Dear Pinterest…

Please stop sending me notifications on photos of Lay Zhang shirtless.

I know it’s probably one of the hot searches in your search engine (and it’s not hard to see why), but I like him — no, love — I love him bare-faced. I mean, have you even seen him in “Reknow”? The man just doesn’t have a beautiful face. He has a beautiful handwriting, too. He makes mine look clunky and chunky and I would’ve felt bad except that Lay Zhang is someone who actually creates, arranges, and produces music. AND he dances so, so well, too. Somehow, those facts take the sting away. At least my handwriting lost to someone THAT multi-talented and great.

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Tears, Beers, and Candles

It’s been raining nearly all week. The night sky is starless. The wind cool and soothing. As I type this down, a vanilla-scented candle is wafting its sweet scent and I feel grounded. Almost at peace, if only my mind would learn to quiet down once in a while.

While no tears were shed this week (unless you count tears of laughter, which this household never seem to run out of in regular doses) and no beers were consumed (except for honey water, which I’m having right now), I am happy to report that the cedar wood vanilla candle from Bath & Body Works is really making me feel all calm and relaxed, in spite of the week-long rain and the dangers it posed.

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