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i was in new york for like a week and
i
was
in
new
york
for
like
a
week
and
then i went back to la
then
i
went
back
to
la
and then i lasted in l.a for probably
and
then
i
lasted
in
la
for
probably
four days
four
days
and then i just couldn't do it anymore
and
then
i
just
couldn't
do
it
anymore
and would you look at that i'm back in
and
would
you
look
at
that
i'm
back
in
new york
new
york
not even a week later
not
even
a
week
later
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i just can't stay away
i
just
can't
stay
away
i love it here i feel like i live here
i
love
it
here
i
feel
like
i
live
here
i've been in new york more days
i've
been
in
new
york
more
days
this month than i've been in la and i
this
month
than
i've
been
in
la
and
i
love it so this morning i got into new
love
it
so
this
morning
i
got
into
new
york at 6 a.m and i immediately went to
york
at
6
am
and
i
immediately
went
to
my airbnb because i had this whole
my
airbnb
because
i
had
this
whole
concept where i wanted to rent an airbnb
concept
where
i
wanted
to
rent
an
airbnb
i wanted to rent an apartment in new
i
wanted
to
rent
an
apartment
in
new
york because i wanted to really
york
because
i
wanted
to
really
experience
experience
what it's like being a new york local
what
it's
like
being
a
new
york
local
you know i wanted to go grocery shopping
you
know
i
wanted
to
go
grocery
shopping
live in a traditional apartment i wanted
live
in
a
traditional
apartment
i
wanted
to really experience new york as new
to
really
experience
new
york
as
new
york rather than
york
rather
than
experiencing new york through the lens
experiencing
new
york
through
the
lens
of a hotel room because it's just not
of
a
hotel
room
because
it's
just
not
the same like the fact that i can call
the
same
like
the
fact
that
i
can
call
the
the
front desk at any time and say hey can i
front
desk
at
any
time
and
say
hey
can
i
have a glass of water like that's not
have
a
glass
of
water
like
that's
not
good okay so i was like you know what
good
okay
so
i
was
like
you
know
what
i'm gonna book an airbnb
i'm
gonna
book
an
airbnb
and i'm going to stay in a real new york
and
i'm
going
to
stay
in
a
real
new
york
apartment for a week
apartment
for
a
week
test it out see how it feels
test
it
out
see
how
it
feels
who knows anyway get to the airbnb this
who
knows
anyway
get
to
the
airbnb
this
morning there's all these instructions
morning
there's
all
these
instructions
on how to open the gate and then how to
on
how
to
open
the
gate
and
then
how
to
open the front door and
open
the
front
door
and
you know the whole thing all of it was
you
know
the
whole
thing
all
of
it
was
very complicated for some reason and
very
complicated
for
some
reason
and
took like 20 minutes
took
like
20
minutes
to figure out finally once i unlocked
to
figure
out
finally
once
i
unlocked
all the doors and i was inside the
all
the
doors
and
i
was
inside
the
apartment i realized that the apartment
apartment
i
realized
that
the
apartment
was not
was
not
what it was advertised online the
what
it
was
advertised
online
the
photographs versus the reality were so
photographs
versus
the
reality
were
so
incredibly different that i had to leave
incredibly
different
that
i
had
to
leave
unfortunately so
unfortunately
so
now i'm in a hotel
now
i'm
in
a
hotel
so they're like i
so
they're
like
i
listened i tried
listened
i
tried
to experience a real new york experience
to
experience
a
real
new
york
experience
if anybody wants to get mad at me and
if
anybody
wants
to
get
mad
at
me
and
say emma how do you know that you love
say
emma
how
do
you
know
that
you
love
new york how do you know that you want
new
york
how
do
you
know
that
you
want
to move to new york all you do is stay
to
move
to
new
york
all
you
do
is
stay
in hotels
in
hotels
nobody's ever said that to me by the way
nobody's
ever
said
that
to
me
by
the
way
for those imaginary people who are
for
those
imaginary
people
who
are
making that argument i did try and it
making
that
argument
i
did
try
and
it
didn't go as planned um and now i'm in a
didn't
go
as
planned
um
and
now
i'm
in
a
hotel
hotel
part of me feels like i'm weak you know
part
of
me
feels
like
i'm
weak
you
know
what i mean like am i just weak
what
i
mean
like
am
i
just
weak
am i just kind of a [Â __Â ]
am
i
just
kind
of
a
 __
i didn't take any photos of it i didn't
i
didn't
take
any
photos
of
it
i
didn't
document any part of that experience i
document
any
part
of
that
experience
i
was like i just want to get out of here
was
like
i
just
want
to
get
out
of
here
everybody wants to see a photo of what
everybody
wants
to
see
a
photo
of
what
it looks like my mom my dad i'm like no
it
looks
like
my
mom
my
dad
i'm
like
no
you guys i couldn't stay in there for
you
guys
i
couldn't
stay
in
there
for
more than
more
than
0.5 seconds i had to go the silver
05
seconds
i
had
to
go
the
silver
lining of the whole thing is that i
lining
of
the
whole
thing
is
that
i
decided to stay in a random hotel that
decided
to
stay
in
a
random
hotel
that
i've never stayed at before to my
i've
never
stayed
at
before
to
my
surprise it was right across the street
surprise
it
was
right
across
the
street
from a trader joe's
from
a
trader
joe's
i didn't really get anything that fun if
i
didn't
really
get
anything
that
fun
if
i'm being honest i got some overnight
i'm
being
honest
i
got
some
overnight
oats you know spicy hummus i got a bunch
oats
you
know
spicy
hummus
i
got
a
bunch
of blueberries because okay i've been
of
blueberries
because
okay
i've
been
