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meet dave eggers
McSweeney's Rectangle Conference 3 years ago

Met him, quite quickly, at Brown University’s McSweeney’s Rectangle Conference. Wicked cool guy. Really glad that I went. He read a selection from his forthcoming book about a Sudanese/Ethiopian man, one of Sudan’s “Lost Boys.” Brilliant stuff.

Apr 18, 2006, 11:32AM PDT | 0 comments


visit paris
In the end... 4 years ago

we are all forced to admit that the French, on balance, are worth keeping around. Parisians are particularly prickly, but the thing about Paris is that being/living there is, to use Adam Gopnik’s phrase “a beautiful existence.” It’s well worth your time. Don’t just visit Paris: I’d recommend staying a good long while and really soaking it in. See the sights, because they’re also worth it, but the reason Paris is Paris is because something about it can make ordinary acts seem elegant and sensible on a higher plane than you’d otherwise acknowledge.

That’s just my $.02. But seriously, just go by whatever means necessary.

Oct 21, 2005, 02:44AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


study abroad
Skills v. an Education 4 years ago

That’s the way I sum it up. If you’re in school just for skills, to be a technician of some kind, that’s just fine. God bless you. That’s just not me. I need a true education, it’s just a locked-in attribute of my brain. And, to me, you cannot call yourself truly educated unless you’ve studied abroad. The world is too big, too random, too varied, too beautiful, for you to say that you’ve been educated enough to fully participate in it and yet have never gone and engaged people like yourself from vastly different places and backgrounds.

Go. Now.

May 21, 2005, 05:57AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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