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Monday, January 31, 2022

♡ reading these

Weekend in Big Bear: 12 Things To Do in Big Bear Lake California

https://whimsysoul.com/your-ultimate-weekend-in-big-bear-top-things-to-do-in-big-bear-lake-california/

Guide To Yosemite In The Fall & Early Winter: Top Hikes, Fall Colors & More!

https://whimsysoul.com/things-to-do-yosemite-fall-early-winter-travel-guide/

Seems like a good use of time on Earth.

Thoughts of changechangechangechangechange

Greta Thunberg on Twitter: ""Despite climate emergency, the United States, Canada, and Norway 'pumping more oil than ever'". These are "three countries who like to see themselves as climate leaders". As always - the gap between their words and actions never fails to deliver... https://t.co/lSXNapdKbp" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1487846479008083972?s=20&t=8GPAZvz5fDF5Hh28sSksuQ

"Violette: ‘Anything unattainable, she wanted’" | Movies | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/29/violette-leduc-martin-provost

"Pamplin Media Group - OPINION: Overtime pay for farmworkers a matter of health equity"

https://pamplinmedia.com/sg/78-opinion/534565-427857-opinion-overtime-pay-for-farmworkers-a-matter-of-health-equity

"I ATE FOR A WEEK ON 5 DOLLARS" | EXTREME BUDGET CHALLENGE - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9rLaY8ImFFc

DONNA SUMMER -" This Time I Know It's For Real " / / HD--16:9 / / - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtDAAPO-j4

I, too, have been young in front of a television

Who's the Boss? Charles in Charge! My Two Dads

What was the name of that one show that came on after Full House? With the nice blond mom and the portly and sometimes leering dad who had a bunch of daughters?

Maybe some of the young people today were old ones back then, watching those shows, incredulous at the way they didn't mimick what was deemed "normal" when they were growing up?

New Idea for a College Show in the 2020s: 

Finding all the ones that are more advanced and maybe ocasionally introduce them to the folks.

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Found it. Watched it religiously every Friday:

"Just the Ten of Us (TV Series 1987–1990)" - IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094490/

"Best moments from Just The Ten of Us" - YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yNP4_982KpA&feature=youtu.be

Cute & wholesome 30 seconds in...

"Manassero Farms - History and Taste Test" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PP2wX2SGE64&feature=youtu.be


Today it seems I can only read or get distracted from Reading Lolita in Tehran outside...

Didn't know these three were gonna mingle today

"1000 Women Strong And Advocates Call For Meeting With Biden To Cancel Student Loan Debt" https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/1000-women-strong-and-advocates-call-for-meeting-with-biden-to-cancel-student-loan-debt/ 

"The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed" — Ask a Manager https://www.askamanager.org/2022/01/the-new-hire-who-showed-up-is-not-the-same-person-we-interviewed.html 


That's the mysteriousness of what the Universe wants a brain to process today.

How healthy was that activity?

I made one slice of Ezekial bread toast spread with KerryGold butter which was brought to room temperature, softened, and mixed with the juice and some rind from one wedge of lemon, then laid cucumber slices on top of it and sprinkled the toast with a little Kosher salt. Chased cat off or away from the counter with a water squirt bottle or the vacuum cleaner 5-10 times in the process.

Recent Art.

"Marina Abramovic goes all Maria Callas for two Lisson shows." - FAD Magazine

https://fadmagazine.com/2021/09/15/marina-abramovic-goes-all-maria-callas-for-two-lisson-shows/

with W. DAFOE. Again. 

"Beauty and the Beast: The Mirror" - SNL - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ednGSABthu8

What.The. HELL.

"Drugged, sexually abused, swindled… Maria Callas’s tormented life revealed" | Maria Callas | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/11/drugged-sexually-abused-swindled-maria-callass-tormented-life-revealed

Dear Madam et. al.

Why did the cult of Christianity tell women to tell other women and girls to degrade themselves for men? Also, now I seem to have this little bubble in my chest, like how it happened last time I had to throw up when I got the bad menstrual cramps, but anyway, society is constantly bad to women with certain kinds of health problems, and is that also due to Christians with their patriarchal brainwashing issues?

Hmmm was it really like that

I may have been reading The World According to Garp (for work) and The Wife (for leisure) at the same time.

"Glenn Close on the One Line She Wanted to Cut From 'The Wife'" - Variety

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/glenn-close-one-line-cut-the-wife-actors-on-actors-1203084553/

DVDs have extras.

"THE WIFE Q&A with Glenn Close & novelist Meg Wolitzer" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZ0ufGGFAQ&feature=youtu.be

Aging is interesting!

"No no, we've already started..."

"Maybe you would like Big Eyes better. That movie was a little more whimsical than this one."

Maria Callas...

As a very young college student, I had a postcard of her and I would stare at it and get impulses 

Maria By Callas | Official US Trailer HD (2018) - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xmsGzhhDGE&feature=youtu.be

I might need to distract myself.

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Sigh. Watching films other ppl pick.

The beginning of this film. Is. Gross.

"The Wife movie review & film summary (2018)"| Roger Ebert

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-wife-2018

I read the novel in grad school. (For leisure). Maybe not "in grad school." Alongside.

Back then, I always wondered if they'd make her book into a film.

