Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 418

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Don’t pick at scabs."
"What scab have you picked at the most?"
"Stephanie."

"I’m studying intellectual property law.""What interests...

"I’m studying intellectual property law."
"What interests you about that?"
"I want to allow artists to use technology to distribute their work while still controlling their rights. I want to protect them from big corporations who co-opt their work and who use high powered legal teams to win lawsuits based on technicalities. And it pays well."

"People were sending me messages in my head. Then they gave me...

"People were sending me messages in my head. Then they gave me this medicine. It took away my powers and I feel kinda dead now."

"This is our second date, actually.""So what happened on the...

"This is our second date, actually."
"So what happened on the first date?"
"We went adventure walking. She said she knew of this spooky house, but we got lost for an hour looking for it. Then when we got there it wasn’t really how she remembered it, and wasn’t very spooky at all. It was a historic landmark, actually."
"So did you kiss on the first date?"
"Yeah! We kissed at the spooky house. I kinda felt bad for her because the house wasn’t as spooky as she’d claimed. So I kissed her."

"I’m from Scotland. I’m here with the band I...

"I’m from Scotland. I’m here with the band I manage."
"What’s the toughest part about managing a band?"
"Making sure they’re on time, and making sure that they’re working on new material."
"Why is that hard?"
"Because they like a bit of drink."

"I don’t mean to preach, but Jesus Christ helped me kick...

"I don’t mean to preach, but Jesus Christ helped me kick my crack cocaine habit, then blessed me with a window cleaning business."

"I decided to leave my life eight months ago. Since then,...

"I decided to leave my life eight months ago. Since then, I’ve been to Finland with a Latin American ballroom dancing team, toured Sweden with a Greek, met some Canadians in Amsterdam to watch the Olympics, and I’m about to head to Iraq to teach social media to soldiers in war zones."

"I’d say my saddest moment was when I got an abortion. But...

"I’d say my saddest moment was when I got an abortion. But I’m not sure if sad is the right word, because I was young and it was definitely the right decision, but sometimes it still feels like something is missing. Like there was this space that could have been filled by someone, but I chose to leave that space empty. And now there’s just a space. Does that make sense?’

"I got first place in an imagination contest! I had seven other...

"I got first place in an imagination contest! I had seven other kids on my team, and adults couldn’t help! We had to take a painting, and write a story about it. So we made up a story about a girl who accidentally walks through an old painting and ends up in 1890’s France— where the painting came from. And once she’s there, she can’t get back home, because she loses the painting! But then she learns that to get back home, she must make a new painting from the time period she came from!"

"I worked in technology for many years, but I got tired of...

"I worked in technology for many years, but I got tired of working for The Man. Plus technology has its ups and downs. Chicken is always steady."