Brieana Garcia

*watches the muppet christmas carol*

December 21, 2023

Hmmm it's 10pm on a Thursday and I have not written a word yet. This one is going to be chaotic, folks! Hi and happy Thursday. How we doing? We good? I have...

*sprinting to the finish line with no excuses and bad book recommendations*

December 14, 2023

Hello humans and we have made it to Thursday!!! My god, the month of December, like I said last newsletter, is supposed to be the glorious "we should circle...

Let's try this out one more time...

December 7, 2023

Hello! Happy Thursday. What a crazy week, I've only been working the last two days (well, three by the time you get this) and I'm tired. It would be easy to...

Is a croissant a meal? Asking for a friend.

November 29, 2023

Hello and Happy Thursday. Pre-written Brie will be significantly less this time because you don't want Brieana of two weeks ago's thoughts! You want current...

How many bookstores is too many bookstores?

November 22, 2023

Hello! Happy Thursday and Happy Thanksgiving!! Welcome to part one of pre-written Brieana! Is anything she says going to be super relevant to this week? No!...

According to the Judgement of the Oratrice Mecanique D’Analyse Cardinal...

November 16, 2023

Happy Thursday! "Hey Brieana the Newsletter is coming in late today --" yeah well whatever! Long day at work, ran to a doctor's appointment where I got blood...

It's Thursday again.

November 9, 2023

Happy Thursday. I always find it kind of funny where in these newsletters, I'll be like "I'm tired, but maybe it'll change" and then things get worse and I'm...

I don't have anything to say so here is a subject line.

November 2, 2023

It's Thursday. I hope you had a delightful Halloween! I... forgot about it, but I did go to a fun party last Friday and made some new friends. And on the...

*flings links into the void*

October 26, 2023

Happy Thursday, I've had a headache/migraine since Tuesday. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Anyway below are links - hope you're doing well. I saw the movie Polite...

At least the week is almost over...

October 18, 2023

Happy Thursday. So I am so very tired. It's kind of funny because I definitely don't feel like I deserve that I should be tired but there's everything going...

With age, comes.... a desire for a different coffee table.

October 11, 2023

Hi! Hello. I'm getting worse at getting these out in a timely manner in my old age. Get it? Old? My birthday was on Tuesday and I turned 3,000???? Oh...

It's always the weeks before a vacation that feel the longest.

October 4, 2023

Happy Thursday! Did I not write last week because I fell into the imperceptive void and simply couldn't write or did I realize it was 11:30pm and I hadn't...

Why yes, it IS the 21st night of September!!

September 21, 2023

HI IT'S THURSDAY. I didn't forget!!! I did, however, have a wonderful week. I had another staycation this week (this is what happens when you forget to take...

Just make a friend who loves planning trips and you'll be golden!

September 13, 2023

Okay so shout out to my friend Felicia who had to endure what was essentially, the first draft of this newsletter. There's a writer who I adore who posted...

*insert something witty here*

September 7, 2023

Well, remember I was like "three days in office will kill me?" Well, it happened! It's so much worse than I thought. And much more useless. I knew this was...

Hope y'all caught last night's super moon!

August 30, 2023

Happy Thursday! This was an okay week! Things weren't as stressful as possible (mostly). I'm technically on vacation even though I've worked at least Monday...

What's something you could give a 2 hour lecture on, no preparation needed?

August 23, 2023

Happy Thursday! If we were to go into how Brieana's week has been, Brieana would emotionally fall apart for the maybe twentieth time this week, so let's...

A peek into Brieana's Youtube Algorithm

August 16, 2023

What a fucking week. Also fyi - this is a long one! And no recs at the bottom, in case that's what you're scrolling for. They're interspersed throughout....

This week brought to you by laying face down and giving up.

August 10, 2023

So happy Thursday. My GOD is Mercury in gatorade or something?? Almost everyone I know has had just an absolute fucking awful week. According to my friend...

I'm just Ken and I'm enough!

August 3, 2023

Well this is going to be a weird newsletter and maybe I won't have to send it out. Happy Thursday! I broke my laptop on Sunday and this is Brieana in the...

The sun is a deadly laser and is -1 HP every minute I'm outside

July 26, 2023

Happy Thursday! Holy jeez, it's HOT out there. I went out to get ramen with a friend (hi Miriam! :D), and it felt like walking through soup outside. So we...

Don't ask me how long the kpop section of my ipod is...

July 20, 2023

*shuffles awkwardly* Thursday! Sorry!! I've switched up the days I go into the office so I was legit sitting around enjoying my evening at home after washing...

We are on day four of me being ill and working through it!

July 12, 2023

Happy Thursday - I have been sick all week and I feel like shit! I can't actually hear properly because of the head cold so that made working fun. Yes I...

Those who embrace summer with no AC are stronger than any human has a right to be.

July 6, 2023

"Brieana! It's not Thursday, it's Friday!!!" I know I know - the long weekend (which was successfully taken!) threw me off, then I went into the office on...

A promise of rain for a week straight and nothing to show for it is a CRIME.

June 29, 2023

Hi! Happy Thursday. I forgot it was Thursday but apparently, past Brie is pretty awesome with notes. But since I never really pre-write my newsletters, the...

