I’ve made it extremely obvious to everyone in my life that I bought rollerblades.
I know you’re thinking, Hilary those are rollerskates, ya ding dong!! But listen, I also went rollerskating at Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale last week. I forgot to pack my blades so I rented skates (obviously had a blast), but anyway—back to my rollerblades. I love them. I’ve been taking any excuse to blade around Sonoma, to the bank, to the community center, to the coffee shop, down the bike path. Though an old white lady screamed at me today for taking up too much space and “only caring about myself.” (Maybe I am ready to go back to New York..!)
Moving around on wheels has felt exhilarating now that I am more confident and less doubtful/wobbly/grabbing onto anything near me to stop my fall. It’s my last week on the west coast and I cannot believe the summer has gone by so fast. I’ve enjoyed living in a tiny fantasy out here for a couple months, moonlighting as my 14 year old nephew’s mom (also known as being an aunt) and picking him up from the gym every day then complaining to my mom about whatever is happening to my body, expecting her to fix it. It’s truly been a suburban summer!
Few random thoughts:
All these dating/self help books never take into account when someone is a crazed artist. Frank and I were laughing about writing a book called How To Date An Artist and it’s just filled with a bunch of contradictions.
I want there to be an XXS size of a vanilla latte because I love ordering them but then I only have 3 sips.
Margie is adapting well to suburbia and I think she’s gonna be really mad when we’re back in New York.
On another note, I am extremely guilty of impulse purchases. Is there anyone out there who isn’t tempted by a Macy’s sale? A few weeks ago I found myself at the mall. Somewhere I haven’t found myself in ages. Not just any mall, the Santa Rosa mall, the mall I went to every weekend once I got my license because it was the one place I knew how to get to without directions (You just go straight on highway 12 and it literally ends at the mall!). So many memories came to me on the drive and entering the parking lot. So many trips with girlfriends when we just really needed to *get away* and *complain about our homework and our boyfriends* (p.s. has anything changed?).
During this specific trip I was supposed to be there to help my nephew get his back to school shopping done, but suddenly I found myself feeling like… I was going back to school? Like, I wanted a new backpack too. And a shirt at Tilly’s. And high heels that I’ll literally never wear. I wanted it, and I wanted it now!!!!!!!!!
We got Chick-fil-a after but only cuz he wanted to, if it were up to me I would’ve gone to Fosters Freeze, honey!
This is about a sandwich my mom brought me the other day. I think there’s a specific group of people in the world who understand what it feels like to wipe mayo off of bread with a napkin and there’s people who have no idea what I’m talking about.
I have a several tattoos on my body. Well, I have 3. One is a reindeer, one is the cover of Modest Mouse’s Good News For People Who Love Bad News (it’s true… I have feelings), and the third one on my foot is the name of my first documentary, This Is Not The End. After 3 I hit a stopping point with new ink because I started having nightmares where I accidentally got tatts all over my boobs and I was devastated with my life choices (!!!) but I have been dreaming of the same tattoo now for about 6 years. It’s a balloon floating up my left arm. I’ve been drawing it on myself in sharpie a lot, whenever I feel highly impulsive and think getting a tattoo will solve any and all of my problems. Then last week, in a moment of such high impulsion, I opened the first page of Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems and the first page was a comic ABOUT A BALLOON.
IT’S A SIGN, NO???????
Haven’t gotten it yet, but I know I will soon. In closing, here’s a recent Sonoma self portrait:
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