And the music at the end of the recipe video


I don't know the name of the kitchen gadget I would need to buy in order to make this orange dessert correctly....

"An excellent dessert in 5 minutes, no oven, no condensed milk, no gelatin Simple and tasty 209" - YouTube

Saturday Night Live - SNL on Twitter: "Now I’m
Up, Up, Up"  https://t.co/ZV6ZxnOoND

News from the Vineyards

"Three of my relatives, all Mixteco farmworkers in California, died of COVID-19 last year. As we mourn, we wonder if diabetes played a role in their deaths." 

~ ARCENIO J. LÓPEZ  

"Omicron latest health threat to Mixteco farmworkers in Fresno" | The Fresno Bee

https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article257810118.html

"Today, soda can be a status symbol. Farmworkers drink it instead of water to show they rank higher than those who can’t afford it. I worked in strawberry fields, so I know that workers also guzzle highly sugared, caffeinated drinks for the same reason my grandmother consumed coffee – to have enough energy to endure arduous hours, filling as many produce flats as possible to be able to pay for rent, child care, transportation and food. I saw firsthand what researchers say: that the high rates of diabetes among farmworkers are due to a poor diet linked to long working hours."

Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article257810118.html#storylink=cpy

It's not the same thing, but I remember so many restaurant workers drinking so much free soda. It helped with getting through work shifts.

Josefina & Petra!

"...Is the Rivalry Everyone Can Love"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/business/biden-peter-doocy-fox-news.html

Did I ever get chastised for telling a liberal dude about a time I subbed female nouns & pronouns in church for fun?

Maybe they're growing spiritually faster now

"God says we should oppress women together"

~ Mixed Race Men's Bible Study Group at a Coffffee Shop in a Liberal State Before The Pandemic

Is the world ready for the lastest pov in ever-evolving sports culture?

Auntiefa ✡️ for 🇵🇸| Project N95 for masks! on Twitter: "@monaeltahawy Heartbroken, I add this as a reply to you today as I have added it when you have spoken on this topic in the past. https://t.co/fYaLZQ0ECA" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/PFemme2/status/1487877435098030086

"Manchester Utd's Mason Greenwood accused of assaulting woman"- BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-60188668

Alexandra Brodsky on Twitter: ""I don't think the world right now is ready to complete that spectrum of the face of abuse [victims] and include African-American men." https://t.co/WQAzeu3BCv" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/azbrodsky/status/1487451463802621952?s=20&t=5onElu14DUJBh-OsR6_HqQ

"Video shows Mateen Cleaves dragging naked woman into motel room"

https://sports.yahoo.com/mateen-cleaves-video-sexual-assault-michigan-state-032443858.html

Sounds like a good guy

“'Howard Hesseman was also very popular on the show [as DJ Dr. Johnny Fever]. I went to him and said, ‘Let’s negotiate together, let’s be a team,’ and that’s what we did.'”

~ Loni Anderson to Page Six

"Loni Anderson took defense classes to deal with Hollywood creeps"

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/19/loni-anderson-took-defense-classes-to-deal-with-hollywood-creeps/

"'WKRP in Cincinnati’ star Howard Hesseman dies at 81" | The Sacramento Bee

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article257865433.html

"The Heartbreaking Death Of Howard Hesseman"

https://www.thelist.com/751286/the-heartbreaking-death-of-howard-hesseman/

Snow College is a place

Sometimes, I don't even know what sort of information will leap out at me next.

"'WKRP in Cincinnati’ star Howard Hesseman dies at 81 | The Sacramento Bee

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article257865433.html

"Cops: Missing UT college girl found alive in man’s basement" | The Sacramento Bee

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article256745497.html

"Madelyn Allen Kidnapping Suspect Allegedly Let Her Text Parents 'I Love You'"| PEOPLE.com

https://people.com/crime/madelyn-allen-kidnapping-suspect-allegedly-let-her-text-parents-leading-to-rescue/

"The 39-year-old man accused of kidnapping and raping student Madelyn Allen asked a judge to let him spend Christmas with his kids"

https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/the-39-year-old-man-accused-of-kidnapping-and-raping-student-madelyn-allen-asked-a-judge-to-let-him-spend-christmas-with-his-kids/articleshow/88444610.cms

"Loni Anderson took defense classes to deal with Hollywood creeps"

https://pagesix.com/2022/01/19/loni-anderson-took-defense-classes-to-deal-with-hollywood-creeps/

♡seafood & vegetables♡

And taking the Omega 3 and other supplements.

Luteal Phase Living.

It's felt so much better recently!


What does this mean

Evelyn Acham on Twitter: "Planet over profit #PeopleNotProfit #GlobalClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture ⁦@vanessa_vash⁩ https://t.co/djJXutsEeK" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/eve_chantel/status/1486954536325586945?s=20&t=S0fU-rE79gVnzPBDr12u0A

Healthy humor, I would say

"Same. Thing."

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/sfwzba/same_thing/

Stephen Colbert on Twitter: "I don't care what Minnie Mouse wears, but we need to talk about how Donald Duck just parades around with his cloaca hanging out." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/1486900394622164994?s=20&t=LeO5qLyUisR3fGhid2G8xg

Saturday, January 29, 2022

She sounds like an interesting extrovert

"Flores is short, with dark, curly hair and a relaxed, extroverted manner."

