Dear John

Currently listening to this song while anticipating rainfall later tonight.

Happy Friday everyone.

book

I was recently gifted this book by a dear friend and I'm too afraid to start it.
Why? Because I dread finishing it and ending the potentially wonderfully hilarious literary journey.
I'm too excited to start it that I never want to.

Lullaby

I like to listen to the soothing, raspy voice of Alec Baldwin before climbing into bed.
You can hear him here; I especially love the Brian Williams and Kristen Wiig episodes.

Good night world.

the PennySaver

It Chooses You by Miranda July is exactly the kind of thing I would have enjoyed doing over the summer and something I wish I'd thought of doing earlier. Reading this has reaffirmed my penchant for collecting stories and interviewing people and has made me determined to undertake a project like this in the near future.
Here is one of my favorite passages from the book:
"It was a relief, meeting someone whom I had anything at all in common with. Michael and Primila and Pauline had exhausted me with their openness and their quaint inefficiency, but Raymond and I were the same generation; we both knew how to click on things, we both had a version of our name with @ in it. But the moment I got back in my car I knew I would never see him again, ever. It suddenly seemed obvious to me that the whole world, and especially Los Angeles, was designed to protect me from these people I was meeting. There was no law against knowing them, but it wouldn't happen. LA isn't a walking city, or a subway city, so if someone isn't in my house or my car we'll never be together, not even for a moment. And just to be absolutely sure of that, when I leave my car my iPhone escorts me, letting everyone else in the post office know that I'm not really with them, I'm with my own people, who are so hilarious that I can't help smiling to myself as I text them back."

wake me up

Pumped Up Kicks

Ever wondered about those sneakers hanging on telephone wires?

Here's your answer.

I feel old but not very wise

"I'm going to read what I want ..

The Education has made me a fan of Carey Mulligan, whom I never knew much about to begin with. If I could choose any decade to go back in time to, it would be the 50's and this movie especially epitomizes the feminine silhouettes, pastel tones, and classic glamour that I adore about this era. 

Currently...
listening to: Beth Rowley's "You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger"
coveting: a heart locket and some paisley wallpaper
wishing for: a French conversation teacher and a real The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe autographed by C.S Lewis

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