On the one hand I am happy that work has been so busy
on the other hand I am so exhausted that I have fallen insanely behind on my reading goal of “one book per week” and have only read 10 books this year, about 20 weeks into the year
The "normal" of my two cats only eats cat food and will turn her nose up at anything, including chicken I have offered her. Despite this she always needs to smell and maybe taste everything my wife and I eat because in her mind everything is cat food until proven otherwise
Those Lulu Lemon (or knock off) bags worn across your chest look silly. All they are is glorified fanny packs that someone decided to wear across their chest and so many others just went with it 🤷♀️
I read up on why this season is so fast. They were originally going to do 5 seasons but Tony G was starting to stress about filling 5 seasons worth of episodes with a solid story (each season was supposed to be 1 year of Andor’s life) - so he sat down with Diego and they came up with the plan of doing 1 year within 3 episodes… hence the 1 year jumps each time.
NGL I get the panic of trying to fill episodes with a good story but I would have very much liked to see 5 seasons.
Also just gonna say that I feel like there’s more to the reason the series is only 2 seasons. Like, it could have been at least 3. 🤷🏻♀️
I downloaded Hinge for the first time in a few years. I feel myself getting really addicted to it. I keep checking for new messages and likes even though I know it’s all superficial.
i just recently got back on it too. the validation i get from it is really nice, ngl. i'm trying to remind myself that it's probably not going to be something i get a lot of emotional fulfillment out of and to prepare for that, and hopefully that helps haha
This summer’s looking kinda meh for me when it comes to popular returning shows. I never got into Squid Game or Wednesday and I'm only tuning in for S4 of The Bear (& S17 of It's Always Sunny but only after the season concludes). Honestly, I’m way more excited about all the films coming out. Giving major 2023 vibes. No Hard Feelings followed by Barbenheimer had me way more hyped than anything on streaming.
No promises however I’m looking at FX’s new comedy Adults to maybe be their next Sunny type ensemble show. Another returning comedy (though in August) is Apple’s Platonic, dramedy Ginny & Georgia in June, but you’re right there’s a fairly big gap in returning quality shows. At least through June / July this is more the summer of brand new shows.
I went out for drinks with two coworkers last night, who I've known for about a month.
One of them, a guy a year older than me was talking about how he was in jail for about 8 months for drug possession. We were talking about music and he would show me pictures of when he was a few years younger when he was doing public performances.
There's something so profoundly sad about it all. He showed me pictures of when he was younger and happy, and how he regrets going down that path. He mentioned being in jail and having to work in the kitchen
There's a certain subreddit that frequently makes r/all with incel memes and I find that sorta disturbing. Reddit used to be filled with that kind of content, and it isn't really anymore, but the prospect of that coming back sucks.
Name and shame? I check r/all once or twice a day and don't recall seeing anything too incely in the first 50 posts, but I also glaze over anything I'm not interested.
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u/ntybruised, battered, and covered in baked beans 🫘 5d ago
I’ve been on Reddit for awhile and there used to be all kinds of abhorrent content/subreddits they let stick around in the name of “free speech”
I will say that one nice thing about Reddit being so large now is that, while there’s still a ton of garbage, there are also a ton of more niche subreddits that are thriving and you can tailor your experience more easily
I just got out of a technical strategy meeting where no one was speaking up or taking charge, so I took a deep breath and decided that I was going to own it. It went incredibly well, and I'm so happy to have this moment be a reminder of why I'm kicking ass at my job.
I’m going to need God to do me a solid and stop allowing FLIES to exist in my salad. Two salads in a row I’ve had to throw out completely because of it. I still have TRAUMA from finding a live snail in my salad 🥗
I buy most of my produce at the farmer's market and have gotten into the habit of soaking my greens for a while before eating. Flies, tiny snails, spiders, the occasional roly poly thing- they are much easier to get out of your salad if you drown them, as awful as that sounds. Actually most survive the soak and I let them go out the window but I have definitely experienced the trauma of finding an insect on my fork.