~ J. Blitzer

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-disillusionment-of-a-young-biden-official

Society is for extroverts?

"Anyone working in public policy has to weigh a sense of principle against the realities of political influence. For Flores, striking that balance has defined her entire career. The daughter of a psychiatrist and an educator, both of whom are Mexican American, she grew up in the borderlands, in a small city in New Mexico called Las Cruces. She went east for college—to Harvard, where she became the first Latina to be elected student-body president—determined to return home and work in state politics. Her first job after graduation was for Harry Teague, a Democratic congressman and former oil executive who represented a conservative district in the southern half of the state. What Flores remembers most about her time there was how frequently she was pulled over and questioned by Border Patrol agents en route to work."

~ J. Blitzer

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-disillusionment-of-a-young-biden-official

POV to consider (Again. So much repetition with this one in this lifetime).

She doesn't "make" him act in a certain way.

It may be that society has encouraged tolerance of certain kinds of behaviors in some people more than in others.

"The Waitress (Live)" - TA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i0VaSDnBosE

Friday, January 28, 2022

I have been to ONE of these so far...

Correction: I have been to two of them, but one was much more memorable.

"California Hot Springs Guide"

https://www.thislifeoftravel.com/usa-west-coast/california-hot-springs-guide

♡♡♡♡♡♡

Smart ideas?

 






STOP MENSTRUAL CRAMPS - "Luna's Touch" - Relaxation & Stress Relief Music Therapy - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8GWfU4Rk0&feature=youtu.be


"Loving Nature" | Atmos

https://atmos.earth/ecology-love-relationships/


"Love Is the Masterpiece of Nature" | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-seekers-forum/202112/love-is-the-masterpiece-nature


"Just Enough" | Atmos

https://atmos.earth/just-enough-overconsumption-infinite-growth/

As a kid, did I ever draw female ones?

"Oh, my burning feet of fire." | Horror

https://vocal.media/horror/oh-my-burning-feet-of-fire

Yes...

"5 Stories From 'Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark' That Were Pure Childhood Nightmare Fuel"| Thought Catalog

https://thoughtcatalog.com/m-j-pack/2015/04/5-stories-from-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-that-were-pure-childhood-nightmare-fuel/

Inside today

 

Getting shown pictures of the White House cat after we threw up because end of Luteal Phase menstrual cramps are horrible.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

If you have a dream about the kitten

getting out and finding her and taking her home and opening the door to discover that the kitten is already there but the second kitten jumps into the other's home right away and they get along like long lost siblings reuniting.

What does it mean.

Cheerfully observed

In the early 2020s, patriarchal societies wanted women to be smiley, fixated on how much they love a man, and ignore the impoverished conditions inflicted upon large portions of the population.

Rape culture is a part of the impoverished conditions.

I changed norms to societies because maybe it won't be considered normal to be that way?

It's bad for the environment

Making so many excuses for sexism and violence just to have temporary comforts is Very Disrespectful to the Planet.

Was worthwhile to read

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Page 218-225

Razieh & Washington Square.

(I HAVE NOT yet READ THAT WORK BY james)

Bellissimo...

Nature meets Society.

"I never saw a steak. I understood that good cuts existed, but just for customers. There were none for Dario. It was a great pain. Then, when I turned 18, my dad told me. ‘You’re an adult, I’ll give you a steak.’ The excitement, it was… it was really the first time. And the first bite, it was almost a shock. I said, ‘For all my life, for years and years, I’ve waited for steak. And now, for the first time, it was good, but… everything else that my grandma cooked was paradise.’”

~ D. Cecchini

https://www.eater.com/pop-culture/2019/3/1/18246681/chefs-table-dario-cecchinir-recap-season-6-episode-2

When to try again?

Maybe it depends on the week...

"Tribunal North Coast Red 2018"


Maybe some kinds of wines are less taxing on the body than others...

Ha ha, strange?

"Happenings | Jan. 27 edition | Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber"

https://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/news/happenings-jan-27-edition/

Grief Ritual

For Vashon’s “Let’s Talk about Living and Dying” group, grief rituals offer the opportunity to let go of grief and regrets.

“Let’s Talk about Living and Dying” will gather over Zoom to engage in a grief ritual from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6. The grief ritual, led by Susan Pitiger, will be following the guidelines of “A Well of Grief,” written by the executive director of The Living & Dying Consciously Project, Kitty Edwards.

In this ritual, participants collect three stones and a vessel of water. Participants then blow regrets and grief into the stone, and release the stones into the water as an act of letting go. While the experience of one’s grief may be related to the death of someone, grief can also be related to relationships, culture, or other issues that can be named.

Time to pull some quotes

"Loving Nature" | Atmos

https://atmos.earth/ecology-love-relationships/

"Love Is the Masterpiece of Nature" | Psychology Today

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-seekers-forum/202112/love-is-the-masterpiece-nature

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gotta read first...

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You know what, I'll just do it later!

