i'd never thought i'd never wanna die.
let's go down to the garden together.
hey my loves,
how’s your week been? have you treated yourself to some well deserved time spent alone, hot coffee in your hands, facing the sun, eyes closed, smiling? nah, me neither.
but i’ve found myself randomly thinking:
“ha. life ain’t so bad right now - i think i wanna stay here a little longer."
considering that for most of my 34 years on this planet, i felt hopeless and worthless and fucking miserable, this was kind of a “low budget burning bush epiphany.”
since i’m not religious, my burning bush would probably say something like:
“hey kiddo, we good? sorry for the mess, i’ve accidentally set the kitchen on fire trying to bake a cake for you, so i come empty-handed but well, fuck it, let’s do it anyway:
i’m proud of you, gurl! you’ve survived! now, we don’t wanna get ahead of ourselves - we’re not gonna run around with flowers in our hair and i really fucking hope we’re never gonna have a live, love, laugh sign in our kitchen, but getting up without thinking… ‘fucking hell, why can’t you just let me sleep forever?’ is pretty good, aye?”
notice how my burning bush is a) Australian for some reason and b) pretty chatty compared to its biblical ancestors.
so on this week’s soul revision, i wanna share some more sweet “well, that’s a nice reason to wake up again tomorrow”-moments with you and i really hope we both get to do this “facing the sun, breathing, smiling”-thing next week - let’s try, ok? deal.
you know what i really really love? discovering new bands - that have only just started out and for some reason, i just know in my heart, that they’re gonna be HUGE one day - who are actually on tour right now and one of their stops being in your city this weekend!
that’s what happened for me this week with these absolute gems:
the boyfriend and i discovered them when we were going through the line-up of a festival we’re gonna attend this summer and one of our favorite things to do is giving the bands we don’t know yet a listen and well, we both immediately fell in love with unpeople.
they’re like the lovechild of two of my favorite bands, PUP and Turnstile.
they’re touring Europe right now with Vukovi, so that was a lovely surprise and my treat for the week that we got to see them in a teeny tiny club before they’re gonna hit the big stages.
treat yourself to some unpeople, my loves - you’re not gonna regret it <3
look at me ugly crying because ONE OF MY POEMS GOT PUBLISHED THIS WEEK ON PAPERBACK AND E-BOOK IN AN INTERNATIONAL POETRY COLLECTION:
i’m honestly still so fucking overwhelmed with this and i still can’t believe it - i’m probably gonna do a full-length-ugly-cry-grateful-forever-post next week on this, because i definitely won’t believe this shit until i have my very own copy in my hands next week.
but in the meantime LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY OF A COLLECTION OF POETRY FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!!!
and if you can, get yourself a copy - i’ll love you forever <3
leaving on a high note…
stay weird and wonderful -
Julie xx
Many congrats on getting the poetry published! ❤️