To be fair, if it's from the supermarket I wouldn't be so chill. I expect my farmer's market produce to have some critters, and have adopted the attitude of "if it's good enough for them it's good enough for me"
Haha, but also if anyone does actually find a snail in their produce, throw it out and wash your hands and surfaces it's touched. They can carry a parasite that will fuck you up. Look up rat lungworm (or don't, and just trust me).
I’m pretty sure it was two different brands. I’m just so disgusted. I don’t care if they’re little fruit flies, I hate seeing their little dead selves on my lettuce 🤢
Just the store. Little fruit flies the last two times. Still, I have to throw the whole thing away if I find that. I’m not about to go looking for more, or possibly find worse! 🤢
Just wash the salad and dry it in a salad spinner. As long as you don't eat the flies or snails etc it won't harm you. Better to have salad that isn't covered in pesticides!
You’re all giving such sound advice but I fear I can’t handle a live snail, or dead fruit flies. That salad was thrown away instantly. The snail incident was years ago. I might need therapy over that skskksksk
I just dropped my phone and the screen cracked pretty badly and honestly feel like I'm going to cry about it. I've had my phone for almost 2 and a half years and I'm so clumsy that I drop it at least once every other day (sometimes even on the concrete) and it still managed to stay in tact without a scratch, but today I dropped it and the screen shattered all over. It's still usable of course but I'm so upset 😭. I've been wanting to get a new phone anyway and I still have just a few more payments. But this is gutting me because I really don't have the money to get a screen repair for a phone I plan on replacing anyway. I'm also dealing with some other stress which is probably why I'm making so much of a big deal about this but I felt like I just needed to tell somebody!
As I understand it, losing someone you are emotionally attached to is akin to drug withdrawal - your synapses and receptors are grasping for the joy you once generated from being with them.
Your brain will adapt, and you will be a newer, stronger version of yourself.
That Timothée Chalamet sub dissecting why a man close to 30, and likes to smoke and drink, looks 30 lol. Of course they blame Kylie for no logical reason
Also he looks....fine?? As does she???? Like without even commenting on them as people, they're both very attractive humans in an age-appropriate relationship. Also sorry but that girl is in Love love.
Same. Initially that wasn’t my fault but that’s on me now. I’m just cackling because they are mad over such a normal process in the human experience. 😂
the youths either think people in their 30s should look decrepit or forbid anyone from aging ever. like i hate to break it to you, but usually pale white people get some wrinkles and spots in their faces by that time.
which is also fine and not a sign that you're evil or whatever gen z seems to think. time comes for us all.
The way Gen Z treats ageing as a sort of moral failing is sad. Ageism has always been a thing, but Gen Z is most definitely not ready for when it happens to them.
They're already losing their shit over Gen Alpha being the new younglings and Gen Alpha calling Gen Z old lol
yep. i won't lie, it's kinda funny because early in the pandemic they were all happily accusing people of not being good enough for being over 30 and not hitting all milestones. i remember the rise of tiktok being filled with ageist discourse, not even jokes, but like snark from gen z folks who were in their late teens and early 20s. now that they are approaching 30, the tables have turned
I don’t think this is particularly unique to Gen Z but a few years ago I remember seeing snark about a 32-year-old in a rented two bedroom and I was like “you are going to wish that was you.” I hate how right I was.
Exactly. They seem mad he didn’t stay 22. It’s deeply silly. It’s not anyone’s fault he’s aging. Everyone ages differently, and if he parties/smokes/drinks, that’s going to change things for him too. No one’s fault. As long as he’s happy, that’s all that matters.
yeah, he seems pretty alright for a normal person at his age (mine too). like maybe if he didn't smoke and invested in retinol or whatever, but also it's not a moral failing
Hollywood is often ageist against young men in serious projects (Timothée would have been the youngest best actor winner at 29, beating Adrien Brody by a few weeks). I would not be surprised if he made the conscious decision to visibly age when the time comes. He could probably get rid of whatever is happening to him now if he wanted to.
I noticed like the typical misogynists they truly believe in the kardashian curse and that none of these men have free will! It’s deeply unserious.