Sci-Fi cure for misogynists

Taking E's technology to inject my memories into their brains plus the menstrual cramps minus the forgetting and eating bad food at the wrong time of the cycle again.

how to not be a misogynist creep

in spite of the school parents churches etc. 📖 OR LESS OF ONE AT THE VERY

YOU WERE BETTER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER

"we decided it made us money and that was good enough for us"

Feminist

queen WAS THE F-WORD GROWING UP

Many happy recoveries

"Surely You’re a Creep, Mr. Feynman" | Leila McNeill

https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/surely-youre-a-creep-mr-feynman-mcneill

"The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia : Short Wave" : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/893006538/fat-phobia-and-its-racist-past-and-present

"What Causes Costochondritis to Flare Up?"

https://www.medicinenet.com/what_causes_costochondritis_to_flare_up/article.htm

Adam Grant on Twitter: "Women are often told to avoid using 'weak language.' But 29 studies: talking tentatively doesn't reflect a lack of assertiveness. It's a sign of interpersonal sensitivity. I might be wrong, but it's probably time to stop confusing confidence with concern for others—isn’t it? https://t.co/z80lm5FQg6" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/AdamMGrant/status/1485989002868109313?s=20

Maybe I won't

waste an at-home Covid test if it might turn out negative? Inflammation is a big health problem too. Also *whisper* some people are toxic and disgusting. sorry

Tearless crying.

Auuuugh. Detox. If you get my genes in the next life do not indulge in pasta and a single glass of wine in the Luteal Phase. Do not do it!!!!

Bastante

I could say some people are this or that but maybe the crux of it is "You are shockingly bad at really taking good care of yourself. I truly hope you get help and get better at doing that. Be a lover of your own good health. I mean at all levels." Okay. Enough for now.

Gratitude

I have a decent place to live and a bed to sleep in and good companions and faith in my body's ability to get well.

Salud

I need it very badly now. I feel exhausted and I need to feel better. I need to change my diet and sleep. How can one be this tired in the morning after an okay-enough sleep? Fairly pleasant dreams. But Exhausted. Okay. We have an at home test. Maybe I will take it. Please, people of all backgrounds, please take care of your health...Oh. Better health. Today it seems to be the only thing that matters.

Sentir

siento que realmente necesito una mejor salud antes de que pueda hacer mucho

How can every show get watched and there's much to read...

"Christine Baranski Waited a Lifetime for a Show Like 'The Gilded Age'"

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a38869249/christine-baranski-the-gilded-age-interview/

"Robert Reich: We’re Living Under the Cruelest Form of Capitalism in the World" - In These Times

https://inthesetimes.com/article/robert-reich-elon-musk-capitalism-inequality-wealth-tax

"Pop culture usually associates wine with whiteness. Three new TV shows are changing that"

https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/Pop-culture-usually-associates-wine-with-16788992.php

"California State Parks Foundation on Twitter: 'Wow 😍 amazing news! Learn how you can continue to help the monarchs at https://t.co/U5TAUohQNP.'" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/calparks/status/1486448282473697281?s=20

Good song to hear sometimes

It says

"You Got It" ~ Roy Orbison

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJn_RwQ0WTo

maybe you should appeal to higher forces for help when things on earth get scrambled?

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Likes to sing...

Energetic extrovert who wanted to be a veterinarian...

"'Chef’s Table’ Season 6 Episode 2: ‘Dario Cecchini’ Recap" - Eater

https://www.eater.com/pop-culture/2019/3/1/18246681/chefs-table-dario-cecchinir-recap-season-6-episode-2

"Dario Cecchini - Meet the World's Most Famous Butcher" | Tuscany Now & More

https://www.tuscanynowandmore.com/discover-italy/italy-and-the-italians/dario-cecchini

Sad to consider as someone who likes wine!

"RESPECT. 'The wineries treat us like they treat the earth. There is no respect for us nor for the land. The only thing that interests them is production and money. But if the workers and the land didn’t exist, there wouldn’t be a harvest. There wouldn’t be anything.'" 

~ Anayeli Guzman to Brooke Anderson

"Indigenous Farmworkers Hold the Key to Healing Our Burning Planet" - In These Times

Trained to worship $$$$

"Amazon Paid for a High School Course. Here’s What They Teach."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvndja/amazon-paid-for-a-high-school-course-heres-what-they-teach

"Student Debt Must Be Canceled, Not Just Paused, Elizabeth Warren Says" | Teen Vogue

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/student-debt-cancellation-elizabeth-warren

Harmful values are terrible for improving healthcare

fabucat on Twitter: "Hi women in the US, and other people who can get pregnant, are you ready for this? Y’all are obsessing over what Psaki said or the latest bread tuber, etc." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/fabucat/status/1486367946125594626?s=20

Mona Eltahawy on Twitter: "A 37yo woman has died in #Poland after being denied an abortion after one of her twin fetuses died. Doctors waited until the vital functions of the other twin flatlined on their own a week later, Agnieszka T's family said. h/t @mokomokai #AniJednejWięcej https://t.co/IJVrjiW0Dq https://t.co/j0zXfqcRcT" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1486362334134165506?s=20

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

It's an era thing

They made me feel like they'd have an easier time respecting me if I were alive in a different kind of body.

Northern Virginia...

"What it's like for an Afghan family starting over in America"

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1068149767/virginia-afghanistan-refugee-family-america

If they choose Annandale, so much good Korean food awaits.

