BUT FIRST, all the details about my art show in a couple of weeks! Mark your calendars now for Nov 12 & 13 to check out rad art and sip radder wine. And hang out with me. Which I am grateful for, obviously. The recognition for the third year in a row – as long…
why the duck | feel good Finally 101822

I left my beloved job at HGS, where I had the incredible fortune of working for the absolute best boss I’ve ever had and working with the most incredible team I’ve ever built. We made big impact: big strides forward in brand consistency and social media, launched an awesome podcast, packaged our first product, built…
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This post is a helpful explainer as to why I still blog, however many years (decades??) later. Thanks for reading thisislifeinaustin/aspen/youaremycelebrity/xlyssa/all the iterations this blog has been! Read Em’ History major here. Fascinated by the concept that North America is truly 11 nations shaped by their cultures and backgrounds. Rings very true. May need to…
duck feet | Feel Good Friday 092322
SUAVE MARI MAGNO

“It is a delightful thing, while the great sea rages, to watch from the land another struggling with the waves: not because this is in itself a delight; yet it is a delight to watch calamities from which you feel yourself safe. So to look on a battle from some safe point of view. But nothing is more delightful than, from some serene stronghold of knowledge, to look down upon the wanderings and errors of other men, and their efforts after mere wealth and power, rather than knowledge and a quiet mind.” The first words of the opening of the second book of the Latin poet Lucretius, De Rerum Nalura. We found these words on the wall of a cantina called Tropico 56 in Merida, Mexico, where the driver we hired for the day on the recommendation of a man we met outside of a bathroom who said I look like I spoke English used to be the manager, en…
Boy Do I Hate Vegas | Feel Good Friday 091622
But I love Megs & P!! I planned to post this from the ridiculous beer garden they told me was laid back on a Friday afternoon in Vegas BUT alas I got swept away and only now at midnight in Vegas can I post … I came here for work and stayed for fun. I’ve…
A Long Short Week | Feel Good Friday 090922
lololol i tried | thirty eight | feel good thursday 090122 / tuesday 090622
rain | Feel Good Friday 081922

9 hours of volleyball! 11 games! And my achilles felt good. Made it to the semi-finals in random-draw tournament. Couldn’t jump as high as I expected sometimes, but otherwise am definitely almost back! My body? Not so good. I physically could not peel myself off of the couch once we got home; it is no…
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A very random list compiled over some very weird weeks … Do All The Things Read my baby bro’s obituary for Nali, and sign up for his Three Things email list. Follow the new ig account @DrinkinDinos Buy All The Things! Dying over Tito’s in a Can* … amazing marketing. In a badass boss mode…



