It's been a roller coaster of emotions this past week; right now I'm stuck in the 'everything reminds me of him' and the 'I can't be mad at him; he's a great guy who just has commitment issues!' phases, neither of which are very helpful. I think therapy and Ativan are the only things keeping me somewhat functional.

I don't even know where to begin looking! I'll have to putz around the Google Play store later.

Semi-unrelated question: I just transitioned from an iPhone to a Galaxy. I love it, but I really miss Apple's podcast interface. How do you non-iPhone users listen to podcasts?

Thanks. It happened a week ago tonight, although because of the holiday and my erratic work schedule, it feels like it was a month ago. I seem to be stuck in the phase where everything reminds me of him.

Fuck, that's a depressing entry. Sorry, y'all.

I've been dealing with a devastating pre-NYE breakup, so I spent the weekend marathoning Happy Endings as a means of distraction.

I'm so sorry; I had shorter relationship than yours end on the 29th via a totally unexpected breakup by phone call. I hope you're doing okay.

Although there are only two books so far, Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt series is phenomenal. It's an interesting twist on the PI genre, and DeWitt is so fleshed-out and well-defined.

I'm normally very skittish about book adaptations, but I would love to see how a director would imagine the Night Circus.

I was 11 when it happened, so my memories of it aren't great, but it was staggering to see how the media took these little bits of info/rumors and ran with it, especially in the pre-social media era.

I read that last year and loved it, but, reflecting on it now, I can only remember bits and pieces, which I assume can be contributed to the way in which Egan unfurls the story. Definitely warrants a second read, I think.

I finally read Dave Cullen's "Columbine," which was every bit enlightening and haunting as I'd been told. I, too, read "The Night Circus" this year and fell in love with it, as I did "Beautiful Ruins."

I hate the notion that only a strategic, aggressive wheeler and dealer is a good/worthy winner. Like you said, winners won for reasons, whatever those may be.

Aaaand we've now reached prime Serial saturation.

I don't really get the Keith hate; I think he'd certainly be a decent winner. He seemed doomed at one point when the rest of his alliance was gone, but he's managed to make it this far, doing well in challenges to boot.

"Call Me Maybe" is a fun pop song with no agenda, whereas "Shake It Off" was very intentionally crafted, right down to the music video, to prove Taylor is over the "haters," doesn't care, etc. You can just feel the try hard-ness coming out of your speakers.

I'd say other than I Wanna Get Better, Shadow, Wild Heart and Rollercoaster, the rest of the album is white noise.

"Rather Be" is catchy as hell. No judgement.

I see what you're saying, but the question posited was, "What's your favorite song?", not "What's the best song?" To me, it's less about introducing new music and more about what music spoke to them this year, mainstream or not.

In no particular order:
-Bleachers, "I Wanna Get Better"
-Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars, "Uptown Funk"
-Kacey Musgraves, "Keep It To Yourself"
-Betty Who, "Alone Again"
-Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki, "Bang Bang"
-Paramore, "Ain't It Fun"
-Coldplay, "A Sky Full of Stars"
-Clean Bandit, "Rather Be"
-Charli XCX, "Break the Rules"
-TSwift,…