I suppose that must've felt better

"President Biden received a warm welcome in England from the British leader, but dodged his handshake to instead greet the PM’s new bride, joking that 'we both married above our station.'"  


than

Also amazed!

Even if I am kind of disgusted that whatever you're doing is seemingly so bad for my health that my body sabotages everything... It's also kinda fascinating, when I just take a step back and really look at it. Like, being a whole entire county of distance away is a good decision right now, for some reason. It just feels better somehow.

And MOREOVER

"‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums" | Global development | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/23/ive-already-sold-my-daughters-now-my-kidney-winter-in-afghanistans-slums

I now have the wherewithal to read that! Because I can go back to my happy teenagers driving ambulances story, too!

This is a happy story, and

CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 on Twitter: "In rural Sackets Harbor, N.Y., where COVID-19 affected the local volunteer ambulance service, local high school students took the required training and picked up the slack. https://t.co/XiDeLuW3DT https://t.co/YM6RHxsRnS" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/CBSSunday/status/1485266433164595206?s=20

It seems way more fulfilling than becoming a veteran of a war in Vietnam or Afghanistan.

Children, it seems that lately I cannot

deal with certain disrespectful Hollywood egos who are continually discounting the experiences of others in order to infringe their self-aborbed agendas on everyone around them.

Why are they like that. 

What could possibly be done differently to help them act in ways that are healthier towards other people and the environment in the future?

The Universe sent a dream about a Helen Hunt type of character telling a Jack Nicholson type to knock off his hijinks. 

Then I dreamed I was walking with some female friends in a park, and they were noticing a lot ducks flipping upside down and laughing and taking pictures of them. 

I am a human consumer, too, so I was thinking that I might watch this at some point:

"'The Gilded Age’ Review: How the HBO’s Series Compares to ‘Downton Abbey’" - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-21/what-the-gilded-age-gets-right-that-downton-abbey-got-wrong

A bout of self-induced musical therapy said

If you listen to this "so happy" song x amount of times before bed to help you fall asleep, it's actually got a lot of melancholy undercurrent.

"Happy Together" - The Turtles (1967) - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEURntrQOg&feature=youtu.be

It hurts to live in this body sometimes

I need to try to heal myself. My sad costochondritis. Sad times. Wail and keen.

I had Thai food yesterday. I wasn't feeling so bad at that time.

Maybe I will make myself listen to many meditations.

Oh also a hot shower today better times then.than.

People need grieving rituals.

I cannot be angry. My body does stuff and makes me get in bed.

This time, chest pain.

Other times, back pain. Or cramps.

I think those are the worst. Suffering in a human form.

So tired of lies.

Ever have the time to wonder why it is so?

"Farmworkers Bear the Brunt of California's Housing Crisis" | Civil Eats

https://civileats.com/2022/01/18/farmworkers-bear-the-brunt-of-californias-housing-crisis/

Food for the good residents of Santa Monica and Topanga.  

Monday, January 24, 2022

And the part of this that stands out the most for me is....

"Japanese Anime: Deconstructing The 'Strong' Female Character Tropes" | Feminism In India

https://feminisminindia.com/2021/01/25/japanese-anime-strong-female-characters/

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neeeeeed to reeeeead first....

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"The epitome of toxic femininity 

On the other end of this strength in masculinity spectrum lies the epitome of toxic femininity. Introduced to the audience with gracious music and roses all around (literally), this Japanese anime character is ‘pure’ and ‘innocent’, which coincidentally are her only charms, with a dash of kindness. The flowers that surround her might even be white, as if to emphasise the virginal chastity; her ears are to be covered when someone curses, her eyes to be closed when something inappropriate happens. She is a damsel, sometimes in distress, but she is mostly the male lead’s trauma healer. Her stereotypical ‘motherly’ nature is worrying. Not only does this end up mocking the process of healing trauma and reduces it to simply ‘listening’; more often than not, her own trauma is ignored or gets covered by the motto of “love overcomes all”. She begins as a beck and call pseudo-therapist and a resident cook, and not much changes at the end. Again, this Japanese anime character ends up being a stepping stone in order to put the spotlight on the main male lead. Her strength comes, not from an extensive good nature, but from her acceptance of social expectations of a woman."

~ Anvi

Maybe it helps make civilization better

Moira Donegan on Twitter: "My radical feminist opinion is that women get to talk to each other about their lives, including the ways men treat them badly, and this is neither a horrific moral trespass on women’s part nor a threat to civilization. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/MoiraDonegan/status/1484602668660240384?s=20

"Afghanistan: Women Turn to Cryptocurrency to Feed Their Families"

https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistan-women-turn-to-cryptocurrency-to-feed-their-families-2022-1

tres pájaros frente al sol

 


Who is affected by climate change and might have a library by the beach...

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/miley-cyrus-courtney-love-malibu-7792808/

Wildfires...

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/miley-cyrus-reflects-on-writing-malibu-about-liam-hemsworth/

Hello my name is Suzy. I stay in Santa Monica. When I wanna feel bohemian, I visit Topanga.

Blessings from God might mean

Moms that were busy raising kids don't know about all the popular music and movies of their era and might learn more about what they missed out on when they get older.

Sounds like there is no uniform parenting experience.

