3/22: i got a brutally awkward sunburn and almost burned my apartment down

So, it appears the weather has finally turned the corner here in Connecticut and Spring has officially sprung. This time of year always means a few things...birds will chirp, flowers will bloom, and I will inevitably forget that I am the palest person on Earth and manage to get embarrassingly sunburned in March. This year would prove to be no exception. I spend a few hours in the park on a sunny 65 degree day and come home absolutely torched. And in my usual fashion, I was wearing a backwards hat. Which led to this sunburn...

Y-I-K-E-S. I mean look how absolutely ridiculous I look. I love being outside on a beautiful day, but man. The sun is not my friend. 

The Week That Was
Aside from getting roasted like a marshmallow yesterday, I had a pretty productive week on the music front. I laid down some guitars and vocals for the first song on a new upcoming EP! It took me LITERALLY 40 takes to get the first verse to my liking, but after that it was pretty smooth sailing. I really love the way this one sounds already, I think you'll enjoy it.

​The Week Ahead
This coming week I'll be working on putting together some bonus content for my upcoming single. I'll have more on that for you guys very soon. 

​The Great Popcorn Fire of 2021
Ok so little story from this week. I quite nearly burned my apartment down by starting a popcorn-fueled bonfire in my microwave.

So on Wednesday at 2pm, I had to hop on a webinar. And of course my pup Ginny decided she needed to go for a walk mere moments before that. So I come in just before 2 and am frantically trying to get into this webinar. In the process I realize that I'm starving and throw some popcorn into the microwave. I usually put it in for 3 min and stop it around the 1 min 18 sec mark. Why I don't just put it in for 1 min and 40 sec, I couldn't tell ya. 

So I hit start and continue with my frantic attempts to get into my webinar. A few minutes go by and...what is that burning smell? OH GOD THE POPCORN. So I turn around to see smoke billowing out of the microwave. I pry the door open and remove the popcorn bag which continues to spew smoke and create a thick haze in my apartment. 

So I run out to the patio and open the bag to try and let all the smoke clear out. Unfortunately, the bag contains a smoldering ball of incinerated popcorn that looks like what I can only imagine the nuclear reactor core at Chernobyl looked like. The smoke is not stopping, I'm now hacking, and I can't leave this thing out on the patio. So I run back inside with the bag and proceed to put the whole damn thing under the faucet, which both EVENTUALLY puts out the fire and simultaneously creates a sinkful of wet, charred popcorn mush. 

Needless to say, I missed the beginning of the webinar and my apartment still smells like burnt popcorn.

Photos of the Week

Final Thoughts
I learned some important lessons this week. 1) When you're as pale as I am, the sun is always a threat. Use sunscreen, even when it's mid-March and you live in Connecticut. 2) Don't forget about your popcorn.

Talk to you all next week. 

Much love,
​Corey