Writer's Block and J.Cole

I've been feeling a bit (okay, a lot) of writer's block lately. Not because everything is terrible, but rather because lots of things are great! It FINALLY feels like summer here in AK- the leaves are on the trees, the grass is growing, and the snow pile in my yard has finally melted. The mosquitos are out, but at least they are still slow and stupid. I stepped on my glasses the other day (Boo) but that forced me to finally go to the eye doctor, so now I have new contacts AND glasses (Yay!) The new Arrested Development episodes are up, and last week was the first bluegrass festival of the season (where it was sunny and warm. Mostly.)  Long list short, things are good (minus the writer's block). I hope to be back soon with regular favorite thing writing.

Coolest kid at the party

One thing I'm not feeling blocked about is J.Cole. He's back with a hot new jam - Power Trip. LOVING IT, you guys.Slow jam + Rap. YES. And a twist ending!

Hey. GUESS WHAT.

Tomorrow is my birthday! I'm going to be 27.

Fact: I used to be 5.

On the eve of my 27th year, I'm thankful for the following things:

1) Birthday dinners

2) Swimming pools (specifically the pool at the Aleyska Resort where I will be on Saturday night)

3) Getting a day off work for my birthday

4) Sunshine

Late night sunsets

Backyard Parties and Rihanna

According to the calendar, it's May 1st. According to the weather, it's more like March 1st. It snowed yesterday. SNOWED, you guys. Regardless, the museum switched to summer hours today, and there are RVs (being driven by people with no business driving RVs) on the road again, so it must be almost summer.

No matter what the forecast says.

A few weeks ago it warm (read: warmish) and sunny enough for the first backyard party of the year. Okay, so the lawn chairs were buried half way up their backs in the snow, but we take what we can get around here. (Not to mention, the snow kept the beer cold)

Sure you could use tablecloths (or even just tables...) and string up twinkle lights and serve things that start with the word "deconstructed". Or you could just throw some chairs on the grass (or snow) and tell everyone to bring a dish and their own beer. That's the joy of a backyard party.

This week's hot jam is Stay by Rihanna and Mikky Ekko. Let's be honest, Rihanna needs a Sassy Gay Friend to help her make some life decisions, but Girl knows how to sing a pop song. In fact, she just broke the record for the most #1 songs on the Billboard Pop Chart. Stay is haunting but somehow still catchy. It's been playing on the radio here like crazy and I'm not sick of it yet, (unlike some songs, I'm looking at you Bruno Mars,) so that certainly qualifies it for hot jam status.

PS Was anyone else surprised by Mikky Ekko? Did not expect him to look like that.