For The Sinners (and Maybe The Saints)

Most songs that are supposed to make me happy instead make me sad and dark. The darkness in Florida swallows the light. It’s an eerie silence.

Of course

So I order the new #TS (Explicit version) CD off Target since I can’t find it at Walmart and Amazon refused to let me download it. I usually buy the edited version of albums because I already cuss too much -- and wouldn’t you know it; as soon as I looked it up this morning, I find it at Walmart for less and edited. Live and learn, I guess. It can’t be that dirty, can it?

Was it always this complicated?

... [o]r am I only just now noticing?

Greetings and salutations

Good old-fashioned letters and greeting cards were keeping me company during the quarantine, pero ahora dije me que no puedo to send them because they might have coronavirus. So I just sit in the den and try to hold my breath. I refuse to give up my dark sense of humor, lest I become a dreaded Heather!

Can’t sleep

I’m watching country music videos in the middle of the night.

RIP, DJ Avicii

Avicii dead at 28. Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/obituaries/avicii-dead.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur One of his best videos: https://youtu.be/IcrbM1l_BoI

Sneak preview

Adam was right. Women are the devil! Here’s something for free. https://soundcloud.com/djmax-29/the-short-one-for-the-pairs

Taylor Swift and the Trap of Needing To Be Liked

Swift's constant search for approval is a product of our internalized misogyny, but in 'Miss Americana,' she lets that go. We need to do the same.

This is my favorite of the #MissAmericana reviews, although I think the headline is a bit off. (Loved the doc, BTW. I subscribed to Netflix just to watch it.)

Battling the nausea

Man may not be able to eat on bread alone, but when you’re battling nausea from cancer, getting down a roll is an accomplishment.

Meanwhile, I realized that I released an early version of Book 2 in my book series, so I’m retooling and renaming Book 3 to bring the two together. And then I might take a nap. When you have a headache, you don’t really want to read and there’s only so much TV I can watch before I ...