ashhleeigh

Hey friends. The world is in a tough spot right now.  I've kind of taken a break from all this Bruno Mars stuff. I've been working a lot and becoming pretty active in the running community and volunteering and friends and friends' families. Anyway. 
          	
          	I work in schools and this week was Spring Break, but it was also the start of the "social distancing" thing  I decided to take a trip down memory lane. I reread The Good Life and went to my Bruno tumblr. I wanted to check in with one of my closest Bruno friends, who was actually kind of the co-writer of the Hook-up. She made this crazy character that never crossed my mind except for case studies in my Personality class in college and in my dreams working in a Psychiatric Hospital (side note, that is exhausting work).  
          	
          	So. This friend's real name was Sarah. And I really hadn't heard from her in a long while. I just assumed she deleted her facebook and things were okay for her. She died guys. She died of medically related things in August. So that's a super bummer. 
          	
          	Cherish your fandom friends and tell them you love them whenever you have a chance. Our last conversation included lots of heart emojis, so I know she knew I cared for her. Just  send them lots of virtual hugs and love y'all. And if you need to go down a Bruno memory spiral I'm your girl.

ashhleeigh

Hey friends. The world is in a tough spot right now.  I've kind of taken a break from all this Bruno Mars stuff. I've been working a lot and becoming pretty active in the running community and volunteering and friends and friends' families. Anyway. 
          
          I work in schools and this week was Spring Break, but it was also the start of the "social distancing" thing  I decided to take a trip down memory lane. I reread The Good Life and went to my Bruno tumblr. I wanted to check in with one of my closest Bruno friends, who was actually kind of the co-writer of the Hook-up. She made this crazy character that never crossed my mind except for case studies in my Personality class in college and in my dreams working in a Psychiatric Hospital (side note, that is exhausting work).  
          
          So. This friend's real name was Sarah. And I really hadn't heard from her in a long while. I just assumed she deleted her facebook and things were okay for her. She died guys. She died of medically related things in August. So that's a super bummer. 
          
          Cherish your fandom friends and tell them you love them whenever you have a chance. Our last conversation included lots of heart emojis, so I know she knew I cared for her. Just  send them lots of virtual hugs and love y'all. And if you need to go down a Bruno memory spiral I'm your girl.

ashhleeigh

The more and more I scroll through my dash and see new fans talk about  things from 2011-13 the more I realize I have frozen Bruno in this time and hope and pray that I’ll see that Bruno Mars again one day. But, I don’t think I’ll see that Bruno again. The one that sings covers of Nirvana and Katy Perry and Jade up songs about peanut butter and mosquitos. The one that wears jeans and a t-shirt. What I’m getting is this figment of a person that just sings and smiles and repeats the same four lines in a mass of international interviews. And I think it’s time for me to move on. That image is long gone and I’m almost done with the bargaining stage of grief and almost to the acceptance phase. And it’s sad. 
          
          I will never delete anything I've ever written or created, and maybe one day I'll get some inspo for a new chapter or two (I would be lying if I don't think about things every once in a while). But for now this is it. <3 you all.