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I realized today that I was feeling that sort of anxiety that I often think of (and sometimes call out loud) as itchy . And the weird direction it took me was “hey I should go see what omg.lol is up to,” and that turned into “I think I need to write a blog post.” This never happens, so here we are. I’m moving back to Portland in less than a week. The apartment I got is giving me all sorts of…
Dear Readers, It has been a time. I got to go the final XOXO. It felt like a found family reunion – for me, and for many folks who had attended before this year. I got to see Open Mike Eagle sing “Birdhouse in Your Soul (<–video link) at our very own karaoke. I saw both Never Post and Annie from Depths of Wikipedia bring the house down during a glorious night of performances. And I did that after…
Around August of 2019, I realized I had used my 39th and 40th years to run up an unmanageable amount of credit card debt. Again. You see, the last time I did this, I ended up in a debt management plan through credit counseling that I paid off…I believe when I was 30? Those late 20s were some lean years, with very cheap rent but also piecing together multiple temp or other jobs together to pay the…
It’s truly a long time coming , but I’m writing again! How ‘bout that? (This post started in a paper journal and here is where I wrote, “Maybe this is a blog post?”) If this is a blog post, I’d have to say: Moving meant that I don’t get to just walk down the street and write at my favorite brewpub anymore. Bummer. But also, life came at me fast with this move, and maybe I’m finally settled? I’ve…
Sometimes all it takes is pausing Queer Eye , putting on James Brooks 1 :, and thinking, hey, I should take out that experimental notebook that I’ve been around playing in. 21 august 2018! Recently I wrote in my day-to-day journal the following phrase/question: How can I narrow down the ways I use my ENERGY? It’s on my mind lately. I don’t know if it’s turning 40 or sharing so much of my time with…
I’m pretty much off the idea of New Year’s resolutions; giant changes + not much thought to what you’ll need to shift due to what you are trying to change + trying to do too many things at once = recipe for disaster. Still, I love the opportunity for reflection and change afforded by the jobs I’ve had that have given me time off during the holidays. The past few years I’ve picked a few things to…
I just got home from seeing the Jawbreaker documentary , and first off, it was incredible. I mean, music movies are my jam, the same way some folks like Lifetime movies or all the albums Jade Tree put out in the late 90’s. Know me long enough and I’ll try to make you watch the Last Waltz , or Fear of a Black Hat , or Meeting People is Easy . But an interesting thing about this movie is that it…
I mention my mom a lot as far as my source of music. Not necessarily the things I listen to – though I long ago made peace with loving Chicago and “ Rock Steady ,” to name a few – but the sort of obsessive, HOLY SHIT IT IS THIS SONG TIME TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT side of it. I can remember days in our (stupidly hot) Chevy Van, windows open, mom listening to the AM oldies station 1 ( AGAIIIN , MOM?)…
What I’ve been doing; or, what if you start a project and it kinda takes off but doesn’t; or, what if it seems like you abandoned your own thing; or, integrating new practices; or, Day 36 to Day 64 For the first 5 weeks or so of 2017, I committed a whole lot to my # 100DaysOfHealthing repo . The project buzzed around my head, I set up my work computer to launch Git Bash every day when I logged in,…
10 Fun Facts about Utah! It was founded by the Utes, a gang of kids that lived in Joe Pesci’s neighborhood. Morton Salt has their headquarters there, and the rebranding of a toxic salt spill to be a Great Salt Lake is studied in marketing programs around the world. The Mountain Time Zone was named after Big Mountain Jones, a local goldsmith in the 1800s. The NBA’s Utah Jazz are named the Jazz…