Joel Ryan Lee

Writer. Born in Malaysia. Based in NYC. Harvard MPP. On Instagram usually — @joelfootsteps

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Still inspired from meeting @minjinlee11 at #penworldvoices yesterday. It’s rare to meet someone honest about how she’s “eaten so much fucking humble pie” after quitting her $83k/year lawyer job to write her first novel. It took her 11 years to publish it. I’m on year 3.

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Thanks @taylorswift13 for spending 11,116 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to coney island (feat. The National). #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/yDAB9XaAnW

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Let the record show that I was alive in this era for this

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES.

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

10 out of 10 of the Hot 100??? On my 10th album??? I AM IN SHAMBLES.

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

I named them all, personified each plant
They soon grew tall, an ascending chant

To seek, not hide, I dreamed of change
Bye Upper West Side, it felt so strange!

Brooklyn, I'm back, I brought my oasis
I see the track, let's leave this stasis

(2/2) #poem #poetry #plants

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

On Columbus Avenue, by Central Park
Up high - what a view - I made my ark

Became a hermit, there was no vaccine
Lost joy's permit, I am no machine

Desperate for sanity, I began my garden
Was it vanity? My soul, don't you harden

(1/2) #poem #poetry #plants

[NYSE 🏛 @NYSE]

The NYSE welcomes @ghcorps to ring The Closing Bell 🔔 https://t.co/SGikZC3Okg

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One day people will be jealous of the fact that we overlapped lifespans with such a special, incomparable person, Taylor Swift. https://t.co/jjbbM4bjfF

[New York University @nyuniversity]

"I know it can be really overwhelming figuring out who to be, and when. Who you are now and how to act in order to get where you want to go. I have some good news: it’s totally up to you. I also have some terrifying news: it’s totally up to you." - @taylorswift13

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Be a cheerful pessimist. Things are likely to go wrong anyway, might as well have a marg while you’re at it🍹

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Patiently waiting for 1989 (Taylor's Version) to drop anytime now. Wildest Dreams or Style probably has a sister song hiding somewhere in the vault and I'm ready to stan🤩

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Thoroughly impressed and inspired.

[NPR @NPR]

The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott says she has donated more than $4 billion in the last 4 months to organizations that fulfill basic needs for those struggling during the pandemic and to others targeting systemic inequities.
https://t.co/wK1CwlkLNz

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

This is not a drill. I repeat, not a drill.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Five months after the surprise arrival of “Folklore,” an album written and recorded in quarantine, Taylor Swift is doing it again: “Evermore,” her ninth studio album, will be released on Friday. https://t.co/qcnN4ZVTXC

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Little Otto in his @taylorswift13 cardigan. Vintage tee, brand new bone 🎵

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

“Plenty of surprises in store” — can’t wait

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

Been getting a lot of questions about the recent sale of my old masters. I hope this clears things up.

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

Little Otto still doesn’t know why the clock shifted two weeks ago #daylightsavingtime

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A life-changing experience 🙌🏼

[Joel Ryan Lee @joelryanlee]

NYC’s rat problem 😂

[MTA @MTA]

Thank you for wearing a mask.

[Words @wordstionary]

Halloween: 👻🎃 9 Days
Bonfire Night: 🔥💥 16 Days
Thanksgiving:🍗🍴 38 days
Christmas: 🎅🎁 64 Days
New Years:🍷🎉 71 Days