Safe / Other entertainment

Safe:

My comforter, my coverlet, my pillow, my box fan, my vapo-rub

Other entertainment:

"Norway's 'National Firewood Night' - The Colbert Report (Video Clip)" | Comedy Central US

https://www.cc.com/video/oy70q1/the-colbert-report-norway-s-national-firewood-night

I want my health to get much better

Who cares about making a work of anything when health takes top priority? Are we okay with people trying to stay alive? Too bad it takes a worldwide pandemic.

Empaths are real. Ppl also used to make fun of other things they didn't understand.

Hope the healthcare / selfcare / love as self respect thing brings more peace to the world.

Pressure-y ppl who are insecure, insensitive, and unhelpful and don't get it can go elsewhere.

Maybe apply that energy towards something that is better for you.

I love these 3

Enjoy much better health.

Feel much more healthy.

Feel much better.

What about a zero percent match though

"Pretty cool of Nordstrom to add this to their job listing. This should encourage you to apply for positions that you don't think you're a 100% match for." : r/recruitinghell

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/saymdz/pretty_cool_of_nordstrom_to_add_this_to_their_job/

It's hard for him.

"The fact that women's legs are naturally hairy is such a mindf*ck to me" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yDgCfX_Nuio

I kinda like the last line.

Brother:  Please for the love of Our God the Patriarchal Father someone tell me how fucked up I am.

Soooo many ppl to f'd up B: Omg you're so entertaining! We give you praise and money! Buy us stuff! We loooooove yoooooou!!!!$$$$$♡♡♡♡♡

Flowers and kisses and harlots and madonnas.

Madness!

I want my teeth to forgive me. Maybe I should read more Thich Nhat Hanh.

Hey history buffs

Did you ever hear the stories about making daughters appear to have bad tuberculosis if soldiers invaded. I am not gonna dwell on it tonight but I heard or read or saw something at some point in the past about that.

Maybe some of them will get professional help at some point

I have not been a wealthy white man in this era. In an intimate sense, perhaps I really don't know what they're experiencing in the 2020s. So many of them are addicted to acting like such insecure jerks now, when they had so much given to them, and such potential to do things differently when they were younger. Even now, they could be making better choices, right? Sorry, image of a scared woman without one of those kinds of dudes helping her I saw running past a crowd of protesters I saw that in my mind's eyes when I was awake yet tired and not feeling well a number of hours ago...It is better now.. Why is the night better sometimes?

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Resetting

I had plans to have outdoor adventures but when I tried to leave the energy got goofy and the right side of my chest got costochondritis-y.

Not surprised, in a way.

Thinking

It's a good thing your brother doesn't act like him.

Gaslighters can improve themselves and the planet

Might like them better if they didn't do it together. Or act so cult-y and insensitive. Or have white and wealthy privilege problems interfering with better options for living a life.

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Good times on a Saturday morning

I think the first 10 minutes of this was great.

"A Beginner’s Guide to Paper Marbling, With Rajiv Surendra"| Paper Marbling Tutorial - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x36f713jZA&feature=youtu.be

I will watch the rest of it very soon.

så blåsigt ute idag

This probably will still be funny in 100 years.

"Zillow" - SNL - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yEfsaXDX0UQ&feature=youtu.be

I have nothing clever to say. This will be worthwhile.

"A Beginner’s Guide to Paper Marbling, With Rajiv Surendra" | Paper Marbling Tutorial - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x36f713jZA&feature=youtu.be

A VERY SERIOUS TOPIC

As you can tell from the photo they chose.

"Scotland could soon pardon thousands of women executed for witchcraft centuries ago" | Euronews

https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/20/scottish-parliament-could-soon-grant-pardons-to-witches

Better things while it's windy outside

Appreciating a down comforter, applying tooth oil to a tooth, saying "Please get off" calmly to a rambunctious kitten...

Memoir material?

You know what, I can sort of see why people live in denial about how their sexism and irresponsible-to-others habits affect others and also themselves. I don't feel it's healthy at ALL, but if you've been rewarded for years for being a certain way, seriously, it must be hard to change.

Chariots of Firezzzzzzz

"Gee whiz. I bet this Sleep Story on my Calm app will totally cure my insomnia." An unperturbed voice said. Unsomethingly.


Surprised self

Maybe I was just four when I had a dream about young adults opening dresser drawers full of very colorful mineral type materials. I didn't know what they were, and I wondered...

Tonight I may have found the most peaceful solution I've ever come up with:

What if the colored "rocks" were resin incense.

Friday, January 21, 2022

A gentle reminder to lower expectations?

what life with a cat CAN be...

"Picnic with my cat (shaved ice & lemonade)" - JunsKitchen - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOWkVdU4NH0&feature=youtu.be

Any hoo

A: So I feel like this song could have come to the planet as kind of a critique?

B: "This was the first dance at my wedding."

Same planet, different worlds!


Lana Del Rey - "Video Games" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6wxDqdOV0&feature=youtu.be

"Fentanyl Addicted War Veteran-Holly" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C2sATOZpyzs&feature=youtu.be

I have to look up "pundit"

"Taliban delegation to hold humanitarian talks in Norway"| Taliban News | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/21/taliban-to-hold-meeting-in-norway-next-week

"Afghan women taken from their homes after speaking out" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60091003

"As Afghanistan starves, the pundit class turns away" - Columbia Journalism Review

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/afghanistan_famine_humanitarian_crisis_media.php

If I HAVE to

Play emo music to get my laundry put away tonight, it's certainly not the worst thing that's going on in the world.

