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For the first time, I’m starting to realize that maybe I’m in the wrong place with the wrong people. Maybe everything feels wrong because this is not the right direction, this is not the right road.

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I come from an area where all the local kids would go to Walmart for fun, because, well, that’s all there really was. Around here there is just SO MUCH TO DO and I want to do it all. Seems like a good problem to have, right? Wrong.

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The word misaphonia translates to “hatred of sound,” but it turns out that this hatred of all kinds of noises goes so much deeper than a simple translation.

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In a culture swarmed by electronic materialism, there is always some white noise in the background; it is never actually peacefully quiet anymore unless you go out of your way to find it.

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The kid-noise came in waves. Loudest were the babies, of which there were three. One would cry and shriek and the other two would join in like clockwork.

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There tend to be a lot of misconceptions surrounding what life is like in any major city – especially, New York. Here are a few of the negatives and why they’re really not so bad, after all.

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You have to cut out the noise of self-doubt. The first person that you have to convince that you are capable of what you deserve, and what you want, is yourself.

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This is noise.

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Last night, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the celebrated post-rock band from Montreal, Quebec, played to a sold-out crowd in Detroit. This was the last American date of their reunion tour. I was lucky enough to be a part of the experience and learned a couple things along the way.