Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 367

"I’m drawing the man who raped me."

"I’m drawing the man who raped me."

"He won the Best Legs Competition on our cruise ship."

"He won the Best Legs Competition on our cruise ship."

"I got this jacket for $1 at The Salvation Army!"

"I got this jacket for $1 at The Salvation Army!"

"I’ve been trying to get into a full time orchestra for...

"I’ve been trying to get into a full time orchestra for the past 20 years. I’d guess I’ve been to over 200 auditions. It can be pretty heartbreaking. I tried out for the New York Philharmonic four times. One time I prepared three months for the Los Angeles Philharmonic audition, flew all the way across the country, and they cut me off after twelve seconds. But believe or not, I still have a certain amount of optimism about the process. And I think I’m getting better."

"First date."

"First date."

"You’ve taken my photo before, and the comments were very...

"You’ve taken my photo before, and the comments were very hurtful."

"I’d like to design algorithms to apply machine learning...

"I’d like to design algorithms to apply machine learning to quantitative market research."

"I’ve wanted to start a business since I was sixteen, but...

"I’ve wanted to start a business since I was sixteen, but every time I try, the demands of my regular job catch up to me and I get fatigued. A couple of years ago, my friend and I had a great idea. We started meeting every night after work. We had a great plan— potential sponsors, a marketing strategy, a time line. But then things got really busy at my job. So we started meeting every other night. Then every fourth night. Then we postponed it for a month, and never found the right moment to start again. Then a year later, I picked up the newspaper, and there was an article about somebody else— succeeding with the same idea. I was like, ‘fuck.’"

"How’d you meet?""I volunteered to hand out water at an...

"How’d you meet?"
"I volunteered to hand out water at an all female marathon."

"I was helping him with his homework the other night, and we...

"I was helping him with his homework the other night, and we were reading about the king of Mesopotamia, who was a very strict and frightening ruler. And he said: ‘This king sounds like Principal Susan.’"