current_obsessions
tender square -thundercat’s drunk and it is what it is albums
-the norton anthology of poetry (3rd edition)
-waking up like a monk at 5 am (and sometimes earlier) for morning rituals
-this jungian life podcast
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kerry (that's a great podcast!)
-my new loop earplugs
-grapefruit juice plus OJ
-training the fig tree
-rest
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epitome of incomprehensibility -linguistics
-the practice of communication, and how to do it better
-the practice of writing dialogue, and damn, why is this so hard when I supposedly like writing dialogue? they are imaginary people! this should be easier!
-making salads
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raze - turnips

- thought-provoking short films

- used books (and the occasional treasures hidden between the pages)

- videos of roger federer playing tennis

- the past as a funhouse mirror through which the present takes on new dimensions
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unhinged shrooms
josef albers
paper, leaves as color mediums for 'paintings'
pacific northwest ecology

(sadness and catastrophizing are like looming clouds on my mental horizon, threatening to become internal maelstroms. i need to exercise more.)
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kerry -getting the fuck out of here
-my bones
-bob ross
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tender square bob ross is the shit *inserts fluffy cloud* 210827
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tender square - the silver jews’ “random rules

- strong cups of chamomile honey tea with almond milk (my english roots are showing)

- donning the garments i've been wearing in my dreams as a way to ritualize the messages of said dreams

- using crystals to dislodge blocked energies in certain chakras
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tender square - big wreck’s “blown wide open

- when the exact book you need comes into your life at the right time (looking at you michael brown’s “the presence process,” thanks guy)

- lapis lazuli
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tender square johnny west's "vector," specifically the potent lyric "for the first time, in a long time, i'm talking to myself" 210912
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raze (hey, that's me! yay! i'm glad my words made you feel like singing.) 210912
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tender square (it feels like a mantra i want to keep repeating, as you and steve do) 210912
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tender square - drinking hot water all day
- moon salutations by candlelight
- idleness
- fresh raspberries
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tender square - the return of full moon pit fires (we missed out on august's while on vacation)
- watching written intention turn to floating ash in flame
- scrubbing smoke from my skin in a candlelit tub
- wearing my hair loose and free where ordinarily i'd tie it up
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tender square - buying myself a bouquet of sunflowers for no reason
- dabbing my chakra points with sandalwood before writing, lavender before bed
- the smell of sage smoke during smudging
- rereading your messages
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unhinged MUSHROOMS

20 different species this weekend alone
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tender_square - wearing vintage peignoir to bring glamour to sleep and dreams
- grounding mats
- the perfect song when it’s needed most
- ritual baths with himalayan pink salt scrubs
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tender_square - hanging out with my blather friends every day
- the preamble in johnny_west’s “hollow mast” when he’s sorting the ivories out, and then hearing all those gorgeous lyrics in his whispering voice. stunning.
- the scent of cinnamon incense
- white pom flowers still going a week strong on my desk
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tender_square -flatform shoes

-the potpourri of loose-leaf tea

-the casual funk of toro y moi’s “the loop

-filling my fingers with gold-plated rings
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tender_square and just like that…” i haven’t binge-watched a show in a long while and i’ve already plowed through four episodes today, with one more likely before bed. seems the showrunners got the message about how tone-deaf the second movie was culturally. it’s taken twelve years, but i sort of like that this new spinoff is grappling with woke-ness, that the cast has become more diverse, and that the main women are growing as people in middle age. 220807
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raze hanging out with the birds and squirrels who've made my back yard their second home. 220916
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kerry podcasts about cults

grape tomatoes and pesto on everything bagels

peep show
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raze - getting chatgpt to write online dating profiles for my backyard_visitors

- cold green grapes

- toto deep_cuts

- checking the tracking information for an item that looks less likely to arrive on time every day
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raze playing every bill_evans record i own. 241112
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