how i learned to snap by kirk read. the first friend who formally came out to me asked me to read it with him. it fundamentally altered my understanding of a lot of things and broke my heart wide open.

killer piece. i came to ulta from sephora when i left DC for a smaller city. when a lot of retail is abandoning places like mobile, ulta invests in us. i can get all the stuff i had access to in DC, with the added bonus of sweet gen-Z kids who help me find foundation and hype me up when it works.

i have been a subscriber for ages now and it's worth every dime. if you like music, it's a REALLY great investment. the folks at stereogum care about music and the people who listen to it. they take readers seriously without being snide jerks about it.

got *yet another bloody CSAT survey* from delta today about them helping me cancel my travel. this is what i told them.

i love matt nathanson, but i am not sitting outside at orange beach in highest summer for him to open for the ghost of BNL and the perpetrators of one of my personal sonic war crimes. sigh.

lol at harbaugh teaching a bunch of 20 and 30somethings "for he's a jolly good fellow" in 20gotdang25.

one of my most controversial opinions is apparently that benson boone makes fun pop music.

i adore a tiny lil pocket sized running back, and kimani vidal is especially pocket sized.

vibe realignment endorsement: a hot cup of tea with an absolutely massive cube of jaggery in it

lol safety, lol rodgers it's so fun when bad things happen to bad people

[i get it, i don't begrudge anyone for it, and i don't have any answers, but i also added like 35 new mute words bc listening to unending primal screams is bad for my health]

the new med i am on lists "mild dizziness" as its side effect. i would not call it dizziness so much as just a general feeling of being slightly off. a teeny little bit fuzzy of brain, a teeny little bit sluggish. it's absolutely doing its job but it's hella uncomfortable and annoying.

sports without horrible bastards, for those looking for options right now.

booooo, no long kick consolation prize, big dude TD

i wish anyone associated with this concept had any taste in making graphics, but watching NFL today, it seems that it's time to tap the garish sign again.

like, is verstappen's dad everywhere this weekend bc his legal problems don't ban him from brazil or something?

told y'all. i was SOBBING. just a total crying mess.

cyndi lauper just made me sob, which is an axiomatic pavlovian A-B switch "true colors" = tara cries but also when she had the whole crowd put on their phone lights and said in that super-queens accent: "we're a community of light. remember that, in case it gets really dark." MY HEART

jim carrey walked out to induct soundgarden. i said to the beloved "lol i bet it's bc of that one SNL episode they did together." it was actually that. that's why. lol.

the outkast induction is a doctoral thesis on community and the southern black family (chosen and blood). plus it slaaaaaaaps.

[letterman is giving a beautiful, warm, poignant, and funny speech to induct warren zevon, and the audience is just not really getting it]

this salt n pepa induction performance slaps but is also a stark reminder of our mortality.

i have one thing for work to do tonight that my manager has to review tomorrow bc we both kinda got screwed by a situation that isn't anyone's fault. my new blood pressure pill has one side effect: mild dizziness as you get used to it. this is gonna be fun* research.

ok look, i'm just gonna be an old lady here: i would like us to dial back the genitalia references in situations like clothes shopping. i am sure these jeans are comfy but i do not want to know about balls like this.

"built like a refrigerator" remains a hilarious way to describe someone.

that was the most balletic move i have ever seen in football. that was incredible.

ok can we picture in picture the rest of the georgia game with a live feed of those bully puppies bc OMG OMG OMG

all i could think the whole time i was in that thing was "this is the worst rave ever." then i almost gave myself the giggles bc my brain ran away with that idea and i was imagining the most great value ibiza situation ever. why am i like this, lol.

sigh, it's MRI time. :|

what is this crazy interference with the sound on tulane-memphis?

tracking my dumb little blood pressure in my dumb little health app today's installment of "my body is betraying me" blows tbh [it's actually great to know, i'd had a few symptoms that i now know are related to high pressure and hopefully now that goes away, but i am a little bummed]

the spectrum is playing "ahead by a century," which they NEVER play. i love this so much.

there is a business opening at some point in the near future across the street from my house. my office faces them. i looked up and saw a weird pink blur. y'all. they were doing tiktok dances out front of the building. like, kicks and splits and stilted arm gestures. this is gonna be so weird.

post you from a different era [this is high in the running for my favorite pic of myself all time, it tickles me every time, how the hell was i a world weary infant lol]

by the way, if you're a siriusXM person in your 40s or above, or younger than that and into "the old stuff" (sigh), they're doing a 90s weekend and playing a ton more variety of 90s stuff than normal. it's really fun.

so a little while ago i noticed that my knees and ankles were swelling up, especially after exercise. it got weird enough that i booked a doctor appointment. turns out: my blood pressure through the damn roof since april. 😳 got a pill and a follow-up appointment. but glad i thought to check!

these interviews are so cool. you learn so much about people in little slice of life deals like this. but NYC friends: we have GOT to talk about the seltzer thing. do y'all need an intervention about the bubbly water?

this whole absolute farce of a non-government has been good for exactly one (1) thing: i don't have to go on that trip next week after all. was not looking forward to 4 days away from home right now and sitting through a training that i mostly wrote last year.

i heard someone outside my office leaving the coffee shop say something that literally stopped me in my tracks (complimentary) "too many fans of jesus, not enough STUDENTS of jesus." like i am going to sit with that for aWHILE.

i was thinking that i wanted to hear a certain song and first wave just played it. this happens a fair bit and i wish my summoning powers extended beyond "a song you like is now playing." this is the song, btw. romeo void rules. youtu.be/o1TT0yVTlRg?...

[nihilist leftists making snide 9/11 jokes disturbs me as much as fash weirdos using the towers to slur muslims, the politics of how people wield that day doesn't change that 3,000 regular people died at work that day including my friend, please find the piece of your soul that's missing]

there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins

that was a very fun hockey game. much better. more of this.

oh my lord lolololol

it's not just a sports thing. i grow more convinced every day that landry is trying to pull a new college with LSU. i stfg i need to find a cause of action to get my money back for my law degree.

i gotta be honest, the jay jones thing never hit with me because the fash say things way worse than that, with worse language, and *do* worse every day. like. ok? he sent bad texts? y'all murder innocent venezuelans in violation of international law and will never see heaven?

basketball post: who hit my bébé jaylin in the face?!? who gave my bébé a black eye and stitches?!?

WAIT WHAT HOLY HELL THAT RULES

ol gavin is here it's giving west wing rerun taped on an old recycled VHS tape like, he's not wrong, but god

this picture makes me cry happy tears. it's amazing.