Srol @srol@mellified.men

Since I'm stranded on a boat for 90 minutes, I went ahead and made a Srol Bingo card. I think I edited out most of the self hatred

I don't do crosswords, but I aspire to be someone who does.

My 13-year-old nephew just dyed his hair purple, making him much braver than me.

One of the earliest albums I remember as an album (as opposed to just a band or music) was Long Black Veil by the Chieftains. So many memories tied up in it.

Can you imagine if I posted about my brief DMB phase in the early 200s? How embarrassing!

song of the day is Careless by Glen Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqUyCT0BmWI #nowplaying

I think I never feel more out of my depth and like I'm not staying in my lane than when I talk about music I like.

Which is ridiculous because it's my taste, I can't be "wrong." And yet, as I click post the voice in my head is screaming "YOU ASSHOLE YOU FUCKED UP"

I never listened to Toad during their initial run, I was a bit young at the time. But I came to really enjoy Glen Phillips' music during the early aughts when he did a lot of collabos with Nickel Creek.

Once or twice a year I end up asking myself the hard question: Do I like Toad the Wet Sprocket enough to see them live?

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My mom found this birthday card I made my sister when I was a kid. It's rude as hell.

So yeah, I had huge advantages that almost no one else has. I'm no one's example. Fix student debt.

A) I lived with family all through grad school and after, allowing me to spend what would otherwise be rent money on the loan.

B) I had a partial scholarship that covered half of my time in grad school, so my student loan was half the size of what it would have been otherwise.

C) I took an overnight job last year that doubled my salary. The extra money has gone to the loan while my health and social life have taken huge hits

I feel like it's irresponsible of me to post that without as many caveats as I can pack into a thread. As excited as I am to get that debt from off my back, I don't want people struggling with student debt to see me as some kind of success story. Or worse, for the sort of people trying to stop student loan forgiveness to point to me as an example of how the system works.

The system is fucked. I was able to pay this off because of luck, privilege and unnecessary sacrifice.

It's official

Grimme the grood gravy

Why does "Morning" as a greeting sound like the most natural thing you could say, while "Afternoon" is just the fuckest thing a person could say to another.

Me: I should order some food. I feel bad just nursing this one beer for two hours. Let's try something small like nachos.
Bartender: here's your nacho trough

Your choices are

A) bar packed with office workers trying to relive their fraternity/sorority days.
b) bar that is completely empty so you have to spend the whole time making uncomfortable eye contact with the bartender
C) sit in one of those shitty metal chairs in Herald Square and zone out.

Today's the last Tuesday I have to awkwardly find something to do in Midtown between 5-7pm. And I'm so glad because it suuuuuucks.

Why did all the media of my childhood try to convince me ABBA and disco in general was bad when it is objectively Good.