"Leave love in the footprints."

Said by the character Ahmad in the movie Soul Food.

"He's a good guy. He's a really good guy."

Said by Grace in the sitcom Will & Grace. Season 4, Episode 15.

Limp.

Hokey.
Holy.
Homey.
Honey.

It's always so hard to remember how to spell or'dervs.

Live life in Airplane Mode.

In spite of it all,
still inspire.

Freeze.
Choke.
Disappoint.

"All that I've got,
pieces and pages.
Talking a lot,
sorry I'm faded."

From the song Broken Clocks by SZA.

"Go Gina,
Go Gina."

From the song Go Gina by SZA.

Somewhere, it all went wrong.

Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But if it's not on the Internet, then it never existed.

"Why you bothering me when you know you don't want me?"

From the song Love Galore by SZA.

"Nobody else will be there."

From the song Nobody Else Will Be There by The Nationals.

Happy Labor Day, America!

It's the unofficial end of summer this weekend. Goodbye hot weather and shorts. And hello to autumn and having to wear real pants again.

The summer went by so quickly. I can't believe I've already been back in town for over a month after spending two months away. Everything seems like a blur since returning. I was couch crashing and moving around the entire time. It was a lot of lugging my shit around, but it was also nice to see friends. Thankfully though, my wandering days are finally over because my friend Jess and I got a place uptown in Harlem. We've been slowly moving our stuff into the apartment and will be all settled in pretty soon. I'm excited to finally have a somewhere to call home again, it feels it's been too long.

I've been dog-sitting Oscar in the Upper West Side for the past few days. It's been great taking him for walks through Central Park and farther north. We took a long stroll through Morningside Park last weekend and that was really nice. There were tons of families and people there barbecuing and enjoying themselves. It smelled so good in the park.

It's Sunday afternoon right now, and I'm ready to head out soon. I've been sitting at Junho's place with the shades open and all of the lights off since waking up. It was raining earlier and is still a bit cloudy, but it's still a nice day. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

"New York isn't New York,
Without you, love."

From the song New York by St. Vincent.