Girl Scouts at the Double K!

Gettin' Hot

If You Leave - OMD

The Promise - When In Rome

The World Is New - Save Ferris

Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai

New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran

Look Me In The Heart - Tina Turner

The Blue Sky - a-ha

A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins

Til I Hear It from You - Gin Blossoms

Ridiculous Thoughts - The Cranberries

Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes

One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx

Nowhere Fast - Fire Inc.

Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

Sheila Take a Bow - The Smiths

Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn

Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye

Any Way You Want It - Journey

The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John

Never - Moving Pictures

Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp

Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

This Is Me - Rocket Summer

Can't Stop - Madonna

Tears Are Not Enough - ABC

Never Let Me Down - Depeche Mode

Lover to Fall - Scritti Politti

 - Summer 2021 Playlist

College Journal #2

Limitless

This tag from a (I think) Yogi tea bag is on my vision board directly in front of my desk, held in place by an AIDS ribbon and beside my punk-rock Lisa Star Simpson shrinky dink. I always feel very limited; in my body, the way my face is perceived, by my intellect and often lack of knowledge, and by my fear of failure or not fitting in with society. I wish I could be fearless and strong and become the best version of myself. Someone who tried, failed, tried again, failed, and continued to strive for success in anything and everything. I'd take up the piano, learn to sing, speak my limited Spanish and Dutch with friends and strangers, publish my writing, and not care so much about what the world saw me as. If I removed all the limits I've placed on myself, I would soar. I would finally feel like the someone I know I am but feel too frightened to unleash. I wish that wishing would make things so, for if they did, I would be truly magnificent.

Fab Tats

Years ago I learned that a lot of women who undergo a mastectomy and opt not to have reconstructive surgery will instead get elaborate tattoos. I love that. It's restoring something beautiful in a completely different way and giving the woman a new kind of secret that she gets to share with whomever she chooses. (Also, I am quite certain I used whomever incorrectly, but no one reads this blog anyway.) These were a few that I simply adored.

All a girl really wants is...

Early July Texts with Bishop