Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 248

“My wife thinks she’s The Chief.”

“My wife thinks she’s The Chief.”

“I don’t want to say I was depressed, but my life has been...

“I don’t want to say I was depressed, but my life has been pretty humdrum for the past eighteen years. Every day I’d wake up, eat breakfast, go to church, go back home—always the same thing. But now I’ve met this woman and suddenly I feel young again. I can’t concentrate. All I want to do is be with her. I used to eat whenever I wanted, but now I can get by on just a banana. I’m even trying to improve myself. I’m doing pushups in the morning. Can you believe that? Four herniated discs in my back, and I’m doing pushups every morning.”

Today in microfashion…

Today in microfashion…

“Can we make this quick? They’re serving tea at...

“Can we make this quick? They’re serving tea at church.”

“I’ve got a seven month old daughter at home. I want to be her...

“I’ve got a seven month old daughter at home. I want to be her favorite so I’m always trying to make her smile. I might slip her a little ice cream when mom’s not looking. Then I pretend like I don’t know why she’s having trouble falling asleep.”

“I don’t miss my old life as much as I feared I would.”

“I don’t miss my old life as much as I feared I would.”

“We were married for eleven years.”“How did you meet?”“I’m a...

“We were married for eleven years.”
“How did you meet?”
“I’m a carpenter and she needed some work done. I spent four months working on her house: I added two closets, redid the floors, and painted the place. On the last day, I was about to leave, and I said to her: ‘You know, I was thinking about asking you to dinner.’ And she leaned over and kissed me.”

“My wife died five years ago today. She went in the hospital...

“My wife died five years ago today. She went in the hospital on May 16th. My sister is a nurse, and when she heard it was meningitis, she told me to prepare myself. She spent 24 days in a coma. I brought a radio with me and I sang to her and read her books all day long. On June 8th, she woke up from her coma, and all she said was: “I’m worried.” I told her not to worry, and that I’d see her in the morning. But at 4 AM they called me at home and told me she didn’t make it.”

“My youngest son was fooling around with some friends, and...

“My youngest son was fooling around with some friends, and somebody got called a ‘pussy,’ and then somebody got shot. And now he’s doing 20 years. That’s my baby boy. I always told him it would happen. I used to come home from work late at night, and he’d be gone, and I’d find him in the streets and chase him back inside. After he went to prison, I asked him: ‘What more could I have done?’ And he started crying and said: ‘Nothing, Dad. You raised me right. Everything you told me was right. There was nothing you could have done.’”

“As a young queer kid, I always chose the female...

“As a young queer kid, I always chose the female characters in fighting games. I think it was my way of being subversive before I knew what it meant to be subversive.”