Weekend Things: Just the Highlights

Lauren5 Comments

So I’ve realized something about my “Weekend Things” posts.  I’m not really sure when this happened, but at some point I started getting a little too detailed.  You guys probably don’t care what I did every hour on the hour and I don’t care to write about it!  So I’ll just be sticking to the highlights today 🙂

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Fish Friday!  Just kidding, that’s not an actual tradition in this household but we made homemade fish nuggets before sitting down to watch “The Place Beyond the Pines” (which for the record, was terrible) and they took me right back to my childhood fish stick days, plus they tasted AMAZING!

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Is it bad luck if you convince your fiancé to see you in just your veil before the wedding day?  If so, I’m screwed.  Don’t worry, I won’t be wearing it this direction, come actual wedding day.

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Lowlight of the weekend: showing up to see “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and discovering that it’s sold out.  A snowy afternoon at an obscure Denver movie theater and a Wes Anderson film?  I should’ve known.

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This was my Christmas present to my sister.  I’m pretty sure Lorde is the high priestess of a secret cult but she’s also pretty awesome.  I could hear a lot of people in the audience making fun of her dancing, but you know what, I love that she dances weird.  Own it, sister!

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Sunday stuff: walking to a new-to-us coffee shop for latte art and oatmeal in mason jars.  Black Eye Coffee Shop knows the way to my heart.  Also, on the way home, we passed a “take one, leave one” book library and I thought it was the cutest thing ever.  I was highly tempted to leave my Rick Steves travel guide to Barcelona and take the Junie B. Jones book, but then I decided that maybe wasn’t the best idea.

Now that I’m (more than) sufficiently caffeinated and Joey is (beyond more than) sufficiently caffeinated and totally wrapped up into installing baseboards — does anyone else think handling a saw and a nail gun on too much caffeine is a bad idea?? — I think I’ll get myself wrapped up into a project of my own.  Something along the lines of some kitchen organization?

Happy Sunday!

A Few Words on Writing Inspiration

Lauren4 Comments

Hi, guys!  Happy Friday!

So this post isn’t the most uplifting thing I’ve ever written, but it’s something I wrote earlier this week (when it was cloudy and gray outside — my mood is so affected by the weather), and it’s a pretty good example of the kind of stuff I often write, then decide not to publish.  Usually, it’s because I realize that getting the words out, even if I’m the only one to ever see them, is all I really needed.  But, I thought I’d push myself out of my comfort zone today and just go ahead and publish it.  Here goes nothing!

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Judging from the topics you find on this blog, I know it probably seems like I spend a lot of time thinking about food trucks, craft beer, honeymoon plans and how to fit in a work out before or after work, but honestly, what I spend the most time thinking about is writing!

I’m constantly at odds with even referring to myself as a “writer,” because, well, I know a lot of the things I write about aren’t all that deep or profound or probably of interest to anyone but me (and maybe my mom…), but I feel this deep-seeded need to write.  As in, I am constantly writing, and have been my whole life, without even realizing it.  Often, posts go unpublished (told you!) and sometimes even unfinished but behind the scenes, I’m always writing.

On Saturday night, I was drinking Miller Light (not recommended), downing shots of Jameson (really not recommended) and having a passionate discussion about writing with another writer (highly recommended!) and realized everything I write is so safe.  Like boringly safe.  I don’t feel challenged by “Weekend Things” posts, or inspired by “10 Things…” posts lately.  But I also feel scared to dig any deeper.

Just the other morning, I was complaining about my lack of writing inspiration to Joey — whose wise suggestion was to take a break and wait for the inspiration to return — and an hour later I was publishing another post!  See!  Can’t not write!  So I guess this post isn’t really going anywhere but to maybe just help me clear my brain 😛  Sometimes getting the words out is all I really need to help get unstuck.

P.S. Anyone with blog post topic suggestions is highly encouraged to share them!

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If you’re a blogger, do you consider yourself a writer?

Do you ever feel uninspired and how do you get unstuck?

On a lighter note, what are your weekend plans? 🙂