tonight i am going to see New York, I Love You with one of my besties and loves, Meghan.

NYILY is part of a series of collective feature films conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy. this is the 2nd episode - 1st was Paris, Je T’Aime (which i highly recommend and will lend to you if you promise to give it back.) here is a blurb from their website:

“since the birth of movies, New York has long been cinema’s dream city - its teeming populance of one-of-a-kind characters, its stone-and-glass skyscrapers rocketing towards the heavens, its subterranean cultures and its rooftop love affairs all making for the perfect backdrop to all manner of action, comedy, drama and poetry. the city has been immortalized on screen in hundreds of different ways in thousands of movies. but now comes a fresh, diverse and unabashedly romantic window into the city, this time seen entirely through the eyes of love - love in all its varieties, from first love, tough love and momentary love, to love remembered, love denied, love yearned for, and love that lasts forever - from a collaboration of young impassioned filmmakers from around the world.”

i can’t wait to fall in love with New York all over again. sometimes i equate the city to an abusive boyfriend - it pushes and pushes and pushes until you say fuck, i don’t need this anymore. then all of a sudden you get that promotion, or you find that perfect apartment, or that cute guy finally calls you and.. before you know it, it’s six months later and you’re smiling again - giddy and feeling that all-too-familiar exhilaration of blind hope.

LCD Soundsystem, I love you, but your song brings me down. stop it!