There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a round up of the things I most enjoyed in the last few weeks by category.

Inspiration

• Is it ok for white people to have dreadlocks? A funny and smart commentary on cultural appropriation.
• Russell Brand comments on Renee Zellweger and further lays the ground work for my marriage proposal to him. Thank you, sir.
• The human behind Humans of New York. Brandon Stanton is a gifted storyteller/grabber who has killer camera gear and what seems to be an amazing heart. Dear everyone, go be more like Brandon.

Nifty

• Brilliant modification of a truck bed. If you’ll pardon me, I need to go buy a truck now.  
• Review of Ben Howards new album. And maybe the best review I’ve ever read of anything ever. “I’d like to officially second everything Joel just said above, seal it in an envelope with a wax stamp of a monogrammed B for boner and pour the rest of said wax on my nipples. Could you imagine what would happen if Damien Rice fronted Junip in your dreams? Ben Howard is what would happen and wetness would follow.”
• Bradley Pitts on Between Two Ferns. I have cried laughing all 8 times I’ve watched this.
• How to be Ultra Spiritual. If you are “spiritual, not religious” like me, you should watch this. Hell, watch it anyway because it makes laughing happen. Good, clean laughing.
• 7 obvious reasons you need to date a guy with a beard 

Music

• Conrad by Ben Howard
• I Don’t Want to Change You by Damien Rice

There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a round up of the things I most enjoyed last week by category.

Inspiration

• 25 struggles only ENFPs will understand.  “5. Regularly forgetting that your physical needs exist. 8. Everyone thinking you’re flirting with them, all of the time. 17. Needing significantly more alone time than other extraverts. 20. People thinking you’re looking for advice when you simply need to process things out loud.” Or all of them. Every single goddamn one of them.
• A brother and sister get married. A beautiful love story told in a series of tweets. 
• The one and only way to move past fear. Lovely words from Elizabeth Gilbert, “Your fear is the most boring thing about you.”
• Starbucks Cleverly Advocates for Meeting Up Instead of Texting 

Nifty

•  The farting pastor. Hallelujah. 
• Two goth teens made a video looking back at 2009, and it’s the best thing you’ll see in 2014. “Don’t be jealous because we’re rebellious.” Watch this all the way through at least once. You’ll be so happy you did. And SO HAPPY you aren’t 14 anymore.

Music

• I Turn My Camera On by Spoon I saw them in Tulsa on Tuesday and in a beautiful turn of events, got to hang out with them for a couple hours after. Neat-o. 
• Hopeless by Train Not sure why, but I fell down a nostalgic rabbit hole this week. I loved the Drops of Jupiter album back in the day but this song in particular always resonated with me. 
• Once I Was An Eagle by Laura Marling I love her and yesterday I was in a blue head space. Instead of coaching myself into the light I put this concept album on repeat and floated in the warm, dark waters that is Laura Marling. Felt some feelings whilst listening to a beautiful voice tell a heartbreak story. It was nice in an emo sort of way. 

There’s a lot of stuff I share on the Internet every day. Here’s a round up of the things I most enjoyed in the last few weeks by category. The catch-up edition, if you will. 

Inspiration

•  29 signs you doing just fine even if it doesn’t feel like it. “6) You see obstacles in front of you because you are not settling. – If you settle for just anything, there wouldn’t be any obstacles in your way, but then you would never know what you are capable of either. Because your obstacles are your opportunities. Obstacles are put in your way to help you determine if what you want is really worth fighting for.” So, so many good gems.
  
• Insta-therapy by Timothy Goodman. A series of Instagram posts with stylized text. But instead “Keep Calm and Whatever On” they say things like, “That nerdy girl from school is on top of her game now and there’s nothing you can do” or this one that is glorious but far too long for me to transcribe. 
• What adoption classes didn’t tell us about raising black children. My friend Shelley Cadamy shared this never weeks ago and it’s powerful. Like, brick-in your-chest powerful. Sample: “2. Police officers might also kill your son for walking to his nana’s house while black, next to the curb instead of on the sidewalk, and then trying to explain to the officer that he is just going to see his nana. The officer might try and choke your son and then shoot him point blank, followed by several bonus shots when he tries to run.“
• Yes to Love. This is from the guy who proposed to his girlfriend in the most epic way. The Love video is just as heartfelt but in an entirely different way and makes me miss my grandparents and sister and mom and aunts and relationships I don’t even have. But in a good way. Mostly. Maybe a little wistful in with the good. 
• Literati Press called me a patron saint.  “If you have been to an alt-country or folk show in Oklahoma, chances are you were standing next to Guyse, but didn’t know it. She believes in music, it is her church, her spiritual path. In high school, we all claimed that “music was our life”, but overtime our music collections staled and our interest in rooting out new artists faded. Few hold onto the faith, which makes music lovers like Guyse so critical to OKC’s developing landscape.”

Nifty

• Men in yoga pants. I don’t even know what this is about. And I don’t care.
  
• James Brown pitches miso in Japan.
• Patrick Stewart’s ice bucket challenge. He’s still the best captain.
• I created a photo that illustrates exactly why I want an iPhone 6 Plus. And I’m still giggly-pleased with my immense cleverness and lack of photoshop skills.

Music

• My Favourite Faded Fantasy by Damien Rice The announcement that Damien Rice would be releasing a new album in November sent me right through the stratosphere. This is the first single. ::swoon:: This will be his first studio album in 8 years and I can’t wait. He gives me all the feels. 
• Happy by John Fullbright I’m behind on “I love the Internets” so I included this. John was on Letterman. STILL so proud for these guys. And that bassist? He’s played in Sheri’s Living Room, which is so name-droppy for me to mention but I don’t care. David’s great at what he does, so very nice and deserves all life gives him. Hooray for Oklahoma! 
• Illinois Blues by Hozier This was captured at the Newport Folk Festival. Magic.
• In the Morning by Leif Vollebekk I cannot hear this song enough. I can’t believe that he’s playing in my living room ON MONDAY. People. ::sigh:: There are a handful of seats left to this show here: http://sherislivingroom.com/upcoming-show If you miss it, there will be a video or two released in the next month or so and you will have ALL THE SADS you missed it. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.