Them.

Taken by me from when I went to my first lantern festival

There was a past that took a while to get over.
There was a future that was mostly what-ifs.
Now there is a present that I hope to not get over nor let it end in a what-if.

And now the weather:
Love You Like That by Dagny

~ Stacy N.

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A random thing that college made me appreciate

Photo by me when I was at a popup museum called Love Letters

Nonfiction works.
Whether that was some kind of research that I was interested in like video games, the mind, Asian American studies, cultural studies, social justice, etc. Or memoirs of people whom I'm curious about like Trevor Noah, Eddie Huang, Marjane Satrapi, Thi Bui, Tara Westover, Frederick Douglass, and Paul Kalanithi. Or even various personal growth books written by Anna Akana or even Dale Carnegie. Overall, it made me realize the breadth of nonfiction works and how myriad it really is. It also taught me how nonfiction works are on a spectrum in terms of its writing style just like fiction. Moreover, it really expanded my viewpoint in terms of what literature can do for a mind.

And now the weather:
"Sign of the Times" (Harry Styles KOver) - Kevin Olusola

~ Stacy N.

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A memory

Photo by  Jason Schuller

We let our feet dangle lazily into the water. I was writing down some thoughts that was going to become a blog post, while they were reading out loud from a book about life and wisdom and age. The sound of swimmers in the near distance while people were fishing on the other side of the lake, and of course there was a dog or two nearby. It was dusk and it was summer and the weather was finally nice for once in a place that was known for its rain.

And now the weather:
Beethoven's 5 Secrets - OneRepublic by The Piano Guys

~ Stacy N.

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I know I'm not the only one (a 2018 thought)

Photo by Studio 7042

The other day, I was listening to Sam Smith's album The Thrill of It All and I couldn't help but smile. Not in a sadistic way where I was enjoying another person's pain, but in a way where I realized that I wasn't alone in my own pain. And that made me feel better. Thank you (even though I'm 99.99% sure that Sam Smith will never read this, but thank you anyway.)

And now the weather:
Too Good at Goodbyes by Sam Smith

~ Stacy N.

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