The MixUp

ya gworl is feeling herself with these "list posts", it seems? again, nobody can stop me so DEAL WITH IT!  😘  Since 'tis the season of Thanks Itself, I figured an appreciative focus on the foodstuffs specific to the holiday would be ~a vibe~? I'm writing this from the couch of my grandma's (on my dad's side) house up North. Since my mum is out of the country, ya girl is (largely) responsible for the Thanksgiving spread - yes, including the turkey. 🦃 It's not the most intensive menu we'll be having, but it's still taken a bunch of planning (+portaging of stuff from my brothers' place in Jersey to here).  The turkey is bathing in its' herb rub in the fridge, a satisfactory Pone (cornbread of a type) is cooling on the stove, and ya girl is waiting till after granny goes to bed before she starts the Pie Trifecta: cherry, pumpkin, and apple (there are many others, yes, that are considered classics - don't @ me aight) 🍒 LOOK AND BE AFRAID,...

b/c today (in the midst of finals prepping?), I felt like jotting down some of my (current) top 25 love songs. DEAL WITH IT. 😎 aka CELEBRATE 🎉LOVE 💕GOING🎇 RIGHT✅  > sez the couples' counsellor kid who, as she discussed with her brother, saw so much romantic pathology growing up that sometimes she forgets the good #oof  - anyways enjoy these, in no particular order! or don't! your lack of taste is made up by my overabundance teahee~ 😜 (and go look 'em up urself, that's 25 too many links 4 me to chase down) 💅 "smithereens ", 21pilots - clever and catchy and a lovely neon sorta vibe; I dig the casually sweet, brave side to it.  "best thing" , Anthem Lights - a simple, not-too-exciting tune I've held onto over the years. Solid, solid lyrics (occasionally a bit over-the-top for me, but then again, so is love?). "in the name of love", Christopher Jackson (aka that guy from Hamilton) #georgwashington - An ode to my 90's kid musi...