things i like

oh hello.
so i've given up on trying to make this a more formal blog. we all know that is not my style of blogging, and it is far too late for me to change now.
SO:
a list of things i have liked (the good and the bad) in the past week for your entertainment:

1. "Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction" edited by Sabrina Chapadjiev



♥ i seriously love this book. i bought it on amazon.com a week or so ago and read it in one day. it is full of short pieces by different artists/musicians/women who are struggling or have struggled with some type of self-destruction and how it has affected their creative life.
(why i love this. a-about self-destruction. b-memoir. c-creativity. d-mental health. e-empowering. f-defeating stigmas. g-the stories are varied and do not only come from one perspective on whether or not self-destruction is bad, but rather explores how it affects them creatively.)


2. The Avett Brothers' Album "Emotionalism"
This CD was one of the best from last year, but I hadn't listened to the whole thing until last week. I LOVE IT. do you love banjos? i do. listen to this.
Shame (from Emotionalism)
The album is amazing in that it actually recreates a wide spectrum of emotions... which is probably why it is called emotionalism. So, whatever mood you are in, there is a song for that. I appreciate that because i'm a constant and annoyingly obsessive mix maker...



3. Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression by Sally Brampton. I feel like a lot of books talk towards depression, but very few are written from the experience honestly. If you struggle with depression (or for that matter any mental illness), or know someone who does/has you should read this. It is beautiful and raw.




a more concise summary and review of the book can be found at feminist review.

4. making popsicles out of lemonade with my homemade mold things.


5. playing guitar.


6. Lovers (the band) = beautiful lyrics and melancholy folk music.


7. Thos Henley's cover of "bleeding love"
*which i feel less bad for liking than the original version :)


8. *guilty pleasure* = Snoop Dogg's "My Medicine" (youtube)

9. The online show Quarterlife. I feel like this probably started forever ago and i just found it... but i completely love it and watched all the parts i could find (which was over thirty. i have a life, what?). mhm. Dylan is my favorite (because i'm five and still have favorites).




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