Christopher Hudspeth

Don’t bank on Disney movie magic or divine intervention to make things happen if you’re sitting around idle.

I don’t know how to take compliments and I’m 83% sure you’re judging me for the speed of my windshield wipers.

3. Your friends’ siblings, who were tiny people when you used to go over to their place in high school, are now fully blossoming into adults and frankly it’s kind of freaky.

1. Mental illness as “crazy.”

In loving memory of Oreo O’s, creator of incredibly delectable post-cereal milk. Discontinued but not forgotten.

1. Making a conscious effort to show how much less you can care than the other person.

Who is responsible for making the first move?

There are everyday occurrences that aren’t a big deal and most people seem to handle them gracefully, but my worrisome, cynical imagination doesn’t allow me to do that and I’m hoping there are others out there who can relate to and share this pain.

These recommendations are for the weekend: Friday December 20, 2013 thru Sunday December 22, 2013.

Friend language = Laidback sarcasm.

We can dig deeper and try to get to the bottom of why we lose self-control upon entering a Target, or we can just accept the red & khaki wizard regime’s mysterious abilities to make us disregard shopping lists and toss things in our carts with reckless abandon.

Avoid getting stuck in a foggy place. If you’re involved with a dude, don’t allow yourself to take part in a label-less, casual, uncommitted connection if that’s not what you want.