Dramatic personality: Maybe you should, like, get a little more interested in feminism and climate change.

Drama voices: We will die first!

Voice: Jesus Christ.


Interesting skim because

Forced to read Lord of the Flies on both coasts as a young teenager.

"11 Books To Read After Watching ‘Yellowjackets’"

https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/yellowjackets-books-list.html

Hungry times not himgry tomes

"California’s agricultural industry would collapse without farmworkers, but these same workers can’t find safe, affordable housing in the state" - The Counter

https://thecounter.org/californias-agricultural-collapse-without-farmworkers-cant-find-safe-affordable-housing/

I learned about him

"Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, has died at 74" - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/entertainment/meat-loaf-obit/index.html

In the 80s...after we moved across country...the first time living with a man with a good CD collection 

Meat Loaf – "Bat Out of Hell Lyrics"| Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-lyrics

Some people have room to grow.

You don't need to make excuses for them.

I used to write the specials...

Really amazing...now I have some tracing paper and a bargain book on Calligraphy....Though not the exceptional talent for interior decorating...

"Tour Rajiv Surendra’s NYC Apartment Filled With Handmade Decor...and Chalk Art!"| Handmade Home Tour - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uo2nomf4I0

Two & two

Two pieces that I think could be made into interesting short films!

"The Time for Hollywood’s ‘White Male Genius’ Is Over"

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a36122472/hollywood-dream-job-nightmare/

"As an 'Overweight' Woman, This Is What Dating & Finding Love Was Like for Me"

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a35730257/plus-size-dating/

~~~~~~

Two I have seen that were easy to find again...

"Apartment Living by Meghan O’Rourke" | Moving Poems

https://movingpoems.com/2017/11/apartment-living-by-meghan-orourke/

"6ft. in 7min." - Short Film by Rafael Del Toro - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhoOtJ368K0

honor ailments

if I say I will implant my uterus which is clenching up on the right side inside you if you don't chill out irl that's not going to be effervescent...sometimes ppl are too exhausted to leave their dwellings even to enjoy good things but it might be a different story and better timing another day...

Exhale

"We are told that fulfillment is to be found in one’s accomplishments and accolades and that careers will give us the opportunity to help others. There is nothing more cynical than taking the human impulse toward enterprising self-sacrifice and service and exploiting it for material gain. But this is just what politicians and corporate culture have done—and continue to do—by appropriating feminism for their own ends and pushing careerism down our throats. And instead of advocating for a cultural framework that acknowledges the many diverse and noncorporate ways women find personal fulfillment, today’s feminists accept our current system and seek merely to have a greater say in its workings."

~ Sasha White

"A Woman's Place Is in the Rat Race" - Tablet Magazine

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/womans-place-rat-race

I see cool Schenectady

Paul Nelson on Twitter: "Long before he drove around some of the biggest superstars in Hollywood like @tomhanks, Paul ‘Paulie’ DiCocco Jr.was a kid from #Schenectady who worked in the eponymous family luncheonette and had a famous racketeer for a father. DiCocco died Tuesday. https://t.co/Qa5uXXAtxW https://t.co/a6SwARRcWW" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/apaulnelson/status/1482554935950589953?s=20

"Schenectady's 'driver to the stars' dies at 70"

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Schenectady-s-driver-to-the-stars-dies-at-70-16776965.php

Some creatures are "rowring" out there

"What if someday, my cat dates someone like me, then moves on."

Just look at it. Even now.

How could a just God possibly want to subject a young impressionable child to such a place in exchange for discovering Duran Duran?

"Struggling Watervliet cites more than just money problems"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesunion.com/news/amp/Watervliet-dinged-again-for-financial-problems-12610072.php

U.S. Army Materiel Command on Twitter: ""As civilians, we are the tip of the spear to ensure readiness for our Soldiers," Ms Adams AMC Executive Deputy to the Commanding General. March is #WomensHistoryMonth & we celebrate the countless outstanding female Soldiers, civilians & contractors serving on our #ArmyTeam! https://t.co/loEiFAsd7L" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/watervliet_army

Hashtag a positive tweet that oozes depressing vibes 

Up next on this liberating journey

Digestion.

I am so lucky because my left hand is in much less pain and is clenching gauze after a smothering of antibiotic gel after the waiting for the cold water from the faucet to get actually cold and drizzling soy sauce on the burn.

I grabbed a hot pan. It interfered with enjoyment. Also some tooth pain reminders, which wasn't the case at dinner.

And geez, seems like it's a time to feel a little bit bigger and not so happy about it. Now what are you learning?

Took a Cholacol.

Might get back to the Reading Lolita book soon.

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Clusterread

Peggy Orenstein on Twitter: "No surprise the leaked Facebook documents revealed the company knew social media was devastating to girls' mental health. Girls themselves have known that for years. @aboutfacesf has thoughts. https://t.co/KM3TPNpYnA" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/peggyorenstein

Peggy Orenstein on Twitter: "Incredibly excited to hear @emilynagoski's brilliant book on female sexuality, 'Come As You Are' recommended by Maeve on #sexeducation3! Well done, @emmamackeyoff! https://t.co/GhWtOSBd5D" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/peggyorenstein

Peggy Orenstein on Twitter: "I am reading 'Credible,' a BRILLIANT book by Deborah Tuerkheimer @NorthwesternLaw that breaks down why we (individuals, culture, law) doubt accusers and protect abusers. ESSENTIAL read for #MeToo https://t.co/HQmvpn6KG8" / Twitter

https://mobile.twitter.com/peggyorenstein

Worth money now

"Vintage Original Candy Land Milton Bradley Board Game 1978" | Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/listing/624651915/vintage-original-candy-land-milton

"Even Candy Land Isn't Safe From Sexy" - The Atlantic

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/275283/

Inner Child reveling at excellllllling

at putting off doing the laundry for hours again!!!!

"Meditation at Lagunitas" by Robert Hass | Poetry Foundation

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47553/meditation-at-lagunitas

Bryan Adams – "Run to You Lyrics" | Genius Lyrics

https://genius.com/Bryan-adams-run-to-you-lyrics

"Behind The Song: 'Refugee' by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers" -

https://americansongwriter.com/behind-todays-great-song-for-now-refugee-by-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/

"The Right To Sex: How Amia Srinivasan Wrote the Most Divisive Book of 2021" | AnOther

https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/13510/the-right-to-sex-how-amia-srinivasan-wrote-the-most-divisive-book-of-2021

Mmmmmmm...

Toril Moi on Twitter: "This seems to be my Srinivasan day. I was blown away by @KathaPollitt ’s review of The Right to Sex. Serious overview, strong writing, and some key points about older women and sex, and the question of what 'women’s issues' actually are. https://t.co/8GbEwXFGUt" / Twitter

"Hey You Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate High Quality VHS rip 1981" - YouTube

I don't know if that candy commercial was as influential as the Candyland board game though.

Really appropriate

Woman and Man eating at a picnic table this afternoon :

W: He's our son. I'M the one making him.

M: mumbles something about putting coins in a soda machine.

W:  That's different! (makes some kind of comparison to putting trash in a trash can.)

M: JR is gonna be his name anyway.

W: sarcastically asks him something about the use of the term "junior."

It sounded stressful.

