tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1995730130732851845..comments2024-03-29T01:38:51.887-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Out and About in the East VillageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29439057451787160752016-06-30T16:11:38.224-04:002016-06-30T16:11:38.224-04:00"I left the city for maybe four months at a t..."I left the city for maybe four months at a time each semester" ...meaning, I went away from the city for that time while I was attending school.<br /><br />Turning 22 soon, have been out of school for about a year and a half. As for the 'kid' thing, I don't really care, people will call me whatever they want. I see 'kid' as being a term of endearment or just something you'd call someone younger than yourself..<br /><br />About growing up here and "turning out fine," I mean that we don't need an entirely family friendly, sterile, clean, wholesome, censored environment to thrive in. The city shouldn't cater to people that can only exist in such an environment-- Times Square or the suburbs, for example.. ya know?Time Warphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886125307940634875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56844613805320650522016-06-30T12:17:49.459-04:002016-06-30T12:17:49.459-04:00I'm guessing she meant she's off from scho...I'm guessing she meant she's off from school for about four months between the spring and fall semesters (early-mid May through early September.)<br /><br />Not knocking her but she's not a kid, she's an early-mid twentysomething assuming she graduated highschool at 18, stopped going to college at 20-21, and has been out of college a few years. When I graduated highschool literally three weeks before my 18th birthday, my "kid" status was over.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37364775445214973222016-06-30T00:23:38.430-04:002016-06-30T00:23:38.430-04:00Love the Peter Missing logo necklace she has from ...Love the Peter Missing logo necklace she has from the 80's! Keep doing your thing Colette! Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395915435209482109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58266233804416208892016-06-30T00:11:16.910-04:002016-06-30T00:11:16.910-04:00Nice attitude, great kind. But just out of curiosi...Nice attitude, great kind. But just out of curiosity: How can you leave school "for four months every semester"? Don't semesters each last about four months apiece? But math was never my strong point...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69811452108117665992016-06-29T18:38:57.017-04:002016-06-29T18:38:57.017-04:00LOL, I see Colette buried the lede about being Sha...LOL, I see Colette buried the lede about being Shadow offspring -- she will make a fine journalist. ;) <br /><br />Seriously though -- nepotism in mainstream media is a huge problem, but you can't argue with the kid of an anarchist publisher wanting to keep the flame lit. That's boss. I love The Shadow, I pick it up whenever I am at East Village Books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6780388507900558432016-06-29T15:43:58.810-04:002016-06-29T15:43:58.810-04:00I like the attitude and even some of the goals of ...I like the attitude and even some of the goals of this person. Anger can be a very good thing. BUT, she says that "children grew up here (during the 70's 80's and 90's) and turned out fine." But that's only true for some kids. I grew up here, too. I was mugged twice and shot at once, with appropriate wounds, limp and scares to show for it. I only had one friend who died from an overdose, but I knew of several others for whom drugs and gang violence ended their lives before they could become cool East Village folks. <br />Safety and freedom from violence is something we all ought to be seeking and like it or not, there are bad and crazy bad folks living in the EV because we (lower middle class and up) either tolerate or ignore or glamorous or feel nostalgic for them and the old days of the EV.<br />We can have the arts and diversity and unique ideas and thoughts, etc etc etc, but, in my opinion, we have to keep reminding ourselves that the old days were laden with fearful moms and scared kids, like me, who only want to walk though our glorious streets without wondering if we will get home alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28503727059423958082016-06-29T15:16:51.069-04:002016-06-29T15:16:51.069-04:00I admire this kid's initiative and positive sp...I admire this kid's initiative and positive spirit, but sorry to say I gave up. On the city. The forces that are shaping it now are too strong, and it is not a fight I need or even want to fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-50953114891111804682016-06-29T11:18:19.192-04:002016-06-29T11:18:19.192-04:00"You don’t have to be born here to become a N..."You don’t have to be born here to become a New Yorker but you have to be part of the community."<br /><br />BRAVO!!!!!IzFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-11398036164364477062016-06-29T11:14:50.247-04:002016-06-29T11:14:50.247-04:00What a great interview! I will check out the zine....What a great interview! I will check out the zine. It is inspiring to know young people like this still live in and love our neighborhood!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com