I'm on the bad side of twenty-five
it's a dangerous time to be a friend of mine
Whoa! Brand synergy! The latest episode of my podcast Meet My Friend with Tyler Scruggs is out now. I caught up with my friend @TristanTimothy, and we discussed stand-up comedy, social media, cancel culture, Kevin Hart, Andrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, and a bunch of other controversial stuff. We also figured out I love controversy. Oops. Give it a listen or save it for later.
It feels like the stars are on my side lately. Iβm deeply paranoid about apps and deep learning algorithms advising us like horoscopes. Still, Co β Starβs snarky, often chillingly timely push notifications can keep me from going on Twitter rampages. So maybe Astrology is good? Donβt quote me on that.
One thingβs for sure: Iβm sure sick of this shit.
Thankfully, it seems like a lot of people are. It feels like the stars are on my side lately.
Do you remember Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stumpβs solo album Soul Punk? It wasnβt particularly successful, but an exciting look into the singerβs musical sensibilities. More inspired by Michael Jackson and Prince, Soul Punk was a peek into the pop-punk singerβs influences and style. Perhaps it informed the more bro-y sample-heavy arena rock that sort of dominated Fall Out Boyβs output the last, damn, seven years since they got back together? This is side one; flip me over.
Some people fade like evening
Some just never go away
But there's simply no place safer
than the bank the day after the robbery
So you wake to grab the paper
Sip your coffee, too much grind
You don't so much mind the aging
You just mind the getting wise
I turn 25 this weekend, and I canβt tell if Iβm on the bad side of 25, or if thatβs yet to come. Before I can even celebrate turning a quarter-century old, thereβs a countdown clock in the corner of my brain thatβs reminding me that Iβm going to lose my parentsβ healthcare plan in a year. That sounds stupid as heck, but itβs true. I donβt know what Iβll do or if Iβll have a job thatβll provide it someday. So, Iβm anxious about it.
Oh! I can rent a car now, huh. Maybe Iβll try that. Is it fun?
School started last week, and thanks to Twitter, I was able to register and get everything squared away. Iβm taking three classes: American Government, Human Communications, and Perspective: Comparative Cultures because, of course, I am. However, theyβre all online, which will give me some flexibility to travel and be a bit nomadic. My housing situation changes up in the Spring, and Iβm not sure quite where Iβll land, but the need now to go to campus is minimal, except to use the gymβ¦ eventually. π
Iβve finally managed that recent massive influx of Facebook friend requests I got last week. I have been forwarding everyone to my Instagram, lmao. Also, Iβve officially relinquished myself of the belief that I promote myself too much because hooooly cow look what Justin Bieber did with his new song βYummyβ. Yucky
Here are some other things I thought were pleasant or interesting:
I donβt know if youβll get anything out of this, but I was fascinated by this podcast with Russell Brand and Logan Paul. Russell Brand is a decent YouTuber, but heβs currently under the delusion that premium podcasts are something that we will pay for like Netflix.
This week Iβve gotta put my head down a βlil bit for school, but do always let me know if thereβs a topic or subject youβd like to see me cover. Still getting the hang of the newsletter thing and have been prioritizing consistency over the deep dives, but I do have some deep dives!! Competent and consistent content creation is hard! Especially since I seem hellbent on attacking everywhere on everything. Now, to find some advertisers...