Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? 

I have been MIA from the blogscene lately for several reasons. Firstly… because I had too many secrets brewing and knew I would spill the beans before it was time and secondly… laziness? It’s always in there somewhere. 

Secrets you say? Yes. I quit my job last Friday. More on that later. 

Other things include: Liked a boy. Planted some flowers. Baked some pies. Typical things.

The boy is gone, the flowers are sort of alive and the pies were good, so all in all we can call it a somewhat successful two weeks. Somewhat.

In the summer of 2008 I studied abroad in France and went to the Cannes Film Festival with UGA. I had never done anything like that: Europe, or attempt to speak French. It was one of those experiences that gets tucked away in your soul and folded into your memory in a shiny gold box. I learned a lot about myself whilst lounging on the rock piers of the Riviera, and anytime I see or hear a reference to that Festival or to Southern France, I get a little nostalgic for the time in my life when I believed so much to be possible about life. 

I saw the new poster for this summer’s Festival last Friday… on the morning that I quit my job. Not only do I love this photo of Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward, but I love the story behind it. It was taken during production of their 1963 film A New Kind of Love and was remastered for the poster. (Side note: if any of you out there know someone who’s going to the Festival this summer… I would love to get a poster…) 

Staring at this image gave me all kinds of hope… the kind of hope that was fostered in the French sunshine many summers ago as I was nearing the end of my collegiate career and unsure of what I was going to do in the future. The kind of hope I needed to walk in there and quit. The kind of hope that endless crepes and bottles of cheap French wine can bring.

A New Kind of Love. 

My life looks very different right now than what my 21-year-old self would have thought… but I think that’s OK. I’m learning how to believe it’s OK.  

More details on the job front as I have some, but can’t really share at the moment. Soon! Until then… enjoy these tunes. Some killer tracks by Elle King and Chic Gamine, to name a few ballers. But the whole thing is ballin’. 

Happiest of Fridays to you. 

++All the Fridayiest Tunes here!

Seriously though… any UGA kids out there going to the festival and wanna bring me back a poster :) ?

Well it looks like I spoke too soon with that “I wish it were colder” statement the other day. Today is freezing! 

In honor of what feels like, finally, the end of fall… here’s a long overdue mixtape of some of the tunes I’ve been listening to and loving lately. 

Hello to Winter and good luck on finals those of you who are still out there in Studyland. YOU CAN DO IT! 

Click the image to enjoy the tunes!