really into strawberries recently
really
into
strawberries
recently
they've been in season and they've been
they've
been
in
season
and
they've
been
delicious but for whatever reason
delicious
but
for
whatever
reason
my strawberry face is morphing into a
my
strawberry
face
is
morphing
into
a
blueberry phase
blueberry
phase
so like now i'm really into blueberries
so
like
now
i'm
really
into
blueberries
and i bought
and
i
bought
three of these and i can guarantee that
three
of
these
and
i
can
guarantee
that
they will be gone by tomorrow i eat like
they
will
be
gone
by
tomorrow
i
eat
like
one of these every hour i i swear to god
one
of
these
every
hour
i
i
swear
to
god
whatever i got some raspberries
whatever
i
got
some
raspberries
carrot it nobody gives a [Â __Â ]
carrot
it
nobody
gives
a
 __
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so
so
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my idea of unwinding is
my
idea
of
unwinding
is
eating
eating
fruit in bed
fruit
in
bed
the weather in new york is so perfect
the
weather
in
new
york
is
so
perfect
right now it's like 73 degrees it's
right
now
it's
like
73
degrees
it's
perfect and that's not good for me
perfect
and
that's
not
good
for
me
because being in new york when it's 73
because
being
in
new
york
when
it's
73
degrees is so incredible that it makes
degrees
is
so
incredible
that
it
makes
me want to move here the problem is
me
want
to
move
here
the
problem
is
is that
is
that
it's giving me a false sense of reality
it's
giving
me
a
false
sense
of
reality
here because the wintertime is brutal
here
because
the
wintertime
is
brutal
here
here
but
but
right now
right
now
all i'm seeing and all i'm experiencing
all
i'm
seeing
and
all
i'm
experiencing
is new york when it's 73 degrees
is
new
york
when
it's
73
degrees
so it's hard for my brain to imagine it
so
it's
hard
for
my
brain
to
imagine
it
being winter time here i just need to
being
winter
time
here
i
just
need
to
remind myself constantly that this is
remind
myself
constantly
that
this
is
not how the weather is all year round
not
how
the
weather
is
all
year
round
ah
ah
this is my second box of blueberries of
this
is
my
second
box
of
blueberries
of
the day
the
day
that i've eaten
that
i've
eaten
they're hitting
they're
hitting
they're hitting right now i'm
they're
hitting
right
now
i'm
contemplating whether or not
contemplating
whether
or
not
i go out to dinner i'm not gonna lie i'm
i
go
out
to
dinner
i'm
not
gonna
lie
i'm
pretty exhausted the thought of going
pretty
exhausted
the
thought
of
going
out to dinner
out
to
dinner
i think i just ate a moldy one one of
i
think
i
just
ate
a
moldy
one
one
of
the blueberries just kind of tasted like
the
blueberries
just
kind
of
tasted
like
cheese just like a little bit i'm kind
cheese
just
like
a
little
bit
i'm
kind
of at a crossroads here like i have
of
at
a
crossroads
here
like
i
have
enough food in my room where i could
enough
food
in
my
room
where
i
could
in
in
theory make a full meal
theory
make
a
full
meal
like in my room i could in theory do
like
in
my
room
i
could
in
theory
do
that but it's gonna be a little bit
that
but
it's
gonna
be
a
little
bit
depressing like it's gonna consist of
depressing
like
it's
gonna
consist
of
weird [Â __Â ] it's not gonna be pretty or i
weird
 __Â
it's
not
gonna
be
pretty
or
i
could go and get dinner somewhere
could
go
and
get
dinner
somewhere
i'm just like weighing out
i'm
just
like
weighing
out
my priorities
my
priorities
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this is the truth like this is really
this
is
the
truth
like
this
is
really
what i do when i'm traveling
what
i
do
when
i'm
traveling
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i just like i i get really tired and i
i
just
like
i
i
get
really
tired
and
i
get too lazy to go out and figure out
get
too
lazy
to
go
out
and
figure
out
something to eat for dinner and so i
something
to
eat
for
dinner
and
so
i
just end up doing this
just
end
up
doing
this
and it's
and
it's
i enjoy it like listen i have so many
i
enjoy
it
like
listen
i
have
so
many
fun options i can have like a protein
fun
options
i
can
have
like
a
protein
bar
bar
i have some hummus you know i have my
i
have
some
hummus
you
know
i
have
my
eggs what else i could have a clip oh i
eggs
what
else
i
could
have
a
clip
oh
i
just got ow ow why is my toe cramping
just
got
ow
ow
why
is
my
toe
cramping
look at it do you see it it's cramping
look
at
it
do
you
see
it
it's
cramping
do you see it
do
you
see
it
ow why does my toe why i have some
ow
why
does
my
toe
why
i
have
some
potato chips that could be fun chocolate
potato
chips
that
could
be
fun
chocolate
could be fun like i have options hummus
could
be
fun
like
i
have
options
hummus
on eggs
on
eggs
is so good like i don't care i don't
is
so
good
like
i
don't
care
i
don't
care
care
nothing like a home-cooked meal get my
nothing
like
a
home-cooked
meal
get
my
veggies in
veggies
in
with a little baby carrot
with
a
little
baby
carrot
and hummus vibe
and
hummus
vibe
i'm getting a little creative
i'm
getting
a
little
creative
it tastes a little bit disgusting
it
tastes
a
little
bit
disgusting
because these are pizza flavor um
because
these
are
pizza
flavor
um
and dipping pizza flavored crackers into
and
dipping
pizza
flavored
crackers
into
hummus is like
hummus
is
like
maybe not the best
maybe
not
the
best
i had a long day i've been through a lot
i
had
a
long
day
i've
been
through
a
lot
sometimes this is just what you have to
sometimes
this
is
just
what
you
have
to
do
do
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