On the mind..

I found an article that said the media is mostly filled out negative words and names for teenage boys. They are called thugs and feral- two awful words that boys should not have to experience a stigma around. The Article even mentioned that the one time that teenage boys may be positively talked about is when they die. How terrible is that? After taking words away from this article, I left the photo, and hardly any text. This entire article was negative and it was hard to pull any positivity from it. 

Play..... This was hard for me, but also somewhat easy. I often say my weekend is my "play time" because I am always out and about, camping, concert hopping, dive bar dancing, taking long drives through CT and finding local things to do. To me, these are considered play because I am having fun. However, over the weekend I decided to change it up and stay at home (I live alone so after a while, a quiet house gets so quiet and boring- therefore I leave! Often!). I asked my best high school friend (we aren't together as much as I am with my "this- phase of adulthood"- friends) to grab chinese food from our old hang out, and to come sit on my deck to listen to DMB- Dave Matthews Band- (my first and one true love) and hang with me for the night. We lit yankee candles, drank beer, played cards, pulled out our high school year books, and sat there all night laughing and reminiscing. Making fun of ourselves and having fun with ourselves. My version of "play" ...