Every second counts

And today, we all get an extra one. Make the most of it.

Here are a few suggestions:

1. Start a garden.
2. Take a cooking class.
3. Write a thank you letter.
4. Watch Season 2 of Game of Thrones
5. Read up on Skrillex, the hot new DJ who looks like a lot of alt/emo Spanish girls. 

It's been a long time -- nearly 3 years -- but I've decided to try my blogging hat back on.

Though that couldn't mean less to the entire population of the world minus about 30 people, I still feel some pressure to find my old voice.

So for that reason I'm going to start with a bombshell; something hard hitting and topical and thought provoking. A blog post that will get everyone talking and make everyone remember why they checked into er/uk regularly or semi-regularly or maybe once by accident.

Not many of you will know this, but about 8 months ago, I made the decision to stop wearing jeans.

Change is never easy, but it was a change I wanted to make, because I didn't find jeans to be comfortable any more. These days you'll find me in cotton twill, linen, cotton-linen blend, and very occasionally wool, which is far less comfortable than jeans.

No regrets. Thanks for tuning in.

Part 2

Blog is Dead

I'm going to be real with you right now: blogs are old hat. Or if you don't have an old hat, think of the shirt you have hanging in your closet but haven't worn for several years. It's not so bad that you've actually taken it down and put it into a charity bag, but if you're really honest with yourself you know you'll never wear it again.

Things that are in right now:
1. Wasting lots of free time watching sports.
2. Reading Twitter, but not actually Tweeting.
3. Having a girlfriend.

It takes me back

Back to when I asked for a Nintendo, and my dad said "No". And so then I just had to watch my friend Kirk Snyder play. It looked like so much fun.

I could do this all day

http://soytuaire.labuat.com/

Saw this on NPR: All Songs Considered.

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AHHHHHHHH! SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ACCURATELY SUMMARIZE ME!

But more elements directly pigeonhole Oliver, so that makes me feel better.

www.eyeweekly.com/features/article/55882

Some key passages:
Boomer and post-boom parents with more money and autonomy than their predecessors has resulted in benignly self-indulgent children who were sold on their own uniqueness, place in the world and right to fulfillment in a way no previous generation has felt entitled to, and an increasingly entrepreneurial, self-driven creation myth based on personal branding, social networking and untethered lifestyle spending is now responsible for our identities.

The Quarterlife Crisis remains largely a middle-class, Stuff White People Like kind of problem, and usually manifests itself where certain problematic social norms used to exist, like who had access to education and interesting work, and who was allowed adventure and self-determination.

Having so much — youth, ability, independence — can feel like the worst possible scenario.

I wasn't spoiled as a child, and I'm not headed back to graduate school, and I'm not in debt, but I do identify with parts of this. And more than the specifics, I identify with the general theme of the article. I need boundaries -- feel free to suggest some.

Could be worse though.