ROMANTICIZING MY LIFE ON A WEDNESDAY

Feeling the blues. On Monday evening, I received a rejection from a job I really wanted. I then received another rejection on Tuesday from another job. It made me sad. Yesterday, I was feeling sorry for myself. While on the bus, I pulled my saddest expression and listened to Metronomy's "BBC Sessions"—the next album I will buy—on shuffle. With my sunglasses on and over-ear headphones in, I felt like a proper, cool teenager from the 90s. (I'm turning 39 this year, to put things into perspective.) During the ride, I realized that there's nothing I have to be doing. So I can do whatever I want, right? However, the lingering guilt that "I'm not doing enough" plays on loop in my head. I find myself in my daydreams when I want to escape reality. I just wanna escape real bad, man. ♬ If you're a regular reader of the blog, you'll probably know that I recently acquired a record player and two albums and am making that my whole personality right now. On Sunday, we watched "High Fidelity" (2000)…