It’s Saturday and tonight there’s a big happening with old friends and their old bands. I’d planned to be there. But woke up feeling like it’s just too much. I’ve given myself permission to sit this one out. Another friend - also on the fence about going - told me “there’s no shame in staying home.” That would make for a great tattoo but I would have to leave the house in order to get that tattooed. By Spring I’ll feel more social again. After all the wicked icicles melt and the constant winter storm watches cease. For now I’m recharging at home.
Five Good Things in the dead of winter:
- This twitter account is too real: “compulsive self-analysis that leads nowhere is my jam.” Melissa Broder, the writer behind these tweets, regularly helps me laugh at myself and my angst.
- Science confirms: Dancing makes you happy. Maybe I need more dancing in my life. It’s been a while. I have such fond memories from high school and early adulthood, of the all ages Sunday Night Dance Party in First Avenue’s Main Room. Often I would see a hardcore/punk show in the Entry first and then dance my ass off after. It was great.
- Death metal music attracts sharks, documentary crew finds out. “The low, rumbling frequencies of death metal mimic the sounds of struggling fish”
- A good read. “How an X-Men writer inspired binge-worthy, character-driven TV from Buffy to Game of Thrones“
- I’ve admired this photographer for some time now and here’s a fun interview with her. Pixy Liao’s best photograph: eating a papaya off my boyfriend’s crotch
Bonus: This had already been on my mind, again, and reinforces the notion I’ve got some habits in need of curbing. Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain
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