The XX
Remember when The xx first got big? I was a sophomore in college, living in a condo near BYU campus my aunt owned called Chandelle. It was not where the cool people lived. I slept on the top bunk,...
View ArticleTHE WORLD IS ENDING — What Will You Wear?
Good morning, everyone! So we understand the world is currently ending, and that can be a super stressful way to start the week. But like, let’s think about how we could use this to our advantage!...
View ArticleNew Electric Guest
Did you know that one half of Electric Guest is Asa Taccone, whose brother Jorma is one third of Lonely Island?? #fractions
View ArticleThe Apartment Cost Your Landlord Won’t Mention
It isn’t the pointlessness of spending gobs of money on rent. No, it isn’t the fact that you may as well drive down PCH with a stack of $1’s and let them fly. It isn’t the vertical blinds, with their...
View ArticleSad About The Internet: Barnes & Noble Edition
I think I was meant to be born before the internet. I feel this every two weeks when I remember that Snapchat exists and open it to find long-forgotten snaps, to which I dutifully reply although their...
View ArticleGreat Songs with Terrible Messages
It is difficult when you are raised and generally still believe that songs with bad messages are bad songs. What happens then, when said songs are so catchy that to hear them is to love them...
View ArticleMore Time, Please.
Somewhere in my brain there exists a sticky note with thoughts I want to write on this blog. Or another blog, or anywhere really. It feels like they are festering in there, tapping my skull like HEY!...
View ArticleP.S. I’ve Lived In Orange County For A Year
Recently a friend asked how close I lived to Marina Del Rey. Me: Uh, an hour. Without traffic. We moved to Orange County, did I not tell you? Friend: Wait what? When? Oh...
View ArticleFive Songs To Listen To If You Like Songs That Are Good
All are newish. All are good. 1: Sampha // Timmy’s Prayer Sampha pulled a Sia and went from vocalist to soloist and the results are A++. 2: Arcade Fire // Everything now I didn’t love Reflektor...
View ArticleThe 7 Stages of Working from Home
1-Smugness You wake with the clear knowledge that you have pulled one over on the world. Today you will not commute. You will not put on makeup. You will not even look at a bra. Your poor co-workers at...
View ArticlePlant Killer
I’m a plant killer. The evidence is now irrefutable. I feel wronged by this reality, because the recipe for keeping a plant alive seems so simple: pour water onto dirt. Right? I always thought I would...
View ArticleThe Most Adjective Books Of 2017
Bad news: I spent a lot of time commuting last year. Good news: audiobooks! I read (and heard) more books last year than I think any other year of my life, which has made me feel incredibly smart and...
View ArticleWater At The Roots
I remember when I first realized as a little girl that in order to make a flower grow, you had to water its roots. It didn’t make any sense. But what about the petals? I thought. The petals are the...
View ArticleA Parable Of Talents
I sit down at the keyboard my parents bought me — a thoughtful gift meant to let me continue doing something I loved as a kid. But as I squint at my well-worn music binder with its Xeroxed music, the...
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