Being There

by Jackson Couse

Category: Being There

Axis of Creepy

By Jan­u­ary 5, it was clear that an entire country’s worth of pass­words were in the process of being stolen right in the midst of the great­est polit­i­cal upheaval in two decades. Sul­li­van and his team decided they needed a country-level solu­tion — and fast.

Biggie Squalls, aka Snowtorious B.I.G.

15 to 30 inches fell on box­ing day, depend­ing on your bor­ough. The wind was 50 miles an hour, wet, and pushed the snow into every nook and cranny and into large squalls. All over the city, trucks and cars were abandoned.

Rihanna and Drake do New York City

Watch the first ten sec­onds of the video for Rihanna’s song “what’s my name?” (fea­tur­ing Drake), and you will see an expert bit of visual storytelling.

Charlie Rangel is still the king of Harlem

Charles B. Rangel was the king of Harlem, are rare type of politi­cian beyond reproach. Beloved by his con­stituents, he is a dec­o­rated war vet­eran who served as the Demo­c­ra­tic Rep­re­sen­ta­tive from Harlem for 20 straight terms. Despite loom­ing cor­rup­tion charges, he sailed to re-election with over 80 per­cent of the votes in the Novem­ber mid-term elec­tion. Yes­ter­day, the House voted to cen­sure Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Rangel.

Promised Land

New York City. I made it here. Well, almost. I made it to Queens.

On my fifth night I had a fever dream. I dreamt that I was at Lib­erty Island, at night, to see the Statue of Lib­erty. I climbed up on a chair to get a bet­ter pho­to­graph, the chair tipped, and I was plunged into the cold, dark water.

A Robin

As I was sit­ting in my back­yard, answer­ing email and enjoy­ing the sun, when a female robin swooped onto the lit­tle patch of grass in front of me. Every time she ate an ant she hopped closer. I sat com­pletely motion­less, fixed by her gaze.

The land of fruit and honeys

Miami is great. It is the most super­fi­cial, do-nothing city in the US, at least parts that I have vis­ited. It’s awe­some. There is absolutely noth­ing to care about in the least. All there is to do is sit on the sand and drink insanely large rum-based drinks. The city lives up to its Sodom rep­u­ta­tion, how­ever, watch­ing peo­ple have sex on the beach is way more bor­ing than you’d assume.