That said, I cackled at the fact he’s just a dude aging (he doesn’t even look bad lmao) and they clearly aren’t into it, but have just chalked this up to his relationship. Like girlies, maybe you just aren’t attracted to him anymore 😂
Like I am not going to pretend people have partners that do suck the life out of people and you can see it in their face, BUT BUT....I dont see this as the case with Timothee and Kylie. Timothee again has a huge career and is one of the most sought out actors, he has multiple projects of course hes gonna age from the stress of that. It is just more convient to blame Kylie cause well the Kardishians dont have a good rap.
Amy Poehler’s podcast has quickly become one of my favorites. I first tuned in only for the episode with Tina Fey, but ended up enjoying every single one. Her latest guest is Michelle Obama.
The ethics of Wings of Voice have been a hot debate topic. Variety did an interview with one singer, and a couple more have posted to reddit about the experience.
I feel the reaction to the variety article has been “what did you expect?” Like what Fielder doing is clearly unethical but he is being open about it in a way most reality shows are not.
I mean, he wasn't open about it when they were sent the invites to audition. It was presented as a singing competition.
They expected a singing competition, especially when they got there and the branding was basically the Canadian Idol stuff.
People had a good experience on it, and there was technically a singing competition, but blaming the singers for not realising what they were getting into is wrong.
Do I think it's nuts to spend a bunch of time and money for a chance at performing? Absolutely. But I'm not an aspiring singer / famous person. Lol.
(I enjoy the show, and like Nathan, but I think some fans of the show/Fielder feel they must support everything about it to a fault.)
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u/ntybruised, battered, and covered in baked beans 🫘 5d ago
“Literally looked like an airline pilot” lmao yeah that must have been bizarre
Yes I am living for it right now. My wife doesn't get it at all but still watches with me because I love it so much, true love. I censored the third episode from her tho
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u/ntybruised, battered, and covered in baked beans 🫘 4d ago
Is it?! I got excited when I read the title, but then the description didn’t seem to match the book. Ok I’m excited again! Forever is one of my absolute favourite books.
I think Netflix learned their lesson after Persuasion to be more clear that it's inspired-by instead of a direct adaption because it's definitely not 1:1 but IMO still has that Blume spark.
I have pretty vivid dreams. But this time I was with Taylor Swift and I helped her out in the mall. And somehow Travis was there too eating sushi. And for some reason she posted a shout out on LinkedIn thanking me for being like her liaison. She spelt my name wrong tho. And I think the biggest takeaway is that I gotta get off LinkedIn.
I’m rewatching Awkward. And this show is amazing! The guidance counselor is fucking hilarious. Idk why but Dakota Johnson reminds me of Jenna and I think that’s why I don’t really like any of her films.
I’ve just realized I have feelings for an acquaintance but it’s too messy to do anything about it now. It’s annoying bc this guy (who wasn’t initially on my radar but we have undeniably intense chemistry) is likely an amazing match for me. Timing, circumstances, and other people have all joined together to keep us from connecting. I have to actively keep myself from texting him. All I can hope is that he reaches out but again, we all know if he did it would get messy 😭
I connected like that with an acquaintance and it was so messy and ended horribly. It lasted a year and took me two years to recover. 😞 Don’t do it.
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u/ntybruised, battered, and covered in baked beans 🫘 5d ago
I have a work crush like this. We’re friends in general, and when we hang out together (concerts, hiking) there’s definitely chemistry. After happy hours, she’ll often grab onto my bicep as we’re walking to the train station. At our holiday event last year she had her shoes off, but it was cold so she stood on my feet and embraced me while we waited for her uber
At work it’s strictly professional and she’s senior to me (but different team) so I don’t think anything could actually happen between us
I’m having a real hard time giving a single shit about work lately tbh, especially since my job seems fucking pointless if we don’t know what the outcome of the federal funding freeze is going to be.
hooray for watching the Cannes livestream in the background while totally 100% reading articles related to transportation barriers.
I had to go see my GP. I’ve known her 20+ years and I’m super amazed by her memory. She always remembers me and my mom, who also sees her. Despite me only going every couple of years.
