Hey Rockstars, I was chatting with someone on Tumblr recently about Love Island, which is a show I have become increasingly invested in over the past two summers. I don’t remember exactly how this particular conversation started, but I announced that I could totally go on Love Island. This is perhaps an ambitious declaration for…
Category: Being Human
Get it off my desk
Hey Rockstars, Yesterday, I was driving home and called Sarah because it had been a while since we’d had a proper rant about work. Which is surprising, considering that most of our hangouts involve sitting in the living room complaining about some moronic comment we’ve received or the latest fire drill demanding our attention. What…
Knowing How the Story Ends
Hey Rockstars, A quick warning before we begin: This post contains major spoilers for Star Wars, Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games. Some of these stories have been around for decades, but I’m still processing them emotionally, so consider yourselves warned. I have recently decided that I’m not going to finish a book I’m currently…
So, I Guess I’m Learning Medicine
Hey Rockstars, I was on the phone with my friend today and when I asked him, “how are you doing?” to which he said, “I’m alive,” which basically sums up how I think every single person’s week is going. As for me, I went to the emergency room unexpectedly this week. Everything is okay, and…
The Anxiety Budget
Hey rockstars, I remember a few years ago, or maybe even a few months ago, I was getting coffee with my sweet friend Aanchal who told me that she thinks our brains have a limited capacity for stress. Her theory was basically this: if you have ten things to worry about, your brain has to…
The Gravity of Yearning
Hey Rockstars, The following post is about Mohit Suri’s 2025 film Saiyaara. If you’ve seen it, or any of his other films (like Aashiqui 2, oof.), you already know the emotional gravity his stories can carry. This post gets into some of the movie’s most important scenes, so: spoilers ahead! For those of you who…
Take what resonates (sometimes it just isn’t for you)
Hey rockstars, I recently read Rose Hirst’s essay for Roe Magazine, Not Everything Is About You. Please Learn to Scroll, about the strange habit we seem to have developed of encountering something online that does not perfectly fit our preferences and immediately treating that as a problem. The article talks about “what-about-me-ism”: the impulse to…
Apparently, I’m Wasting My Youth
Hey Rockstars, I hope you all are having a great day. I managed to question my entire existence and then land in the same spot 24 hours later. Last night, it started with a question: had I become boring? This was not prompted by anything especially dramatic. It was actually prompted by a song (which…
I Contain Multitudes. Some of Them Are Foolish.
Hey rockstars, I was tempted to write this blog because there is nothing more “being human” than having a day where you just keep doing ridiculous little things. There are days when I am deeply impressed by my own competence: I can manage complicated projects, keep track of approximately fourteen things at once, remember obscure…
