for lack of a better post,

here are some recent obsessions:

1. dill pickle spears. don't hate. there's a jar of them sitting next to me on my desk right now.
2. doing nerdy things, such as reading Psychology Today (okay, so I may do that on a regular basis), organizing my list of movies I want to purchase by the year in which they were released, and going with Kelsey to her Art of Architecture class, which I am not enrolled in.
3. this song.

4. Sunday night brinners. this is a Musselwhite family tradition that I have gladly brought to the plains. I can make some pretty delicious french toast and scrambled eggs.

5. the VMAs. every year, I get super excited for this sunday night. let's be honest, nothing can top Kanye's stunt last year, but I was a little disappointed by this year's lack of scandal. and Lady Gaga not performing? what was that??

6. not tweeting. Twitter and I are taking a break, and it's so freeing. Sharing my thoughts via a 140 character text was becoming too much of an obligation, and therefore losing its appeal. I'll eventually join the madness again, but for now, it's good to be away.