volume 17

Song: She’s Leaving You by MJ Lenderman

Let me introduce you to my new indie rocker boyfriend. Step aside, Pinegrove and The Front Bottoms. She’s Leaving You is giving me the midsummer indie angst I didn’t know I needed. Just in time for Pitchfork season. Thank you to Trashie David for making me watch this music video against my will in my own house. I dare you to listen and not have “It gets dark / we all got work to do” not haunt your innermost thoughts.

Snack: Dot’s Homestyle Pretzels Cinnamon Sugar Seasoned Pretzel Twists

This is like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and honey pretzel twists had a lovechild. I will eat these until I am absolutely sick of them. If you invite me over to your house in the near future, I will be bringing them. Do yourself a favor and grab them the next time your at the store — they’re in the pretzel aisle.

Phrase: “[We] exist in [a] context” — Vice President Kamala Harris

Just when we thought this meme has came and went — it has crawled into the deepest crevice of my mind and is setting up camp for the rest of the summer. The full quote is: “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.” The more you say it, the less sad you become about the election. Or is it the other way around?