PeSuit and Tie

  books of the week i completed reading twelve years a slave . at moments i forget this is not fiction, but a man's true story. how many more devastating stories have been lost to time? this story is almost 200 years old, but similar tragedies continue through our timeline. and even now, we are blasted by real time news - look at gaza, look at the deportations happening right now, specifically if you're on tiktok watching news on the 24 hour music festival in la  (wink wink)?!  we must stay educated, we must face the ugliness, and tap into our humanity, and remember - one individual cannot fix an entire genocide, but we can help our neighbors, the locals around us suffering in silence. we don't have to stay silent. i'm on hold for two books currently, so i checked out the year of magical thinking  by joan didion  in the meanwhile. i'm a huge fan of didion's writing. it's so simply, honest and compelling. her vast knowledge and research and her truthfulness -...

  books of the week i finally completed midnight sun , in the most perfect setting: in the cabin in vermont, while the sun was setting. the book was interesting, but i feel afraid what would stephenie meyer continue doing in trying to make edward the good guy.  next book is twelve years of a slave , which i found at a book sale recently. the book is rather small, and i watched the movie a few years ago, with minimal memory of details. a heartbreaking story about the ugly american history. it's important we remember these ugly truths were still happening years later, and now we see history repeating itself in an ugly manner as well. free people being kidnapped and enslaved? sounds pretty familiar in the big 25 too. this isn't just a 1800s situation. music of the week kesha 's tits out tour was beyond phenomenal. this girl played the classics and introduced us to the new stuff. here's 5 kesha songs currently on my rotation: crazy beautiful life the drama die young (remix)...