i got all my sisters with me

i've been thinking a lot about 2 things this week: the offspring and family.  the former because i forgot how much i loved that band until i heard "self esteem" on a tv show the other day and the 16 year old skater boy in my soul, the one who is usually overshadowed by the 16 year old gay boy in my soul, rose up and screamed, "you should go look them up on spotify and re-live high school." so i am. because offspring rules.

don't try to put me in the box, i'm an enigma burrito wrapped up in a tortilla of mystery.

the latter is because i often spend a lot of time thinking about my family and perhaps more than usual this week because tomorrow my beloved brother is moving to his new job in chicago. i miss him already.  but i'm actually not here to talk about that.  that pain i shall continue to stuff down out of sight, repressing it in a completely healthy and normal german way.

the other reason i've been thinking about family recently was triggered by, of course, pop culture.

the twee-ist of all twee movies ever, "frances ha," came out recently and there was an article in entertainment weekly with greta gerwig about it in which she said: "I think when you’re in your late 20's, you realize that friends are not your family. They will go off and have a family of their own. You will go off and find your own family." (this is a direct quote, i actually looked it up to make sure i got it right).

ms. gerwig, i respectfully disagree.

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fear of fuzzy feet

i have a confession to make.  it's hard for me to admit this, but i know i'm in a safe space here.

i have never seen "star wars."

i'm hoping that this admission does not scare off the 3's of readers i'm anticipating having.

here's the thing about me... i am a pop culture junkie.  when i was in high school, that 6 degrees of kevin bacon thing was... developed? discovered? at any rate, it was a thing. a friend of mine and i, discontent with just linking people to kevin bacon, would challenge our friends and family to name any two actors and see if we could link them (it was a simpler time, facebook did not exist).

today, i am often the person who is there to fill in the actor that you can't remember but he was in that movie, you know that movie, with the people who lived in the place?  and he had that accent?  remember?  i do - it was peter o'toole.

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