Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 411

"I have trouble fully committing to things I’m good...

"I have trouble fully committing to things I’m good at."
"Why do you think that is?"
"The Smoke."

"I’m pretty sure I have psychic abilities. I got ripped...

"I’m pretty sure I have psychic abilities. I got ripped off really badly by a con artist one time. Then years later, on a hunch, I walked over to the jail to see if he’d ever gotten arrested. Not only was he there, but I showed up just in time to have a say in his parole proceedings. Plus I’m really good at guessing what time it is."

"I have stage 3 melanoma, which puts me at a 48% chance of...

"I have stage 3 melanoma, which puts me at a 48% chance of survival over the next 5 years. However, I have the ability to speed read very technical material, so I went to the library at Duke and read over 800 papers on melanoma, which doctors just don’t have the time to read. I found one very promising study that suggests chloro quinine, combined with the deprivation of a certain amino acid, has shrunk tumors in mice to almost nothing."

"You’ve got to watch what you say around her. She’s...

"You’ve got to watch what you say around her. She’s 4 going on 104."

"After my divorce, I couldn’t sleep. I tried everything. I...

"After my divorce, I couldn’t sleep. I tried everything. I ended up going to a skating rink every night, where I’d skate until I was unconscious. I eventually got so good that I turned semi-pro. I was actually all set to tour with Cher as part of her show, but then the bottom fell out of roller skating."

"They say it’s gonna snow tomorrow. Well I just got a...

"They say it’s gonna snow tomorrow. Well I just got a bottle of whiskey. So let it fucking snow."

"My parents separated, then my dad got custody. My mom kidnapped...

"My parents separated, then my dad got custody. My mom kidnapped us from school one day and brought us to Rhode Island, where we bounced around between homeless shelters for about a year. Then one day we were at the grocery store, and the police came and arrested our mom, and took us back to our dad."

"Hold on. Let me fix my posture so my mom doesn’t worry."

"Hold on. Let me fix my posture so my mom doesn’t worry."

"I used to have really bad social anxiety. I’d be so...

"I used to have really bad social anxiety. I’d be so afraid of saying something awkward and uninteresting, I’d stand on the perimeter of conversations and not say a thing. Which ironically came across as awkward and uninteresting."

"My boss is being a real putz.""I probably shouldn’t write...

"My boss is being a real putz."
"I probably shouldn’t write that."
"Write it."