Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 476

"We’re in the middle of a breakup.""Why are you broken...

"We’re in the middle of a breakup."
"Why are you broken up?"
"I didn’t say we were broken up, I said we are in the middle of a break up."

"He proposed to me in a cemetery.""Well, it sounds bad when you...

"He proposed to me in a cemetery."
"Well, it sounds bad when you say it that way. It was a scenic cemetery. More of a lookout point, really. And there were all these neat headstones. It was her idea to go there, anyway."

"I’m a Vietnam-era veteran! Staff sergeant E-6! United...

"I’m a Vietnam-era veteran! Staff sergeant E-6! United States army! Field artillery operations and intelligence! Battalion, chemical, biological, radiological warfare! Non-commissioned officer!"

He was quite a personality. Hard to do him justice with a written caption. Luckily it was captured on video:http://on.mash.to/H1nCyw

Number One Bros

Number One Bros

"I met the love of my life when I was twenty five.""Are you...

"I met the love of my life when I was twenty five."
"Are you still with him?"
"No."
"If he’s the love of your life, why aren’t you with him?"
"He couldn’t beat his drug problem."

So many great stories and video coming out around the book...

So many great stories and video coming out around the book launch, I promised myself I was going to get back to posting portraits from here on out. But Mashable did such an amazing job with this video, I had to share just one more: http://on.mash.to/H1nCyw

Thanks to everyone who made last night so magical. The Union...

Thanks to everyone who made last night so magical. The Union Square Barnes and Noble is the largest in the world, and several members of the staff remarked that the HONY event was the largest they’d ever seen. Sorry to anyone who may have been turned away by security. I think they were a little bit frightened.

To recap: Blackwolf The Dragonmaster cast some excellent spells on the audience, we had appearances from several HONY all-stars, and I gave a short speech. The highlight of the night, however, was when Ricky Syers stepped onstage, and brought down the house by unveiling his latest masterpiece:

Security System

Security System

REMINDER: Book signing tonight at Union Square Barnes and Noble. 7 PM.

REMINDER: Book signing tonight at Union Square Barnes and Noble. 7 PM.

"Nobody wanted to come with me, so I came alone."

"Nobody wanted to come with me, so I came alone."