Still working on a new name for this. One day I’ll get there. Just like one day I’ll be able to organize my thoughts into posts that are worth being read. And written. I hope I get there sooner than later because I really miss writing.
Reading. Bluebird, Bluebird and We Were Eight Years in Power. Bought The Year of Yes on a Kindle daily deal and picked up Dear Martin and The Road Out of Hell from the library. Stalking NetGalley for Julie Murphy, Caroline Kepnes, and Laura Vanderkam. Next Show Us Your Books is February 13.
Listening. Limetown. It’s like LOST meets Alice Isn’t Dead meets Serial. It’s addictive AF and it only has one season but a second one is being released this year. Yay!
Watching. Undercover High. It’s a docu-series on A&E about adults going back to high school AS STUDENTS (read: my worst fucking nightmare) and while it’s reality and I generally stay away from any form of reality TV, this one is pretty fascinating. Main takeaway so far: kids are assholes and I am terrified for when my daughter gets to high school.
Raging. Of course I am. If you’re paying attention, you have a be a little outraged. Or a lot outraged, depending on what you’ve been unfortunate enough to come across. From the asshole in the White House not knowing the words to the national anthem after he railed and raged against the taking of a knee and his rampant, ceaseless misogyny to Michelle Williams getting paid substantially less than Marky fucking Mark for reshoots on a movie to Harper’s magazine trying to doxx the woman who established the Shitty Men in Media list to offshore drilling to kids still not having health insurance to that motherfucker Joe Arpaio running for Senate, there is not at least a portion of every single day I want to scream loudly. I continue to question how this is real life because we’re literally living in a dystopian novel. Vigilance is exhausting but the only way we’re going to defeat this bullshit is to stay informed, speak up, speak out, vote, and support those who have the bandwidth to do more than we can. It takes a village and every single villager is important. All of us together, our collective disgust and outrage, have a louder voice than the #stablegenius in the White House and it will make a difference. Also, he doesn’t like dogs. What kind of psycho doesn’t like dogs?
Loving. It’s been a long time since I’ve shared a post I’ve read but this one, It’s Not Always About You, White Dudes, shared on Twitter by my friend Abby and written by Tenacious Feminist, is worth a read. Seriously. It’s awesome and eloquent and is why I sometimes don’t say all that I have to. Other people do it better.
Learning. Some new skills, like handlettering. I’m not very good at it but it’s quite relaxing and a really nice way to keep my hands busy while watching TV and gives me new IG accounts to stalk.
I’ll be in Atlantic City for a cheer competition this weekend and I’m so excited because who doesn’t love a trashy beach town in the middle of January? Wish my sanity luck!
Wait… do the students know the adults are adults? Or do they pretend to be teenagers? (Some adults could pull that off… self included probably.)
I agree with all the raging. And I assume you wrote that paragraph before his “shithole” comment. Which is just… I don’t even know. How the fuck is he even allowed in public let alone leading a country. Also… he doesn’t like dogs? That just fucking makes sense honestly. I bet dogs fucking hate him and so he’s like, “Well I didn’t like them anyway.” You know, because dogs can sense who good people are and they’re like “FUCK that guy. Even if he does smell like cheese and rot.”
Safe travels this weekend!
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Cant wait to see what you create from that lettering book. I think that one is the most ‘user friendly’ & not just the same old lettering practice sheets.
I heard this morning that Michelle’s contract stated she’d do call backs for free so her 1,000 was a bonus… but I’m like, why wasnt that in Mark’s contract too???? So stupid
Did you know that You is either being made into a movie/mini-series or show? It’s on Lifetime …. so, it could be mega cheesy. I wasn’t a huge fan of You, which is why I’d probably give it a shot since I won’t take personal offense if they screw it up! All the rage, so much rage every day. It is exhausting but the rage also means that I have not normalized this shit either. I’m also giving props to more mainstream media getting real. They complain but do softball interviews with Trump and/or his acolytes. But Tapper shutting down Miller, Lemon shutting down racists is a huge step in the right direction. The more we tolerate and normalize his crap, the more damage we will have to undo. When it comes to Marky Mark, first I’m shocked that he was one of the highest earners last year in Hollywood. Marky Mark! WTF! Second, I’m really upset with Williams’ agent. Her agent is co-partner at WME with Marky Mark’s agent. So basically they went to bat for their male client, not the female client. I assume Williams assumed that Good Vibrations was also doing it for per diem. I hope your daughter’s squad does well this weekend and have fun in Atlantic City! 😀
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I daresay AC is better in January than the middle of summer. LOL
Every single GOP seat must be taken back at every available election, then we start on the democrats who say one thing and vote another (looking at you, everyone who voted to give trump more NSA power).
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I’d love to learn to hand letter! I try to make pretty headers for my bullet/reading journal but I pretty much copy them straight outta Pinterest 🙂 It would be nice to just make them myself. If I wasn’t already a million years behind on my Podcast queue I’d start on Limetown right now, but I’ll have to save it for when I need something to listen to–sounds intriguing!
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Oooh, I’m downloading Limetown and recording Undercover High! I forgot that was starting already!
Sing Unburied Sing is on my list of books to read, (Marlena too). I’m looking forward to it!
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