Hello Future

 

EXHIBIT 1

"Looks like we made it." Barry Manilow

I HIT 12 BLOG POSTS FOR 2024!!!

I don't have the illustrious blogging history of Yongfook or Manolo or Mimi Smartypants, but I go back a little ways. I was looking back at my archives and around this time 20 years ago, Maud Newton picked up one of my posts talking about my love of 80s music and it gave me the opportunity to take a wistful, teary-eyed stroll down memory lane and marvel at that young(ish), bright-eyed, tender-hearted creative wri

JUST KIDDING I SPENT THREE HOURS IN FULL CRINGE

But penning 4 whole posts in December did light a bit of a fire (oof, bad timing), and since a bit of my real life work persona requires writing, it was a little like discovering a new yoga stretch. I am a bit embarrassed to confess that when I was a daily blogger, I didn't not make an effort to approach it as a craft (LITOTES) and tried and tried and tried (POLYSYNDETON). 

(I also lived in constant fear that real life people would discover my secret blog identity. And yet, that didn't stop me from constantly posting photos.)

EXHIBIT 2

But I've also had friends who are no longer with us, and occasionally visit their blogs and UGH it's heartbreaking but also if those records weren't still around I'd be sad, sad, sad. (EPIZEUXIS?)

So for the time being, I think I'll keep this up. 

Last night, we went skiing/snowboarding and although my body is battered, my spirit is fried.

Hello, 2025. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.