Sometimes a little baking is all you need. Until you burn the house down (kidding).

June 22, 2023

Sometimes you're just like lemme get past this week and then you realize it's not this week or this month or this year or this decade or this millennia it's...

Sometimes, you park like a jerk in NYC but you are trying your best. :)

June 14, 2023

Hi - happy Thursday. Sometimes you can push through and sometimes it feels like you're drowning and keeping your head above water is all you can do, and even...

Welcome to the third day of Brie forgetting to eat lunch.

May 31, 2023

Hi! Happy Thursday. Goodness, what a week. Emotionally I have been all over the place, but who cares about that, I'm going to give you a fun story. On...

One more sleep until a break!!!!!

May 24, 2023

*screams* Thursday! God why is it the week before a long weekend a nightmare? Whew boy! We're crawling towards it. Hopefully it's better on your ends. I will...

I will actually implode if I have to do 3 days in office.

May 17, 2023

Happy Thursday! Considering I'm sitting and watching my work laptop across the room, anticipating an angry response from someone, idk if I would truly say...

The NY botanical garden is free on Wednesdays to New Yorkers!

May 10, 2023

Hi! Happy Thursday. *straight up forgot what day it was* Sorry - it's been a strange week! I finally took some time for myself and went to the New York...

Are we in Mercury Retrograde?? Cause it feels like it!!

May 3, 2023

Happy Thursday! Idk what it is about this week/month/season/year but people have stayed getting on my last nerve. I had someone write me a long-winded email...

I stare into the abyss, and the abyss says "uh, can you not??"

April 26, 2023

Hello! Happy Thursday. Apologies that this post 5pm time seems to be the norm - funny when I had time to have this written before Thursday. Hilarious! What...

There's something about Josh Groban singing about murder...

April 19, 2023

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday. Apologies for the delay - I overextended myself this week and gifted myself 60 points of psychic damage!!! Oof. This one is...

Sometimes you gotta wear a sweater in 85 degree weather during presentations!

April 12, 2023

Happy Thursday! To everyone who works with Teams, please note that next to the gif tab there is a stickers tab, where they have some of the most amazing...

I absolutely hate how we've sped-run through Spring into Summer!!

April 5, 2023

Happy Thursday! This is late because I had lunch at 5pm, ie, I was hella busy today! Luckily for you all, I managed to read some better books, so this isn't...

This is a newsletter about suffering!!

March 29, 2023

Hello! Happy Thursday! Just an hour ago I sent a text that said good morning and it is now post 7pm EST! Good job Brieana. Why is this late? Well, I took a...

In zombie shows, humans are the *real* villains

March 22, 2023

Hello! Happy Thursday! I need a nemesis. Luckily for me, the Atlantic has an interesting article about how to pick the perfect one, with them mentioning...

Fight the bourgeoisie! *smashes a guitar*

March 15, 2023

Hi! Things are crazy and I went down a special rabbit hole into hell. D&D Hell that is! Wow I've consumed so much D&D content in the last few weeks it's...

I just need 300 hours of sleep and then I might be good.

March 1, 2023

I have one brain cell today and it is focused on -- wait, what's that? We have no focus? Perfection. Anyway, Chris Pine is a national treasure (not to be...

It's a gloomy, gloomy, Thursday

February 22, 2023

Sorry about last week - I got sick and it was bad enough that I couldn't leave my bed for about 36 hours. It's funny because I also already knew what I was...

How was it 50 degrees outside when it was -17 last week.

February 8, 2023

It's Thursday! Or is it? To be honest, these days have blended into weeks and if you told me we were now in November, I would just shrug and agree. Have...

Time is a flat circle.

February 1, 2023

Happy Thursday! Recommendations: I want you all to remember I recommended The Menu eons ago, before it hit HBO Max. I'm tired of streaming making things go...

What a gloomy week.

January 25, 2023

Happy Thursday! How are all of you doing? This week has been fucking bleak. Thank goodness for that one sunny day because I have been struggling to endure....

This is your sign to stop reading bad books.

January 18, 2023

Hello happy Thursday. Would you believe I've been some form of sick since the 3rd? I am so sick of sniffles and being tired! I've truly been reading some...

Being forced to rest is cruel and unusual!!!

January 11, 2023

You know, it's rude when I say in my newsletters "it's good to slow down" and my body agrees and then forces me to do so. It's just unkind!!! Ugh. Anyway,...

New Year, Old Habits

January 4, 2023

Happy Thursday y'all. I know we all thought of last week as this week timey-wimey type of week where nothing made sense, but this week feels up there to me....

End of year reflections and book recommendations

December 28, 2022

Hello! Happy Thursday and almost Happy New Year! Wow. 2022 went so quickly but also so slowly and I must thank you all for being here with me! At the end of...

Just call me a humbug and a tourist all in one go.

December 21, 2022

Hi all! Happy Thursday! We're in between holidays: the winter solstice just happened, Hanukkah is this week, Christmas is on Saturday, and Kwanzaa on Monday,...

I have an apple cider candle and I am content.

December 14, 2022

Hello and happy Thursday! I had a day of chaotic proportions yesterday and yet, I had a nice time. What a horrifying thought, having good times. I am working...