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“Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it is worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person’s face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It’s okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.”_Miranda July, The Shared Patio.
“You Told Me I Was Like The Dead Sea; You’ll Never Sink When You Are With Me.”
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RIGHT NOW I AM REAL IN LOVE W/:
-The Lumineers. Srsly tho, get this album. It’s only $5 @ amazon @ the mo.
-also, fishing.
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My short story collection; sixteen stories, 42k words. Seven of the stories have been published in other litmags. themes: everyone breaks everyone’s heart, Jesus, Kentucky, bourbon, kissing, classic rock, Neil Young, pickup trucks, summer nights, winters, rain, faith, marriage, fights and believing and forgiving, fireworks, leaving and coming back home, kitchens.
“Everything Was Gilmore Girls & Nothing Hurt.”
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this show. always & forever, this show.
& also i loved this: A highly scientific analysis of Dean vs. Jess Vs. Logan. (i choose jess and i’ll always choose jess b/c i lovelove jess.)
& there’s one for Felicity too. (i choose ben but tbqh, sometimes i choose noel too.)
& COFFEE @ LUKE’S IS REALLY GOOD TOO.
& no worries. whenever i’m feeling chatty i’ll write my own versions, plz beleev.
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+ Notes From Elsewhere: A Word Riot Roundup. (Yaay I’m in this one!) And many thanks to Sara Habein and Word Riot for putting that together. It’s awesome and I love seeing what errybody is up to!
+ After testing out a couple, rn NIKERUNNING is my favorite in terms of walking/running/jogging apps that track my routes and workouts and distances and calories burned keep them all in one place for me. It’s the prettiest one I’ve used and I like the peptalks that pop up after each mile and @ the end. I need a new pair of shoes and I love the New Balance Minimus so I think I’m gonna start there. I love the orange. And the crazy lightning-bug yellow ones too. I’m not real big on running. I’ve always been an awful runner and it just doesn’t feel good to my body. I’ve tried a lot…to start a running program and I’ve done the whole couch to 5k thing and I’m still over it. HOWEVER. I love walks and walking miles and miles everyday and hikes and jogging sometimes. But then I figured out that I basically walk as fast as I jog so y’know. Walking/hiking and yoga are my favorite workouts and the Kentucky weather has been so God-is-so-good beautiful lately, I’ve been able to get out pretty much everysingleday for about a month and I love it. We have a super-nice treadmill downstairs complete w/iPod hookup thingy and speakers and I’m so thankful it’s there to use when the weather is awful but nothing beats getting outside, so I side-eye the treadmill when it’s nice out, I do.
+ Wrote a lot this week, revised a lot, submitted a lot, got plenty of rejections so I gave myself the day —> weekend off. Goodstuff.
+ Also, Curtis Granderson is suddenly one of my favorite-favorite baseball players. THE GRANDYMAN CAN!
