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from winter into spring - feb/mar/april 2026
long time no see!! Well let's see what I got up to over the last couple months...
february was a bit of a nothing month, due to the neverending snow which was no longer magical but irritating and inconvenient as fck. I never experienced -15*C before and after experiencing that for many days... no thank you. Waiting for the bus while it's so cold my ears and skin hurt... why the hell would anyone go outside in that voluntarily. Especially hated being employed during the snow storms.
I went on a nature walk in a nearby state park though that was gorgeous in the snow. The stream running through it was frozen over it was wild!!
I would die for my country Philadelphia but public transport pushed me over the edge this month. Between the snow causing my routes to freeze over making a 40 min journey take 2 hours, one day while on the bus the driver misjudged a gap and the bus got caught on a ladder on a parked van and the window smashed in my face. That was pretty much the final straw and now I pretty much use my car exclusively...
I visited H-Mart for the first time and never saw so many types of miso paste. I bought a huge jar of kimchi and so many snacks and me and my friend played video games ALL NIGHT. Like literally for 7 hours straight. We were playing Ori and the Blind Forest which was so beautiful and fun I haven't actually played a video game in years... it was so much fun to get lost in it. The one thing about the snow it was perfect for staying inside and doing cosy activities like reading and video games.
march
The snow finally started to melt and my heart warmed up too.
I was listening to Radiohead for the first time since being a teen. I saw some great music this month, including a house show with a grungegaze band and a fusion band, a contemporary jazz band called George (all the songs are related to someone named George) and during hottest day during this month I took an impromptu visit one of my favourite jam nights where I saw some intense improv scatting. I also did something I've wanted to do for a while which is help out at a local community garden.
Oh, and I went on a 10 day road trip. But more on that later...
april
there was a lot of figuring shit out!! Like what the hell am I going to do with my life.
I had the best night dancing!! Dancing around loads of hot people to bounce afrobeats hip hop and RnB made me happy. Shoutout to DJ Jamz who was tearing up the booth I especially loved the mix PinkPantheress' Stateside with My Boo (Ghosttown DJ mix). Yea I could barely move the next day but it was worth it.
Me and my friend got stoned and went to the cinema and the people that worked there were openly drinking beers and the movie made no sense and it wasn't just because of the penjamin. we had the best time and there were lots of old heads watching the MJ movie.
Spring is in full swing now and I'm trying to take advantage of this perfect weather before it gets too hot in the summer. The city is really fun and beautiful right now. Everyone is coming out of hibernation. I've been playing more guitar again. Things move both slow and fast.
January 2026
a slow month, a cold month, endless snow, deep cold, new car bought doesn't feel real
projects abandoned, karaoke birthday party, making plans, rent due
nightmares about ICE this month: 3
December 2025
In December I played pool and drank some stout and had weird dreams, commiserated and celebrated. This was a quieter month for me but well needed while I recoup and rest and plan for the year ahead.
I technically finished my ceramics class, although I have to go back to glaze and do the final fire of my pieces. I have mixed feelings on pottery lol, I probably won't continue with the ceramics for now but I learnt the basics of how to throw clay on a pottery wheel and got a few little pieces that hopefully won't break in the kiln so that's pretty cool.
I experienced my first big snow in YEARS and it was sooo magical and beautiful. I went out early to the park while the snow was still fluffy and fresh. Kids were sledding and making snowmen and white christmas was on a loop in my head
I saw my first ever drag king show, all black Santa drag king show... and it was everything I dreamed of and more. I also saw a black metal show (if I see a band with the name Anal Stab Wounds I'm sorry but I have to see that). ASW were actually not much my taste but it was the opener Compulsed was brutal af with Slam elements and really did it for me.
This holiday break I've been determined to feel cosy and get lost in fiction. Before the age of about 13 before smartphones when I loved getting lost in books and would spent all night somewhere else. It really is the greatest feeling. Isabel Allende, Suzanne Collins and Octavia E. Butler have been helping with that.
While exploring a second hand book shop I picked up a novel by Alexandra Kollontai that seems fairly rare so I'm excited to read it. I enjoy her essays (see: Make Room For Winged Eros). I watched a great Youtube doc about American intervention in Guatemala which finally motivated me to get off my ass and start reading The Jakarta Method.
At the end of this year I feel a little tired, but strong. I dread the future sometimes and wonder how as a community and species we will face it, but I feel more prepared every day. To motivate myself to read I pretend I'm studying for a test. When I don't want to get out of bed early to do some sort of mutual aid thing I pretend it's work. I guess it is work, and I suppose at some point there will be a test.
November 2025
Hi hello and welcome I'm very excited for my first blog post!! Sometimes it feels life goes slow... but when I take time to look back at all I've done and accomplished I realise I'm doing so much!
On November 1 I saw a Day of the Dead celebration for the first time. The costumes were so beautiful and elaborate and I saw some great ceremonial dancing.
This past month I saw some great shows, I saw Fleshwater at the end of October which was so phenomenal. They released one of my favourite albums ever and their headline show was one of the best I've seen in a long time. Their singer Marisa absolutely nailed it, the sound was fantastic and they used their stage set and lighting in a really creative and intentional way to create a world we stepped into for the night. Besides that I went to a benefit show run by my local tenants union and saw a stoner doom metal band and a fun folk punk band that played an epic cover of the Halloween theme on banjo even though we were in November at this stage. I wanted to see Wednesday live but their show was sold out... but their show being sold out led me to their website and their singer Karly's website... which led me down the rabbithole of the indie web that I had a lot of fun with, and led me to make this very website which I've really enjoyed and am very proud of
It was my friend's 27th birthday and I got to visit her new house for the first time and we ate burgers and watched cartoons and it was nice. Me and my other friend are getting through the first season of Wire and basically I feel very protective over Lance Reddick (rip) if I had the skills I would make a fancam of him. Maybe I'll make a shrine of him on here actually.
I started a ceramics course to learn how to use the pottery wheel. It's really fun to get my hands dirty and make a mess with the clay but throwing on the wheel can be really frustrating sometimes!! My goal is to make funky little mugs or something.
For Thanksgiving this year I decided to host a small get together in my apartment. I cooked A LOT of food. I was told my roast potatoes were particularly special. I don't really host parties or make big plans or anything. This was my first time ever really hosting anything intentional in my adult life. I played Roy Ayers and The Meters all night, some Modest Mouse at the end and we watched a flat earth documentary (don't ask...). We were up all night talking and cuttin up. It was really fun and wholesome and developed some really great friendships.
I'm grateful for a lot right now, but I also worry a lot.I wonder often how we will get out of the self destructive mess we've made as humanity... how will we overcome the immense greed that permeates our society and save the one precious earth we have and all her special and unique species?Sometimes I worry about the future. How old will I be when my home town is covered in water? Until next month xxx
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