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in case you can’t tell, i’m the one in the crinolines. goldlegacy: dear god I love this song so much

Mar 24th

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This Machine Kills Cancer: A year, in reverse →

thismachinekillscancer: Rebekah, here. Today is Thanksgiving which means it’s been a year since Shayne was diagnosed with Lymphoma. The past 365 days feel waterlogged, like a book that’s been dropped in the bath. The pages don’t fit neatly into a one-inch binding anymore, but instead fan out in the blur of memory. I…

Nov 25th

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Who's the most talented person you know?

My husband, which is cheesy, I know, but I don’t know anyone else who can count to 170 in binary with his hands, beat me at Scrabble and build me a garden box out of old doors. Ask me anything

Oct 19th

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Oct 19th

Three things that are totally boring & not great: 1. When designers compete with one another for no good reason. There is no “World’s Greatest Designer” award, so stop trying. 2. Folks who consistently ask their “friends” for free design work. I don’t ask you to teach my kids or paint my house for free, so why do you get that privilege ? 3. Being...

Jul 2nd

Surprisingly, the hardest thing to hear lately is when folks say “Oh sorry, I’ve just been so busy.” Busy? I had no idea this had anything to do with you.

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I was wrong.

A few months ago I thought that the only way to do good was to try to solve problems for all of domestic workers in the world. This week I realized it’s doing a interpretative dance of the entire history of the internet for one person I love because he’s tired of hurting.

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Feb 23rd

choose love.

Had this past year gone as had been expected (even though we really know this only happens in movies and Harlequin books) I would have spent this past week at fashion week in NYC working on a documentary for Louis Vuitton/Moet Hennesy that would have aired on PBS sometime in the next year. I also would have been planning a fully funded trip to Sri Lanka, India, and Dubai to develop an innovative...

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let it snow.

When I first moved to New York City, the one thing I was most afraid of was the non-stop snow: my productivity archenemy, making even the simplest errands more clumsy and cold. That seems almost comical now. Back in Durham, snow days are just like any other day: walk to work, fill out some paperwork, walk home, make dinner, check on my bugs, and fall asleep either reading or watching TV. I...

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where i'm writing these days

i’ll probably stop posting here for a minute as i’ve been writing on another blog that my husband and i started when we found out that he has non-hodgkins lymphoma. if you’re interested, you can check out here: www.thismachinekillscancer.tumblr.com

Dec 9th

sorting.

As I get closer to going back to Sri Lanka, I’ve starting going through all of the things I wrote after the tsunami. I’d almost completely forgotten that the first time I went, about 3 months after the tsunami, there was another earthquake. Near chaos broke out as they thought there was another massive wave coming towards shore. After finding out that friends and family at home were...

Nov 14th

True story: I love (!) my dog, but some mornings I wish I was waking up to a two year old saying “Mommy…” instead of a wet nose and stinky breath.

Nov 13th

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The universe has a weird way of saying it's...

This past week has been a doozy. For almost 6 months, I’ve felt between here and there. Living in NYC, but still tied to NC. Back and forth (mentally, if not psychically) every single day. The last week, I found out I was laid off from my job at Duke. Beyond the fact that I was sad to leave a fantastic job, with great benefits and an idyllic office where everyone not only got along, but...

Nov 7th

Nov 1st

swine flu and me.

I have a love/hate relationship with the narcissism of blogs. Personal blogs exist to talk about one’s self, obviously, which from others more often that not causes me to roll my eyes. But I stop short because I, myself, participate in such self indulgent acts from time to time. Like now, for example. I can’t resist blogging about such a banal and personal act as getting sick...

Oct 19th

Sep 24th

Embarassment of Riches.

One of the things I’ve found most truly bizarre about NYC is despite the fact that this hive of a city has a reputation for being providing ANYTHING at ANY HOUR, there are some things that just can’t be found at all. I’m not talking about love or happiness or success, but really, really simple things. For example, when S first moved up here, there was a fast and unrelenting...

Sep 22nd

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!

nonotyou: Kat reposted a nice piece about true rape prevention, which reminded me of this little list I whipped up a few months ago. As I just did a college RA training yesterday, re-reading this made me laugh. I mean seriously, the “tips” they give potential victims are so condescending. It’s fun to turn the tables. Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work! 1. Don’t put drugs in...

Sep 19th

Sep 10th

9.9.9 pt 2

Truth be told, most of my time in NYC is spent working on this project or that, but it’s pretty fantastic that when I get a few free hours I can decide to just stop by Central Park or take a quick visit to the Brooklyn Art Museum or through a few holes at the Putting Lot, a temporary putt-putt course / art installation in my neighborhood.

Sep 9th

9.9 Building Blocks

We built this city room on Rock and Roll. In one week, we’ve built a chair, ottoman, three tables, a dresser, bathroom storage, two bookshelves and shelf for the kitchen. S also built a gorgeous 8’ tall loft in my room so that there’s space for a queen-size bed, plus a desk, book shelf, dresser, and my guitars. We’re quickly becoming versed in the art of simplicity and...

Sep 9th

9.2 waking up missing home

In those few early morning moments between slumber and lucidity, more often than not, I find myself still in dreams - anything or rather, anywhere is possible. I woke up this morning, face full of tangerine sheets, to what I thought was a former home. I expected to roll over to find Durham outside my window, my chosen family clattering breakfast dishes in the kitchen, rolling their bikes up the...

Sep 3rd

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I made this interactive art installation as a final project for Bootcamp, the crash course prior to starting classes for my Design + Technology MFA at Parsons. The fact that less than 3 weeks prior I couldn’t write a single scrap of code makes me thing anything is possible. Anything.

Aug 17th

New York City is kicking my ass and I’m loving every second of it. In the past week I’ve created my first animation, my first hand coded program, my first website that I didn’t piecemeal together and my first hand drawn flip book. None of them are amazing, but they’re functional and that’s step one One or two times I’ve thought, what have I gotten into?...

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