One Last Thing Before You Go
A goodbye to 2023, and wink at 2024, and a big ol' scream into the empty void (and other tales for children)
With barely another second left in this “amazing” and “great” and totally “rad” year, I thought I could take two seconds to highlight some things. Bear with me here.
Some of my favorite products of 2023:
Also this year I was so very lucky enough to be able to see so many of my favorite comedians, SO MANY TIMES!!!
Here is a classic list of INs & OUTs:
OUT:
open-toed shoes for guys
binge drinking solo :(
sleeping under a weighted blanket
those tiny yappy dogs
big chunky gold chains
doing work outside of work hours(!!!)
being embarrassed about double (triple or quadruple) texting!!
cucumbers in drinks!!!
IN:
tiny dangly earrings (still in!!)
mezcal
baking (still? yes, unfortunately. i do not make these rules btw)
hanky panky! it is even okay if it’s with a friend! it’s 2024, get with the times!!
petty theft! join me at CVS!
lil trips with ur lil friends to help make ur lil life a lil more bearable
boys that bike!! iykyk
hand holding in public (unless you are a wolf boy/horse girl)
more lists sharing things that i like and links to buy them etc
world peace!!!
My plans for 2024:
get my damn podcast back up and running. If being a part of this interests you in ANY WAY please reach tf out to me.
open up my books for photography! Headshots in my studio, lifestyle in the city, production and concert photos, etc! Book me bbs!
Read 24 books.
Make someone have a huge giant crush on me.
write one (1) song
learn how to mix/mashup songs (in a cool way)
help someone with something
lots more 35mm photography
bake something tasty
When I think of the worst parts of 2023, I can’t help but think of personal ways that I failed or let people down. I also can’t forget the ways that folks I love(d?) and care(d??) about let me down.
The world is a dark, bleak place. Tons of bad shit is happening everywhere, all the time. There are things we can do to help make it a little bit better for us and those around us. 2023 was full of events that really helped remind us how ugly it all is.
Obviously, I want to always try to be better and to do better. I hope that I find myself doing more of that in 2024.
Also, the whole idea and concept of a “new year” is so arbitrary. I mean yeah, there is a reason behind it and things that make sense, but the way we go about measuring successes and losses and wins and challenges through this window of a year. The way we reset and erase begin anew every ~365 days. Kinda silly, no? Not sure where I am trying to go with that but it just crossed my mind. It is a silly way to go about it all, but it is what we know so there really isn’t a way around it as a global community. We can, on a more individual level, step back and looks at things at a much larger (or smaller) scale and go about our lives that way. The yearly thing is tired!!
Tired: 365 = year
Wired: setting your own lookback/look-forward period
Anyways, I am ending 2023 and entering my BAKING ERA. Made a Sourdough Starter and have baked TF outta of for the past week. I’m talking French Bread, Biscuits, White Bread….y’all. Get ready. I’m addicted. In 2024, all I care about it my sourdough starter and 35mm photography. Get with the times, kids.
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