Every Time I Feel So Humiliated That I Consider Quitting My Job And Moving To Another State, I Remember

every time i feel so humiliated that i consider quitting my job and moving to another state, i remember that hank green has a story so embarrassing that john won’t let him tell it, and then i feel a little better.

Can we talk about how brutal it was to watch Pen burning her life's work then cut to Colin working on his manuscript? Penelope was ready to give up EVERYTHING--her autonomy, her voice--for Colin. UNTIL she realized that this is about more than just her... it's also about power. It's about the women who gave up everything for a husband. Like Portia said... men have dreams, women have husbands.

(Of course the story of the season is that their dreams are incomplete without one another, I just couldn't help but think about how Colin just doesn't yet know how much LW actually means to Pen and to the women of the Ton.)

FRIENDS 5.17 “The One with Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss"

I'm as surprised as anyone, but

I think I like AJR? (This is only strange because I tend to listen to sad folk music here in my saccharine old age.) But every so often, I get a hankering for the overwhelmingly optimistic chord progressions, the crystal-clear accent-free vocals, the pure nostalgia, the electronic melodies. The brass. The strings. And, yes, apparently also the lyrics. Because today, this verse hit me in such a specific way.

And it surprised me. AJR's lyrics don't always resonate with me, but I have been feeling Some Type of Way lately, and this lyric isn't even specifically about that feeling! I think what caught my interest here is the idea of becoming the stick or the stone, the instrument of hurting someone else, in order to stop feeling the hurt. As if to say, "if I could be that cavalier about the very idea of pain, maybe I wouldn't notice my own."

Also, I keep getting footage of their concerts on my socials, and it's kind of mesmerizing? There's a giant dude? One them runs through the venue from the crowd? One of them (Jack?) keeps stealing shit from the audience? There used to be stage diving? I have heard critiques of AJR that say their lyrics lack originality, and IF that's true, then I know where all the originality went....... (it's in the shows????)

ALSO, the break on Bummerland where the instruments morph into one another fucks in such a real way.

ANYWAY I think I like AJR now? Stay tuned.

Holy shit he annexed Jogya - photocredits to my sibling in Indonesia

“because reasons” good point, please continue.