thenerdygirl: Woman with braided hair staring off to the side (Leia)
2022-02-25 01:46 pm
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friendshipping

I'm listening to an older podcast called Friendshipping and most of the time it's a friendship advice show but they occasionally have fandom discussions. That's what's happening right now and they're gushing about The Force Awakens, their ships (Poe+Rey+Finn), and how much they're looking forward to The Last Jedi and I'm like 😬😬😬....so yeah, going to see how that goes in the future episodes. It's a trip to listen to podcast episodes from 2017 & 2018....before, you know, everything.

Overall though I find the show incredibly helpful as I've been navigating the loss of an important friendship that had been disintegrating throughout 2021. The advice has been reassuring and I'm learning to recognize boundary needs, communication issues, and stuck mindsets. However it's annoying to be learning these things at my age, as I keep thinking "Why didn't I know this sooner? It would have helped so much!" but I have remind myself I didn't have access to tools like this when I was younger and the majority of adults I knew did not have healthy relationships so there wasn't an opportunity to learn these skills. At least I'm learning now so hopefully present & future me will do better.
thenerdygirl: Woman with braided hair staring off to the side (Leia)
2021-03-19 08:23 am

Podcasts & general rambling

I have an audiobook I borrowed from the library that I need to read as it's due back soon but I can't stop listening to the podcast Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds. Like the name says, it's a podcast about feuds between musicians throughout modern history. I was a huge fan of the show Behind the music when I was growing up and this podcast definitely scratches that itch. Always found it fascinating how bands/musician developed, the dynamics, the impact they had on music, and then of course, how it often falls apart.

Another favourite music podcast of mine is Song Vs Song which compares two songs from similar artists/genres/time periods and examines the impact, the quality, and asks the important question: Which song would have the better William Shatner cover?

Podcasts aside, life has been going along well enough. Our COVID numbers are down significantly so we're at a lower alert level though my workplace is still currently in the 'working from home' phase. I've been trying to take advantage of it by getting some stuff done around the house aka sort through paperwork left by my parents. I'm making progress, it will get done but it's been tough. Hopefully, I can power through the rest of it this weekend.

We're still in a blanket of snow so I'm living vicariously through people's spring posts online. Here in Newfoundland winter lasts from December to April/May and we don't really get the lovely spring you see in other places. I still vividly remember one year in my twenties I went to Harlow, England in April and saw how green and sunny everything was. In April! Suddenly all the flowery imagery of Spring made sense because there were actual flowers! I kid, I knew other places had actual Spring though it was still a shock just how nice the weather was April.