i got dumped after a 4 month relationship and didn't get out of bed the first half of my junior year of high school. anyway he's hideous now. enjoy! Bomb the Music Industry!- I Don't Love You Anymore
Destiny's Child- Survivor
Ben Folds Five- Song for the Dumped
The Mountain Goats- Woke Up New
Real Estate- Wonder Years
The Helio Sequence- Lately
Los Campesinos!- My Year in Lists
Gary Clark Jr.- Ain't Messin' 'Round
Britney Spears- Stronger
Dr. Dog- The Rabbit, the Bat & the Reindeer
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Free Girl Now
Titus Andronicus- Fear and Loathing In Mahwah, NJ
Beyonce- Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Akron/ Family- Another Sky
The Format- Dog Problems
Built to Spill- Joyride
Avril Lavigne- He Wasn't
Why?- Yo Yo Bye Bye
Tegan and Sara- Call It Off
Rilo Kiley- Breakin' Up
The Real Tuesday Weld- Last Words
R. Kelly- Ignition (Remix) (i made the editorial decision to keep this as to not do revisionist history)
I feel like 12 is a wonderful place to start. 1 book a month. Keep it in your bathroom. Beside your bed. Where you eat your meals. Please read this year. It's one of the best things you can do for yourself. and for me, and for everyone who you'll tell, I'm reading again, and you should read with me too. Take pictures or screencaps of passages and send them to your friends. Read funny, easy books, evil and upsetting books, books that are boring but are still satisfying to finish. Go to the library. Challenge yourself. You will feel better, you'll feel proud of yourself, and you'll banish the negative moodlet of being mad or ashamed at yourself for not reading. It's ok that you haven't been. You had your reasons and it doesn't do any good to beat up on yourself. That was then and this was now. Start a book tomorrow bc it is a new day :)
I don't listen to any AI generated playlists because I prefer to hear ones curated by people. I love sharing music as a human to human thing. It's also dismaying how music streaming services prioritize the songs of artists whose management pay them, etc. It's so fun to simply browse anonymous person's curated lists instead on top of sharing with friends. It's never been easier to peek into someone else's semi-private music preference and walk their landscape. Just today I found a person who's made dozens of playlists for specific beanie babies (!), all with no saves or likes. We don't need AI driven sorting to develop taste and find things we like. Break out of the corral with me and run free. Let's see what's over the hill