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Sometimes you just need to get away, and I feel like my body is just itching for a change of scenery, of new things. My tendency to just fall back into routine is so sensibly adult that it’s almost funny. Even with music, I tend to repeat things, albums, songs, until I get sick of it. This song is one of them. For a time I listened to this, and the rest of the Warm Bodies soundtrack constantly, on repeat. Then after a bit I couldn’t listen without shaking my head. But now I’m back to the loop. Been packing all night long to get ready for some funAnd you…

I have to admit how much I like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. I have written about the movie before, and I watched the sequel as soon as it came out. One of my favorite things about the movies are the soundtracks. They are great background music that will keep you engaged but not distracted. My second favorite from the first movie is Anna North’s Lovers. It actually reads like a breakup song but it’s just so catchy. I’m in the dark Show a little loving Shine a little light on me It’s a chill song, and honestly, it just brings me back to that scene and those…

I was talking to a couple of friends yesterday, about a lot of things, mostly how ridiculous I’ve been lately. And I have been ridiculous. I have let my mind wander too far, too much, and let my id take over for most of my decision making. But that is neither here and there, and you know what? Hearing myself say all these things OUT LOUD, well, just has made me realize how absurd I’ve been. I was both there feeling the release of talking things through with other people, and also seeing it as an outsider and shaking my head at how nuts I’ve been. After I got home,…

While January has read like the book of Revelation (this is what growing up Catholic gets you, scary bible references) and it seems like February is going to continue being difficult for all of us involved. I do think we have to make our own little moments of joy and/or quiet when we can. This weekend has been a great reset, to remember there is still quiet in a perpetually noisy world. While this may not be the prettiest view, and we had to plan the crap out of everything we did, I’m glad to have been part (maybe I planted the idea and everyone else ran with it? Who…

I really should stop drinking alcohol with caffeine, or maybe I should stop drinking altogether. Or maybe someone in this damn room should be awake with me, but really I may just be jealous that everyone is snoozing away. And no one is conscious! to listen to half alcohol/half caffeine thoughts in the middle of the night. But as always, I digress. I’ve been thinking about sincerity. How rare a commodity it is, that every now and then, you have to wonder how people really are, and who really is sincere. Because you see, I’m pretty bad at gauging sincerity. This is perhaps a major flaw in the work I’m…

Or at least I’m trying to. As the beginning of this year is unusual for me with all these things happening at work and with friends, I decided to use a 2020 caption on photos that I post on social media Yes I am that dorky and wait until you hear it the frigging thing. 525,600 minutes. This not original concept is from the musical Rent, which basically counts all the minutes in a year. It also, I believe, pertains to a measure of a year of love and all things good. I am going above and beyond my 2018 mantra of “More people, less food.” And start posting about…

Last weekend’s quiet in after a few weeks of ups and downs. I am grateful that I got to reset and have the first weekend of a new year, new decade with this view. I am grateful for friends who I got to go with. And I am grateful for the opportunity to meet new ones. There is a lot to be grateful for here. Sometimes I just have to remind myself of that. What are you grateful for this week?

I have always said it, to people that think I have my ship together, I am a mess. I am. I function, and I have been called highly functioning by professionals I’ve spoken to, but when it comes to my personal life, I AM A MESS. So when I heard this song at a friend’s SDE, I instantly connected to it. For me, it’s all about admitting you’re a mess and now taking their mess and making it yours. My understanding is that it’s all about accepting each other’s imperfections, and loving each other for it. And I guess, that’s what I hope for in the every day. My family…

Belief systems are hard. They’re so fragile, that a tiny crack can break the whole foundation, because they’re built on emotions, (I believe faith is an emotion), and when those emotions are hurt, it’s so easy to just give up on the whole thing. I mean, I was raised Catholic and I still go to mass because of my parents (I KNOW I’M 33, it’s the price of rent), but my belief system, is mostly that people are good because they want to be good, and religion can go awry really quickly, especially when money is involved. But I’m not here to talk about religion, because the universe knows that…