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The Trick to Making Every Party a Great Party: Flow State

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

The Zen like State of Flow Can Happen at Any Party, Anywhere I don’t lose myself much these days. Agreeing to “grow up”, “act like

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Tagged andrew wk, flow state, james baldwin, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, new years eve, nye, party, state of flow
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture Diary

Dear Dad, and 2019, I Made You A Playlist for Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019January 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Playlist on Spotify here Christmas Eve post. Simple enough. I figured most people would be too busy to read this and I’d be too busy

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Tagged best of 2019, cultural critique, lady gaga, playlist, pop culture, social commentary, think piece, tine turner
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles

The Top 10 Pop Songs of the 2010s

Posted on December 17, 2019January 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Spotify playlist here Almost immediately upon starting to identify the Top 10 pop songs of the 2010s, I realized I had made a huge mistake

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Tagged billie eilish, carly rae jepsen, drake, jason derulo, katy perry, maroon 5, meghan trainor, post malone, swae lee, taylor swift, the weeknd
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles

10 Reasons and 20+ Gifs Why 2020 Is Actually The Year 2000

Posted on December 9, 2019December 10, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

In the 20th century, the year 2000 was, to put it lightly, kind of a big deal. As io9 summed up better than I can,

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Tagged 2000, 2020, apple, billie eilish, dada, er tv show, friends, gifs, jetpacks, lil nas x, smartphones, video games, virtual reality
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, MVP to Medium, Pop Culture Diary

Why I Hated Christmas Songs In my 20s & Love Them Again In my 30s

Posted on December 3, 2019August 31, 2025 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

or, How Holidays Change Their Meaning As We Age I created my All-Time Greatest (secular) Christmas Songs Playlist, in order of greatness (1st song is

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Tagged christmas, christmas music, judy garland
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, Pop Culture Diary

Growing Up Afraid Of The Wu-Tang Clan And Why You Should Never Fear The Velvet Underground

Posted on November 26, 2019November 21, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Everything scares me. Small talk? Yup. The thought I will some day look back at the end of my life and have regrets? Dreadful. Taking

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Tagged 36 chambers, andy warhol, cultural commentary, john lennon, shaolin, social critique, the velvet underground, tipper gore, uncle luke, wu tang, wu-tang clan
Feature Articles

Why Everyone Hates The Refs: Our Economy is More Unfair Than It’s Been In 100 Years

Posted on November 19, 2019November 20, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

As a terrible extra in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (2008) yelled out from a crowd during Harvey Dent’s press conference, “things are worse than

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Tagged bill belichick, economic disparity, income gap, memes, mike mccarthy, peyton manning, refs, roaring twenties, the great depression
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, In Defense Of

In Defense Of: The Office After Michael Scott

Posted on November 12, 2019January 7, 2020 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Also, I Try To Convince Myself I’m Not a Sociopath for Liking Robert California Steve Carell never won an Emmy for Michael Scott. Jerry Seinfeld

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Tagged angela, cultural commentary, jason alexander, kevin, larry david, michael scott, pop culture, robert california, ryan, seinfeld, steve carell, the office, think piece
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles, MVP to Medium, Pop Culture Diary

Coming Out As a Person on Anti-Depressants

Posted on November 5, 2019August 31, 2025 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

How Pop Culture, and Especially Internet Memes, Convinced Me I Needed Help and That I Should Write About It, too I take anti-depressants. Well, just

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Tagged 2meirl4meirl, anti-depressants, bravo, chris gethard, jersey shore, mtv, spiral squad, summer house, this is us, welbutrin
Arts and Entertainment, Feature Articles

The Strange World of Jay Cutler Fans

Posted on October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 by Jordan Mark Sandvig

Once Upon a Time Cutler had the chance to be the Nihilist King of the NFL, but he gave so little fucks he couldn’t even

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Tagged jay cutler
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