Lists.

Things I am tired of:

• Zombies/zombie obsessions
• XKCD
• Hummus
• The Beatles (yes, the Beatles. And I’ve never not been tired of the Beatles. They are EVERYWHERE. Is it blasphemy for a music-lover to call the Beatles overrated? ‘Cuz I’m GONNA.)
• People constantly using their smart phones in social situations
• The word “epic”
• WordPress mysteriously changing the text format mid-blog-post, and wading through the HTML/CSS to try to change it back and satisfy my OCD

Overdone book trends:

• Popular memoirs/nonfiction about personal quests to find happiness
• Vampire-related teen love stories (honestly half the teen fic section, easy)
• “The Help,” “The Alchemist”

Songs I can’t stop listening to:

• “Ride this Out” by Imaginary Cities (or, as I think of it, the anthem of persistent people everywhere)
• “Ten-Twenty-Ten” by The Generationals (“You remind me of a distant constellation/the way you color it up, but don’t let me touch”)
• “Lights” by Ellie Goulding (the non dub-steppy variant)
• “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People
• “Danger and Dread” by Brown Bird (AAAHH SO GOOD – also, more fleshed out album version here)

Guilty pleasure TV shows I am missing:

• Glee
• Grey’s Anatomy

Things I could use tonight:

• Hoppy beer
• Good conversation
• Job offer
• Dark chocolate

Things I still need to do:

• Mom’s 60th b-day card (July 26! – I am the worst daughter)
• Fashion the Jehovah’s Witness interviews into a story (for who?)
• Change the bulb in my van’s right headlight
• Update this blog more