Words I Like
Here are just some words that tickle my brain stem, and maybe they’ll tickle you too.
Sweater Weather
Just say it. Slowly. S w e a t e r W e a t h e r. Then drop off the R’s and say it fast. Versatile. Warm. Fuzzy. You can just say it over and over again. The words feel like a pronouncement that I will be warm and comfy, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it!
Awesome
Your brain pan is just ruffling with a desk drawer of words you accumulated in your first 20 years of life and is just hoping it finds something to make the time pass. Awesome is the word for me. I pull this swiss army knife out, and it. just. works.
Don’t know how to describe the drawing your daughter just shoved in your face?
Awesome.
Don’t know how to respond to a story your co-worker just told you that you may have dazed off on?
Awesome.
Want to sarcastically express your displeasure when something breaks?
Awesome.
Adjacent
I have made a career on being ‘good idea adjacent’. We even named one of our Andak Patron podcasts after the idea of creative properties being adjacent - next to each other. I love this word. It’s so helpful when comparing stuff, and I won’t ever stop using it. You can’t stop me. I am invincible-adjacent to your attempts.