la belle et le desk job

"The hardest period in life is one’s 20s. It’s a shame because you’re your most gorgeous and you’re physically in peak condition, but it’s actually when you’re most insecure and full of self-doubt. When you don’t know what’s going to happen, it’s frightening."
-Helen Mirren

//

It all started innocently enough. Wall Street was Everest. Internships. 1st job. Sleepless nights, weeks, months... Then with years in the rearview mirror, it was time to step away and figure out exactly how far this breathless trek had taken me. Now this belle has made the leap into fashion. Here goes nothing!
textbook: just shot this on our rooftop, we live several blocks north of ground zero.  every year when these beams go up it takes me straight back to 2001.  i was sitting in my ap u.s. history class and was only a junior in high school…never forget. I remember, I was in my h.s. junior year advanced english class and first thought that it was some sort of demented free-writing prompt. 

textbook:

just shot this on our rooftop, we live several blocks north of ground zero.  every year when these beams go up it takes me straight back to 2001.  i was sitting in my ap u.s. history class and was only a junior in high school…never forget.

I remember, I was in my h.s. junior year advanced english class and first thought that it was some sort of demented free-writing prompt. 

Photo
  1. timetojack reblogged this from textbook
  2. california-expat reblogged this from nickelcobalt
  3. dancing-inthestreet reblogged this from archofroses
  4. thatssowoolard reblogged this from textbook and added:
    Hard to believe it’s been 9 years. Strangely enough I was in AP US History also when someone from the office came in to...
  5. liesaboutthetime reblogged this from 212girls1cup
  6. ilove1datriangle reblogged this from textbook
  7. readytolive11 reblogged this from nickelcobalt
  8. thebeautiful-thedamned reblogged this from nickelcobalt and added:
    2nd grade, my friend told me after school that day around 3 PM. even though my mom worked in midtown, i was scared to...
  9. kza reblogged this from nickelcobalt
  10. -xbox-live reblogged this from godofdookie
  11. godofdookie reblogged this from nickelcobalt
  12. graceyu said: i felt everything you felt, even though i was a new-york born 7th grader living in atlanta at the time. i still feel very vulnerable on september 11.
  13. scumbody reblogged this from nickelcobalt and added:
    third grade. my teacher’s daughter was interning at the pentagon and she started freaking out and no one would explain...
  14. groovewithit reblogged this from nickelcobalt and added:
    Always remember.
  15. heyyouitsme reblogged this from nickelcobalt and added:
    my friend is going to new jersey, she says she just can’t be in the city that day.
  16. nickelcobalt reblogged this from textbook and added:
    middle school. gym. they wouldn’t tell us what happened, they took a couple of kids out of class and we found out later...
  17. beautyandthedeskjob reblogged this from textbook and added:
    I remember, I was in my h.s. junior year advanced english class and first thought that it was some sort of demented...
  18. justinvirgil reblogged this from textbook
Single A Theme :: Version 1.3.2 :: By Storyware