A couple of pictures from a couple of days.
Break-Ups, Sentimentality and Handling Your Shit Or, Insert Drake Quote Here.
Surviving bullshit without turning into Drake (Oh, you only love your bed and your mama, Drake? That’s ‘cause Rihanna won’t call you back), lessons learned from 90s movies and a really great essay by the ex-wife of a Black Key.
Currently: 07.05.19
Dry shampoo, Moulin Rouge on Broadway, Euphoria, Indo-Chinese fried cauliflower, Dolly Parton and the cutest goddamn gif of my dog.
The Girls On Instagram Don't Look Like The Girls On Instagram
On self-esteem, being constantly bombarded with impossibly high beauty standards and loving yourself in a post-Kardashian world.
Your Body Isn't A Temple; It's An Amusement Park
Your body might not be a temple. It might be an amusement park but if you eat this, you’re basically declaring that your body is the Iowa State Fair.
Living With A Chronic Illness
On living with RA, spoons and a self-care ideology which we should apply to every aspect of our lives - WWJVND?
(Yes, I’ve tried turmeric - hi - Indian. I’ve been eating turmeric since before I grew teeth - and no, I don’t want to try your essential oils.)
Our Little Lives Are Rounded With Sleep
We could all use a little more sleep but I’m not willing to spend $60 a year to facilitate that.
Thirty-Six - The Year I Finally Become An Adult.
Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up.
And yes, I just quoted The Ataris which proves to you just how old I actually am.
The Notebook. No. Not the Ryan Gosling one.
It will surprise exactly no-one to hear I wasn’t cool in high school.
But I was smart enough to meet people who I love fiercely to this day.
Congratulations, Gabs. I love you so goddamn hard and I couldn’t be more honored to be your Maid of Honor.
Put Me On A Plane/Fly Me To Anywhere
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that’s enlightenment enough – to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go - Anthony Bourdain.
Fyre Festival, Influencers and Other Assorted Bullshit
Don’t believe anything on the internet.
We're Getting Married: Finding The Venue
Put your feet in the right place and stand firm….or, where the hell are we gonna put all of these hungry people and hey, can someone check to see if they allow elephants…?
We're Getting Married!
We’re getting married, we’re planning a cross-cultural wedding and we’re probably gonna need a drink.
My Thanksgiving is Perpetual - Thoreau
The end of Halloween does not mean the beginning of Christmas - a plea from the Thanksgiving People.
Self Care That Is Less Marketing Bullshit And More Actually Applicable To My Life
Self care is more than just overpriced face masks and artfully composed photographs of warm beverages.
It's a tough world out there. Be kind to yourself.
Babies - God Damn It, You've Got To Be Kind
Kurt Vonnegut was right (he’s not often wrong): “There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Currently - 8.29.18
Nick Kroll’s new Netflix show, eggs, the changing face of rural America’s main streets and New Orleans.
Who I Used To Be Versus Who I Am Now
Life in my thirties is exponentially better than life in my twenties.
Once More With Feeling: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot
Into every generation, a Slayer is born and it’s high time this generation had someone to fight off demons, vampires, misogynists and other assorted forces of darkness.
Football's Coming Home
It’s coming home.