What Whitney Wants To Say #19
I bought a Labubu x One Piece mystery box on ebay in case you wanted to know how I’m doing. Of course, the one thing I needed was something else that’ll produce microplastics in my room.
Growth, Maybe?
I have to become a better writer. It’s at a point where I’m stuck in between the stories I want to tell and my ability to tell them. I’m pressed up against the wall of my own capacity and I desperately need to expand my skillset. Therefore this will also be a book summer. I will be reading as much as possible in the hopes that it can inspire my brain to produce better prose. I might even do a workshop if I can find a good one nearby. The Knicks Mascot really woke it up when he said he wanted to be one of the greats. I couldn’t relate more.
This can’t be it, right?
Are those town hall videos with the dismissive, ghoulish republicans mocking their own constituents popping up everywhere for you, too? I keep seeing them and they’re all the same. Older people flock to town halls to voice their concerns, then their representative counters with some repulsive comment. What sticks with me though are the comments under those videos. So many “vote him out” or “primary them in the next election” and all I can think is, that can’t be the best that we can do, right? It can’t just be we look at someone gleefully cosigning everything this administration does and think, “I can’t wait to maybe (probably not) remove this rich person from power so they can go on to a long career in lobbying”, can it? I mean I’m well aware of the limitations placed on the individual but as a collective I feel like we could do more. I have felt so bogged down as of late with the realization that this might just be how the cookie crumbles. That must be why I keep reading pieces on the “92 percent” resting and doing that boots on the ground dance. It’s all just collective burnout.
The One Piece is real and it’s keeping me up at night
I have no one to discuss the One Piece manga with and it’s driving me insane. As much as I love One Piece, at this point I wish I’d stuck to watching it. I’m literally reading one of history’s greatest storytellers cook like you wouldn’t believe and I have to keep it to myself. For the last month I have been bombarded with peak and there has been no reprieve. Oda came back from a quick break and decided to go on a generational run. I also have no idea where to find people who are up to date with the manga. And I refuse to turn to reddit. My theory sheet is collecting dust. Sad.
Kpop made me cry again
I never thought I’d hear Jonghyun’s voice on a new SHINee song ever again. This past week I finally did and it was beautiful but absolutely devastating. What an incredible voice. What an incredible soul.
Unfortunately, I’m gonna be outside this summer
I’ve been informed by many of my friends that I am not allowed to spend this Summer inside as planned. Instead they will be bringing me out of the house and forcing me to interact with the DMV public. In the last several months I have mostly kept to myself, opting to stay in wherever I can. If I’m outside it’s to get groceries or go on a hike and think about my life. Ponder the world around me, even. I’ve gone to a few birthday celebrations and family gatherings of course but that’s it. Apparently this is unacceptable so I’ve agreed to be outside. Something about the plea to “enjoy the last summer of your 20s” really stuck with me. So if you see me out late on U street, no you didn’t. If you see me at an open mic spilling my guts for laughs, NO YOU DIDN’T. This is already embarrassing enough.
I actually felt… FOMO?
Intense FOMO is not something I’m used to. Sure I feel it from time to time but it’s never been debilitating. This changed over the weekend. Megan thee Stallion and Hasan Piker were in the same place and I was sitting in traffic on the way to my second job. I’d rather cornrow grass than experience that again. My dear friend Alexis used to describe FOMO like one would describe having a heart attack. I couldn’t understand it but now I do. I owe her a treat next time I see her.
Had to get back to the fun it was getting too serious. More to come!
-Whit
the Meg + Hasan FOMO…we are the same🥲