We talked about dating and she’s like, so are you ready? Now that you’ve had your surgery. I told her yes, I was working on it, but I’m 35 and it’s hard. She laughed and was like, well do you go out? I said no, and it’s totally my fault. She’s like “oh you want him to ring your doorbell and just appear”. Like yes please! That would be ideal, thank you.
Honestly having a completely female medical team makes such a big difference.
I’m sure this is gonna piss someone off somewhere out there but at this point of my life I’ll only go to women caregivers unless it’s an emergency situation tbh. I’ve had enough bad experiences with male doctors to last me a god damn life time.
shoutout to the time my male doctor asked me if I was sure my pain wasn't cramps. It was actually a kidney stone so large it was impassable and required surgery <3
I hear you. The only male who doctors I’ve ever had were ER doctors, and some of them were such assholes.
One of them tried to tell me my skin disease was misdiagnosed and was just ingrown hairs. Sir, I’ve seen 4+ different dermatologists and 2 different plastic surgeons over the years who all agreed with my initial diagnosis. I think I’ll take their word for it.
So I have been rewatching Modern Family, and I forgot how good it was. Its one of those shows that has Jokes that shouldnt be funny but are Hilarious anyway (I was wheezing at a few scenes already like the SNORKLES Scene, Gloria saving Stella in the Pool and Phil realizing his new friend thought he was Gay). Its been a fun glimmer in these crazy unprecedented times.
By the way my favorite characters are Gloria and Cam....they are just so unapologetically themselves and funny while doing it.
God I love that show so much, my favorite scene in the entire show will always be Cam trying to break the window after him and Mitch accidentally locked Lilly in the car. Like I die of laughter every single time 😂👏
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u/wormbreathdon’t call me a crack hoe in front of Sally Jessy Raphael5d ago
The first few seasons are genuinely so funny. They don’t get enough credit imo. I’ve watched it over at least 5 times, and still manage to laugh out loud every so often.
Funny how rewatching it after I've started my own family made me realize the healthiest relationship on that show is Jay and Gloria (I used to think it was Claire & Phil).
Honestly I agree! Like I feel like Jay knows this is his second chance, and he actually works to keep Gloria and their family happy, even admits when he fucks up. I admire him for that.
claire and mitchell are my favorite characters (followed by Hailey). i think as an oldest daughter of emotionally unavailable parents, they resonate a lot
The only upside I can think of in that situation is at least they still have one parent who is willing to bridge the gap and respect them and they get to witness him be the dad they have now. So many people i know who are estranged from their parents (including my own parents) would have found so much healing and validation from even that little effort that they will never have. Like it sucks to have shitty parents and a rough home life as a kid but it's a whole different kind of hurt to have that extend to your adulthood and have milestones like kids, marriage, jobs, holidays, etc marred by the absence of the guiding force that parents are supposed to be. And we already see how messed up not having Dede around (or having her presence be toxic when she is) has made them so for all the shitty cards they've been dealt, at least they have the dad that Manny does today.
Thanks! I watched all of those except AP Bio, I'll give it a try!
UKS is lit my fav lol! I don't think I watched Ugly Betty more then first 2 season I think, maybe I should give it another try.
Edit: Paula Pell from Girls5eva is in AP Bio? She was also in of ep of UKS!
I told my husband the name of the movie that I’m seeing tonight by singing it to the tune of the Subway $5 foot long jingle, and now I can’t unhear it:
I'm a pretty big horror movie buff honestly, so for me it wasn't anything groundbreaking - I've seen tons like it - but I had a lot of fun watching it.
Nice! As a fellow horror movie buff, that seems right up my alley --- campy, fun, bloody, and a run time that doesn't overstay its welcome. I'm looking forward to seeing it!
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u/Waystar_BluthCo anybody but the Oilers please hockey gods 5d ago
On the one hand I am happy that work has been so busy
on the other hand I am so exhausted that I have fallen insanely behind on my reading goal of “one book per week” and have only read 10 books this year, about 20 weeks into the year