and go see it. You won’t regret it.

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some guy you see at the park

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even the iron still fears the rot🗡️💀⛓️

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People who think this planet was created for humans to be ours are so wild to me

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At this hour, Losel Yauch

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pikemen