Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

Degrassi: The Next Class is inexplicably not on Canadian Netflix and I'm so angry I might write my MP.

I wanted to see Autopsy of Jane Doe, but ended up seeing Rogue One. It was good.

I recently watched Breaking Bad for the first time and was amazed at how relatively spoiler free I'd been; I knew some major ones but it didn't ruin the overall experience because of how well it was executed and how much more there was to everything.

Watching this episode prompted me to make toast at 2am. It tasted especially good, knowing that a virtual slave of myself wasn't forced to make it.

San Dimas High School Football Rules!

I watched SATC in my early twenties and have not felt a ton of compulsion to re-watch since the second movie was horrifying and pretty much torpedoed whatever good will the series had built in me.

Thanks so much for the encouragement! I've published in semi-pro and a few pro markets, and gunning for those pro markets is a little intimidating so I appreciate the pep talk :D I hope you have an awesome year!

It's weird, it seems like this is the first year people I know don't really want to party for NYE (myself included). It's one of my favorite holidays because I love new beginnings and dressing up, but I feel like I'd also be happy just staying home tonight. I went to too many parties this year with bad/weird vibes and…

Here's to mental health progress & healing in 2017!

Thanks so much! :D

Congrats!

Thank you, I appreciate it! I'm glad your holiday this year was better.

Lots of family issues - parents moving away, relatives recently died or dying, custody issues meant not seeing my nieces. Plus, I've been sick for a month with lady problems.

Had a difficult Christmas, but pop culture-wise it was mostly spent watching Hallmark holiday movies with my mom. They all blended in together in a milquetoast, nonthreatening haze.

Also (just in general) when referring to Native American cultures, it's really nice to include the specific tribe/nation you're referring to, if you know it :)

I totally agree! I always just kind of assumed it was boring, but I was rapt and found the prose to be vivid.

She reminds me of a few people from, like, first year of university, where you think they might be cool and then it turns out they're really myopic and self-aggrandizing. You hope they grow out of it (and a lot of people do), but…she's 30. And will probably never have to grow out of it.

Even (or especially?) in the short memoir essay format. So many young memoir writers are hailed as "the next Didion" but just…aren't. Which is fair, I guess, since Didion's amazing but maybe critics shouldn't also jump the shark on praising these collections.

Fave 2016 Fiction: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Fave 2016 Nonfiction: Upstream by Mary Oliver
Fave 2016 Poetry: Trebuchet by Daniel Schoonebeek