THE BLOG

Interesting is better than good. Before we get ahead of ourselves, know that I don't mean this in an all-encompassing sense. If I'm looking to make a friend, I wouldn't seek out someone who hits me just because they are fabulously well read. However, it has occurred to me that if parts of my everyday life are made interesting by a sudden turn of events, I tend to be happier than if those same parts of my day had just been "good". If I can honestly say that an experience would

I left the book I've been reading on my desk before I drove out. This shouldn't be important to me, and it's not really, but it's...

Cultural unity is one thing, but the complete over-saturation of modern American culture by "trendiness" feels more like a plaster mold...

Amongst the charcuterie of botox and "songwriters" and data analysts and chicks your roommate wants you to go out with that make up the...

Only in song can you and five thousand other people speak together, the same words at the same time, meaning basically the same thing and se

I used to feel incredibly committed to editing anything I created, spending sleepless nights changing guitar parts or adding detail to a...