So my cousin Tristan sent this to me and Mami today. He's at some geeky con being a geek, which in our family is a requirement. Kind of how you have to also understand basketball and how to play more than a basic chord on the guitar. ;)


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What are people up to tonight?

Concerts? Parties? Sitting at home mainlining horror movies? I know it's also New Year for some people. :)

What's the fun stuff?

I've been at dia de los muertos stuff all day and tonight, we're all finishing setting up the altar for family. There's something really wonderful about doing it together.

It's a stupid website that sucks you in and totally romanticizes the bullshit we do to ourselves. But sometimes shit like this gets posted and then anything else you wanted to say today goes out the window and you start organizing thoughts for every fucking time you're about to screw up ... I have this conversation way too fucking much.


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It's time for something real.

Sitting down for a good reminder of how fucking privileged I am and also a reminder of how punk (and rock) can bring us all together and rise everyone up out of whatever situation they fucking happen to be in.

And you know, it's a great history lesson.

I'll watch this movie just about any fucking time.

I wish it made sense to people. I wish it made sense to me. That depression isn't just being down or sad or tired. It's all of those things, plus self hatred, and self harm, and self sabotage. And it's also loving how your best friend's heartbeat sounds when you use his chest for a pillow. And being in love with how the bass feels in your hands. ( Read more... )

This is a short stint of like 10 shows - a tour set up to remind us that we are small and humble ( Read more... )

My new therapist wants to wean me off my meds and try a newer drug that he says has had better results. He gave me all the research he has to read, the pros and cons ... I don't think it is a bad thing... But change is scary.

Vacation is over. We're back. It's time to get ready to hit the road ( Read more... )

There's all this data coming out right now, that giving anti-depressants to young adults and kids has that paradoxical effect where we actually become more suicidal. And I don't know. I'm not a scientist so I only just know what I can go on ... and I know that my parents live every day with their own worries and their own guilt that by going along ( Read more... )

And not a moment too soon. I'm starting to turn into a smoggy ice cube ( Read more... )