hello world ^-^
as a firm believer in everything happening for some reason or another (we find patterns in the universe because they exist, or something like that) i am delighted to inform you all that I was just FIRED!!!!!1!!!
no /s here, unfortunately. truth and facts only. no more job. fired.
it's strange how leaving a job can feel like a breakup-- in this case one where I'm being broken up with... I'm not choosing to leave, and now I won't ever see my coworkers all together again, or have a Kirin lager for my shift drink, or blah blah blah so on and so forth it's WEIRD right??? made worse by the fact that I actually really liked my job, and could see myself working there for at least the next year or more...
anyways, now I have a bunch of free time which I plan to spend heaaaavily chilling and relaxing and storing up energy for the upcoming weekkk which is bound to be epic and also so exhausting. am obviously going to see all my friends play and dj on Thursday and Friday and then probably will dance with friends all weekend and then the next week is the death by sheep holiday party so 10000000 million music friends and peers from all over the country will be flying in and showing out that weekend too! I was planning on working 800000 shifts before and after this two week period in order to save up money but oh well! play the cards that I'm given
things I have been into lately:
1. ableton
2. pokemon sword for switch
3. uggs / fur shoes and boots
4. cross body satchels
5. gossip girl
6. mad men
7. using chopsticks for everything
8. myspace remixes/blog house
9. skincare routine
10. Jane says by Jane's Addiction
listen. the new gossip girl. it is so good. Lane (my roommate) and I were having a conversation about the new gossip girl and how it might be the greatest show of the year. I know that sounds overblown and presumptuous but something about it scratches such the perfect itch...
my theory on HBOmax gossip girl
is more or less that. The formula of the original series was good. Ensemble cast, you have the sort of Breakfast Club lineup, some drama and involvement from adults but not overwhelmingly so, etc etc. But the original show was made in the time of The Hills, of the reality TV bloom and page 6 it-girl culture. The characters were all relatively flat, because they didn't need to be complex. Serena was the happy-go-lucky Paris Hilton type, Dan Humphrey was the outcast Brooklynite poet, Blair was the classic spoiled rich kid, the list goes on. A lot of original GG's success relied on cultural relevancy and a great music soundtrack, the hallmarks of any good show from the early oughts. But these flat characters led to some crazy and surreal circumstances, and made it easy for them to hurt each other again and again in increasingly ridiculous ways ( a true soap opera , really ).
What the new iteration does is take the original formula and add a twist. The same ensemble cast (the actors even use bits of the original actors' speech patterns or acting styles in the new roles), the same rapid and extreme romantic arcs, but the characters aren't flat. there's soooo much nuance to their thoughts, actions, and they actually face consequences in ways that aren't strictly punitive, but are rather realistic and even healthy outcomes of their own actions,? basically YES I am saying that the new gossip girl BREAKS the TRAUMA CYCLES set up for the original characters by the first iteration of the show. they learn and grow and change for the better (and yes sometimes for the worst) but there is marked thought put into what is actually happening in their lives and minds...
and before you say anything, I truly wanted to hate this show. I started watching it with the express purpose of hating it and/or finding ways to laugh at it because it looked far too terminally relevant to actually be good. but I was so wrong
I have never seen a show (or any piece of media, really) before this one that effectively and accurately communicates .. living in the current internet/media cultureclimate? they go on Grindr, ffs. and reddit. and they use all of the different apps and things exactly how I use them in real life, not like the typical stiff/forced ways most movies and tv shows address the internet. (if they address it at all. I don't remember who brought this idea up to me, but someone told me they think that so many shows are made now about the mid-to-late twentieth century because directors and writers don't have to address the cell-phone issue whatsoever. just a theory)
anyways against my best judgement I am truly obsessed with this show and I love every single thing they are doing with it and I am wrapped up so deeply in it now
final thoughts????
this has been an incredibly scattered post but I feel like today has been a pretty low energy/scattered day for me so it makes sense. tonight is the new moon in sagittarius leading up to a full solar eclipse early tomorrow morning, so it's a huge time to settle into oneself and set some serious long term intentions. focusing on the cycles of the moon and making an effort to really engage myself with that energetic exchange has been hugely beneficial to my life, I highly recommend it.
my dad sent me my old down comforter from when I was in high school, which is awesome and super warm. I have gone from the problem of being too cold at night to now being far, far too warm, which is maybe better? jury is still out
very very excited for the rest of december and even into january am on big things coming mode... really focusing my energy and honing my practice etc etc etc blah blah blah it is clearly time for this post to be done!!!
a/n: if you made it this far you're truly insane and I respect you this was a ridiculous stream of consciousness from start to finish xox sasha
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