Dear friends,

Happy March! I hope you are all doing fine with the changing weather.

So... it was the Oscars last week! After so long, I tuned in again, and it gave me so much life. It kind of makes me sad how I grew out of watching movies these past few years. I was just too caught up with other things, and there just wasn't enough space for them in my life.

But it wasn't just that. There's this general perception that movies are dead. With the advent of streaming services, seeing a movie in a theater isn't what people want to do anymore. There's a lot of think pieces out there saying that movies are getting worse by the year. I kinda bought into that narrative and grew despondent of big franchises taking over the theaters (I don't mean to call out Marvel.)

Good afternoon,

It's been a slow February, but here we are with another round of content!

For this letter, I write about the musical, American Utopia, the Stop Making Sense concert film, and one of my favorite coming-of-age movies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

I've become too fixated on Talking Heads and David Byrne that I mention them multiple times in this newsletter. Please bear with me.

Hello friends,

I hope everyone's well.

This week, I share a few of my favorites: The White Album by The Beatles, Slacker by Richard Linklater, and a recent one, Joe by John G. Avildsen.

I also share what I've been listening, reading, and watching lately, and the list is more extensive than before. Added to this newsletter are a few visual excerpts for some eye candy.

hi friends,

i hope you're having an awesome new year.

if you read my emails at all, you might notice something different.

the change is this: i have a new name. from angel sandy, i'm now mustang sandy.

ohayō gozaimasu!

greetings from osaka.

taking a break (from a break) to share a few snapshots of my family trip. going to update my blog post in real time until we leave on the 12th.

i hope you all have a wonderful day.

hi friends,

today marks the last day of 2024.

i'm a little wary of getting too hyped up about the upcoming year. some of us had a good year, and some of us had a not-so-good year.

some of us had it somewhere in between, like me.

hi friends,

it’s me again, and i’m back with a few essays.

but before that, i want to share a few things:

first, i attended a wedding a few days ago and caught the bouquet during the toss for the first time ever. i pretended to be cool about it, but i was secretly thrilled. it's fun to play fantasy and be congratulated for something that hasn’t happened yet. here's a pic of me shortly after:

dear friends,

guess who's back after two months... moi.

i have a few good reasons why i disappeared for a while. as my reintroduction back to this newsletter, i'm going to share them with you.

here they are:

dear friends,

today's letter is from a blog post i wrote this week.

i hope you enjoy it.
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dear friends,

it's been a week for me. i've been planning my 10 year high school reunion in the last half of this year. one part of me is psyched. another part is reliving my teenage angst from the weight that comes with organizing this event.

at the same, i'm planning my college reunion that will be happening a week after. a different energy, but i find myself connecting with a bunch of people from multiple lifetimes ago piecing together this party.

i also attended a friend's wedding this month; gathering with so many old faces i haven't seen in forever. everyone's all grown up, but it's like time had stopped and everything is still the same as when we were 17.

dear friends,

we have now entered eclipse season. today is also the autumnal equinox.

there are a lot of interpretations online on what this could mean.

here is my take:

dear friends,

when i was in college, i was on my way to becoming an atheist.

i didn't declare this blatantly but i was telling a few close friends that i didn't know if i believed in god anymore. it was too simple, irrational, and mythic.

college was also a dark time for me. it was the first time i've ever experienced anxiety to the point of paranoia.

dear friends,

today marks the first day of the "ber months."

one of the things i love about being pinoy is that we're overenthusiastic about everything. my lola is set to have christmas decorations up by september 10.

too early? not in manila it isn't.

dear friends,

last week was the full moon in aquarius. if you're sensitive to the moon, you might've felt emotionally charged in the last few days.

is it crazy to think you could be affected by the moon? it depends who you ask. if you ask me, i think it's crazy to think you're a separate entity from it.

if you're a fisherman (you probably aren't) you know the moon is used to gauge when fish will be feeding. if you're a farmer, you know before the full moon is when the ground is wet and is best for planting. if you're a woman, you know our menstrual cycles sync with the moon cycles.

dear friends,

angel sandy is going through a few changes:

change #1 - i have a website