Category: Creative Musings
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There’s something sacred—borderline alchemical—about women who step up to a mic and unleash something primal. The kind of vocals that rattle ribs, resurrect teenage fire, and remind you you’re not losing your mind…just finally hearing it echoed back. 1. Halestorm: My North Star of Noise Halestorm quietly climbed their way into my #1 slot back…
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“Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more.” 🎄 The Gospel of the Outcast No one does isolation like the Grinch. He’s the patron saint of the emotionally exhausted—the one who finally had enough of performative cheer and climbed a mountain to get some damn peace. Honestly? Relatable. Ron Howard’s 2000 version drips with green-tinted melancholy. Underneath…
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On Netflix, Warner Bros., and the Slow Cursing of Movie Theaters Everywhere There’s a particular kind of dread that settles over you when you hear the words “Netflix is buying Warner Bros.” It’s the same dread you feel when a beloved character steps into a dark hallway in a horror movie…they’re definitely not coming back…
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When the World Feels Heavy There’s something about being at your emotional rock bottom that makes even the smallest, most fleeting moments feel like magic. Or maybe it’s not magic. Maybe it’s just the aching need for something—a spark, a softness, a reminder that beauty still exists out there. Somewhere. Post-Wedding Blues and a Keg…
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“Each man’s life touches so many other lives…” 💫 The Weight of the Ordinary Every December, It’s a Wonderful Life returns like a ghost with unfinished business. It’s framed as a Christmas movie, but really, it’s an exorcism of despair. George Bailey isn’t a saint—he’s a man crushed under the gravity of small-town duty, staring…
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“You can’t spell ‘families’ without ‘lies.’” 🎁 The Art of the Exit Strategy Every Christmas, I watch Four Christmases. It’s one of those movies that gets funnier—and truer—the more you’ve lived it. The hopping from house to house, the polite smiles through exhaustion, the endless chorus of “you’re not staying for dessert?” I’ve been doing…
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🕯️ Thanksgiving at the Edge of Sanity Addams Family Values is the rare sequel that outshines the original—wickedly sharper, unapologetically stranger, and dressed head-to-toe in black humor. It’s a movie about family dysfunction served with cranberry sauce and arsenic. Released in 1993, it gave us one of the most iconic Thanksgiving scenes in cinematic history—Wednesday…
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“As you wish.” 💍 A Safe Bet in an Unsafe World Whenever someone asks my favorite movie, I usually say The Princess Bride. It’s a safe bet—classic enough to earn respect, whimsical enough to avoid debate. The truth is, I don’t actually know what my favorite movie is. It changes with the weather, the mood,…
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Bayou Bound: Beignets, Ghosts, and a Little Lagniappe When my job at the State encouraged everyone to attend an annual seminar or conference to “broaden our professional horizons,” I saw an opportunity—not just for education, but for adventure. The Enterprise Risk Management seminar in New Orleans sounded like the perfect excuse to earn a few…