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

• How to break the pattern of choosing “unavailable” partners. Dude. This resonated with me a little extra hard after recently getting stood up for the first time in my life. Mesmerizing that people still do that sort of thing, but I’m pretty grateful for the experience. I can now add that stamp in my Passport of Sheri.
• How to attract the right people into your life. Be authentic and put yourself out there. Over and over and over. Whether it is romance or business or friendships. Show up. Be seen. Live whole. 
• Anne Lamott threw down truth and it went pretty damn viral. “Is it okay with you that you blow off your writing, or whatever your creative/spiritual calling, because your priority is to go to the gym or do yoga five days a week? Would you give us one of those days back, to play or study poetry? To have an awakening? Have you asked yourself lately, ‘How alive am I willing to be?’ It’s all going very quickly. It’s mid-May, for God’s sake. Who knew. I thought it was late February.”

Nifty

• 10 Oklahoma bands you should be listening to right now. Ten emerging artists from Oklahoma. The music scene here is flourishing with so much talent. I could have added another 10 or 20 to this list. 
• If I had a boat. Holy shit. Lyle Lovett and I chatted on Twitter the other evening for a few minutes. At the time I figured it was an assistant or an intern, but the longer I sit the more I think it was actually him. Neato. 
• Antici…pation. This person ACTUALLY wins the Twitter. 

Music

• The One Who Lives Too Far by John Fullbright I don’t think it’s any secret how much I adore this man’s music. This is one from the new album releasing May 27. I can’t wait to see where this takes him. 
  
• Southern Man by Merry Clayton  I watched 20 Feet From Stardom last weekend and featured prominently in the documentary was a woman named Merry Clayton. Holy shit, she has pipes. 
• Song of Good Hope by Glen Hansard My friend Dustin pointed this video to me last week as I was mentioning for the 1,000th time how much I love Glen Hansard. After I posted it to Facebook my friend Carey pointed out the story of how this song came to pass. Check it out at 47:12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqOUxUo4vLM. So….yeah. I sure hope things work out between Glen and I. 

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

• Russian mother takes magical pictures of her two kids with animals on her Farm. That kid standing on the edge of the dock. Be still my heart.
• Advice column courtesy of Amanda Palmer. “All that said, sometimes you need to just shut the computer and stop fiddling with your phone. The voices on the internet can be like the voices in your head – relentless and impossible to ignore, and nonproductive. So as tempting as it may be to stay connected to the battle and drama online, talking with your actual friends and hanging out in the real-life spaces of the world is the best antidote.”
• Why you make bad decision when you’re attracted to someone. ” When you can’t seem to get someone out of your head, serotonin is usually to blame. Or, more accurately, a lack of serotonin. This same drop in serotonin creation is present in people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In other words, being infatuated with someone causes a similar chemical state to a condition that would otherwise be treated in a professional setting.” Furthermore, there are things  (like alcohol) that suppress serotonin production. Seems like a perfect storm, huh?

Nifty

• Signs you’re in a relationship with hummus. “I really like hummus. I like it so much that you could say I’m a hummusexual.”
• A couple is letting the Internet name their daughter. And you can vote! I’m hoping for Amelia All-Spark.
• What artists eat. This isn’t fancy or complicated, but it’s neat to read about several of my interests combined. People, art and food in a short paragraph. A window peek.
• Royals but for people in their 30’s. “Written by a kid I probably used to babysit / Killing it by puberty while I can barely stay fit.” Really funny and painfully true.

Music

• Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) by Nina Simone.
• Rise to Me by The Decemberists. The steel guitar in this song intoxicates me. Don’t know why…but it’s just perfect.
• SXSW ’14 – The 188 bands you need to hear. I’m going to SXSW this year and my friend Geoff tweeted this link in preparation of his own SXSW adventure. I’m about 1/2 way thru the list and added about 20 so far that I’d like to check out. 

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

• 20 things that mentally strong people don’t do. So, so, so good. I’m not practicing 100% on this list but I aim to. Everyone, please read this and save yourself a decade of suffering. 
• Why I bought a house in Detroit for $500. “All but two of the houses on the block behind Forestdale are gone. Instead of letting it slowly fill up with trash and despair, Paul planted an orchard. In the summer peaches and pears and apples and plums grow on the trees, and vegetables of every make and model grow in the soil. Neighbors care for bees and collect honey in autumn. In the winter, Paul floods it to make a backyard ice rink. He’s still tinkering with a homemade way to groom the ice, and recently I found him back there on his knees with a clothing iron plugged into an extension cord, trying to iron the ice smooth. That didn’t work. He’ll figure something out eventually.”
• 4 things I learned from the worst online dating profile ever. “I could follow my first instinct as these messages began to roll in, which was to invest in a high-quality chastity belt and start collecting cats.”
• 10 creative rituals you should steal. Golden, golden, golden advice that I needed to read. I’ve accidentally discovered some of these things (like quarterly vacations…not that *ever* take whole weeks each quarter) but hadn’t realized the importance of others (like daily writing). And, yeah, reading this really extra a whole lot makes me want to attend the 99U conference. ::sigh:: 

Nifty

• Awesome portraits of iconic San Francisco houses. Colorful paintings of houses in my favorite city, labeled with the presumed snack being served inside. Brilliant.
  
• Ladies Against Humanity I hadn’t ever thought about this, but Cards Against Humanity is written by men. So, so funny…but here’s a Tumblr of proposed cards written by women. These need to be added as an expansion pack NOW.
• Ventriloquist picking up girls on the subway.