Ramble On: Spring 2026 Edition
The Emperor is naked. Had to explain to someone that we used to have to pay to use minutes on cellphones… “back in my day”. It’s weird that Molly Ringwald’s character in the Breakfast Club brings sushi for lunch for a lot of reasons…not only is this supposed to represent “rich kid” status, but…she has unrefrigerated raw fish with her until whenever their lunchtime is…which is probably supposed to be hours after they arrive? The original pasta salad idea would have made more sense. The ability to still feel safe as the country around you goes to war is nothing short of a blessing. Instagram will show me things like “how to find a banana bread baddie” and then immediately go to “I do not fuck with any burrito without heft” and I think I’ve won? It can’t figure out what I’m into? It’s just throwing anything and everything that maybe kind of sort of has slightly to do with food at me? Instagram’s algorithm has basically just said “Well, she’s human right? She...
This was nice to hear, especially now. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhy "especially now"?
ReplyDeleteShe can't give it up because she cares too much. Yet caring too much can be a reason he gives that she should (give it up.)
DeleteIt's weighed on my conscience that opportunities in love have slipped by me because the timing was wrong.
Is it better to cling to resistance and insist on what the heart wants, even when time is unfavorable, or to just “give it up”?
I don't know if it's better or worse. I wonder if the price you pay ends up roughly the same, either way.
This song evoked those memories: resistance to “giving it up,” as well as acquiescence to “giving it up.”
But denying the heart what it wants is one thing. Forgetting what it wants is something else.
It's satisfying to hear this reciprocated in such a haunting, but buoyant song. "Especially now," because these things have been on my mind.
Otherwise, one could be led to believe that they're the only person who ever feels this way. Everyone has a story like this in their lives, I'll bet, which is as melancholic as it is encouraging.
I see, said the blind man.
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