I’ve been rewriting this blog over and over until I finally realised why. I’m editorialising too much. My brain is trying to make a personal blog into a branding opportunity or showing off a part of myself. Too much thought properly writing and not enough actual writing. Actually showing myself.
My first blog was on Blogger, then transitioned to Livejournal. I owe a lot to Livejournal. It’s where I found my passion in design, friends from different places and understanding a world outside of my small town in North Carolina. My writing was all over the place, mainly middle and high school angst, and I didn’t care what people thought of my when I wrote it. Here’s to tapping into that mindset again.
2022 wrap ups for books, movies & music
Reading
63 books read, goal not met (70)
Favorite book: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. A brutally honest memoir and highly relatable to something in my life.
Other recommendations:
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger
Movies
Favorite movie: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997) Truly iconic fashion and campy as hell.
Other recommendations
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Turning Red (2022)
Music
22,527 minutes listened
Favorite album: Renaissance by Beyonce
Other recommendations
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar
CRASH by Charli XCX
SOS by SZA