I was driving to meet a friend for lunch the other day, and the car in front of me had a bumper sticker that said rematriate the land. And I'm like, Yeah, right, that's a lovely thought, and also that is going to take a long ass time. For me, as a super impatient person, the most challenging part of living in these times is how long it feels sometimes for humans to get their act together. I know for a fact we're heading in the right direction. It doesn't mean that I think things are going...
13 days ago • 3 min read
Yesterday was my birthday, and this year I finally remembered to take the day off. My partner Jeff and I went to the beach I always say I’m going to, and then I forget, and then I get annoyed at myself because that’s literally the whole point of not having a boss. You get to decide what you do with your time. So the fact that I forget is kind of ridiculous. Anyway, I had a great day. We saw whales! And also, like every other day but especially on my birthday, I think: “We’re all gonna be dead...
20 days ago • 3 min read
Today is the equinox. The exact moment when day and night are equal, and starting tomorrow, the light begins to win. Yay!! We’re officially entering my favorite time of the year. I love the night, but I’ve never felt like I needed extra hours of it to do my witchy, nocturnal things. I’m always ready for more daylight. And every year around this time, I find myself thinking about balance. Where in my life do things actually feel good and in the right proportion right now? And where is that not...
25 days ago • 1 min read
I went to a comedy show this weekend. One of the comedians told a story about being a teenager, making out with a boy in the kind of messy, overly intense, slightly unhinged way that only 15-year-olds can manage. It was passionate, unforgettable, and involved far more saliva than anyone needed. The next day, the boy didn’t want to talk to her. She was heartbroken for a moment. Offended, even. And then she landed on her conclusion: He must be gay. My friend and I looked at each other and...
27 days ago • 3 min read
I think it was last week. Although honestly it’s getting harder to remember when exactly things happen, because “happy apocalypse” has kinda become my default greeting. In general, I think most of us can agree that things are looking… less than rosy out there. And for whatever reason, keeping a sense of humor about it helps me enormously. So: happy apocalypse, everyone. Last week I watched an interview with the CEO of Anthropic about their conflict with the current administration over how AI...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Over the years, friends and colleagues have asked me the same question again and again. "How do you do it?" The dream job traveling the world while working for good. The parking spot appearing right in front of the music venue in San Francisco (have you tried to park in SF? IYKYK).The life partner. The strange pattern of how things work out. The honest answer is always slightly awkward. I’m a witch. I was born and raised in Chile in a family of witches where magic wasn’t a vague idea about...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
We all have our own definition of what lets us sleep at night. I was talking to this woman and she was incredibly frustrated about the state of the world. She kept saying that if everyone just realized we’re all one, if everyone just understood this world is an illusion and we’re all spiritual beings, then there wouldn’t be so much suffering. And I’m like, yeah. Sure. In theory. But most of the population on Earth is not one epiphany away from enlightenment. It’s way more complicated than...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
I was watching a bit of the Olympics because figure skating is just… stunningly gorgeous. And also because I genuinely think that if aliens came down to Earth, and they looked at the figure skaters, and then they looked at me sitting on my couch watching the figure skaters, and they were tasked with classifying species on this planet… they would absolutely assume we were different ones. I mean, these people can do things on blades, on ice, at insane velocity, that I cannot do even barefoot,...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
I called my cousin in Chile today to discuss the Benito Bowl, and commiserate about the fact that there is one family member who shall remain nameless who HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD OF Bad Bunny until seeing something about it on my Instagram. Unfathomable. Anyway, said cousin and I have been fans for a while. He even had a section from one of his songs included in his digital wedding invitation back in 2022. More than discussing the show itself, we also wanted to talk politics, cause we also have...
2 months ago • 3 min read