we've got semester finals, starting next tuesday, but i'm gonna go ahead and start my winter break after school today. sure, i'll be at school next week, and grading stuff, but in my head, i'm am on break.

np-bonnie "prince" billy the letting go

in my brain right now, i am feeling righteous as fuck. i gotta hold onto these fleeting moments

np-spielbergs this is not the end

our culinary class made latkes and they ruled.

np-moaning uneasy laughter

i just realized i had a bunch of digital albums on bandcamp b/c i bought the physical stuff from them. believe me when i respectfully say, holyfuckyeah!

np-ted leo and the pharmacists shake the sheets demos

np-waxahatchee ivy tripp

np-the soft boys a can of bees

np-the beatles the beatles

np-boogie down productions by all means necessary

np-interpol antics

np-sebadoh harmacy

np-the smashing pumpkins siamese dream

i finally listened to the new shudder to think songs and yup, i love ‘em.

np-sonic youth rather ripped

i love when the youtube algo feeds me eric andre clips, and WKUK clips. some days i feel so understood.

np-neutral milk hotel in the aeroplane over the sea

np-robert pollard moon

np-buzzcocks singles going steady

story checks out

i love in drown by the SP when the guitar kicks in and corgan sounds like he’s on the verge of tears screaming “is it something someone said?”

2026 gaming goals in no particular order.

last week, i met my gamer goal for the year. playing and finishing 20 games seemed really silly, and it was rewarding af. i think about firewatch a lot and it may end up becoming a once a year play.

np-hum you’d prefer an astronaut

np-pavement slanted & enchanted

np-tropical fuck storm fairyland codex

np-ted leo and the pharmacists shake the sheets: the demos 2003-2004

np-tom petty wildflowers

it has taken me 16 months of sobriety but i finally wrapped up my drunkard backlog of shame. games i was too much of a mess to play consistently and finish. lots of restarts the last few years.

np run-d.m.c. raising hell

i’m watching the clinton, bush, perot debate and JFC, debates give me so much anxiety. this f’n thing happened 33yrs ago.

np-built to spill keep it like a secret

i totes splurged on the xbox flack briday sale. i picked up borderlands 4, ghost recon wildlands, and dead island. 65 buckaroonies. major purchases going down here.

marcus leid by barbara manning is legit one of my all-time fave songs and it brings me to tears every time i hear it. i’m in a good ass mood kids.

np-constantines shine a light

i used to work with a group of teachers who would beg to write college letters of rec for students and then would bitch and moan about it. i get asked, maybe once a year, to write one, and damn it gives me such anxiety because i reread it over and over to make sure that it does the kid service.

np-boston spaceships let it beard

i’m showing the war room to my econ/gov class and ya know, a blazer and jeans sucked in 1992, as it does in 2025.

I feel like crying but I know it won't do a fucking thing for me. Feeling hopeless at the moment. I'm also just venting into the void so I don't take it out on anyone.

I may have just hit my final breaking point as a teacher. The next few minutes are gonna be tough.

np-low the great destroyer

np-pernice brothers the world won’t end

here’s a hot ass take…the first 4 songs that open cypress hill’s black sunday…not sure that stretch can be touched.

i don’t even like football but that is not gonna stop me from sitting on the couch, eating cashews, and looking up every nfl draft from 1985 to 2005.

i don’t have high hopes for a good xbox store BF sale but i created a wishlist just in case. gotta be prepared. just in case.

np-wilco star wars

np-john lennon imagine

np-beach bunny emotional creature