~~~▪︎~~~

"'Imam Khomeini has relegated a great task to our poets and writers,' he droned on triumphantly, laying down one page and picking up another."

~ Reading Lolita... Nafisi (124)


"Perfect timing"

Y: She was quite content in my lap for some time today.

X: She was!? Oh good! So that means some day, when she's grown up, she'll be a nice, calm lap cat...

CRASH

X: ...but not yet.

Una mujer

"PBS film tells story of farmworker leader who preceded Cesar Chavez"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/pbs-film-tells-story-farmworker-leader-who-preceded-cesar-chavez-n1057866

"Unsung Santa Cruz: She helps take care of the farmworkers who help put food on our tables" - Lookout Local Santa Cruz

https://lookout.co/santacruz/coast-life/story/2021-12-23/unsung-santa-cruz-she-helps-take-care-of-farmworkers-who-help-put-food-our-tables

Taking some time...

"Division of Equity & Community Inclusion, SF State on Twitter: "#SFState / #SFSU scholars. Take a moment to know where your food comes from... and the people who do the labor to make it happen. 🍇🥬🍓🥦🍊🥒🍅 Learn more by following @UFWupdates (United Farm Workers)." / Twitter

https://twitter.com/SFSUDECI/status/1483542320129605635?s=20

https://mobile.twitter.com/ufwupdates

This hurts

Partway through

"Pimp interview-Sabrina" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=InUQWTrY7jo&feature=youtu.be

after reading 

"World’s 10 richest men doubled their wealth to $1.5 trillion during pandemic"

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/worlds-10-richest-men-doubled-their-wealth-to-1-5-trillion-during-pandemic/

Hey Catholic people, you've been around me my whole life

This is about a bishop and a nun.

"The Acquittal Of Franco Mulakkal: How One Woman's Agony Becomes Every Woman's Agony" | Feminism In India

https://feminisminindia.com/2022/01/19/the-acquittal-of-franco-mulakkal-how-one-womans-agony-becomes-every-womans-agony/

Maybe I will revisit that one again...

But it's human to have word cravings

I started reading early...

"7. The Power Differential

We live on a dualistic little planet: male-female, good-bad, dark-light, Republican-Democrat, God-Devil, happy-sad, yin-yang, dominant-passive, and on and on. We embrace shades in between; far more mainstream now are third and fourth gender assignments, the value of a multiple-party political system, the concept of many paths to 'God' or however we define divinity, or don’t, and on we go. But we humans love our compare-and-contrast. In that vein, there may be a leader in a relationship, one partner who may be more alpha, or who has more influence in the ways we assign practical power. But unless that comes with an equal balance of power in the other partner somewhere else in the relationship, the scales are tipped to one side."

~ Liza Caldwell / Jennifer Bent

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/27-cautionary-signs-youre-toxic-marriage-liza-caldwell-ma-cpc


Making films can be challenging

"I found the film far more effective in its silence than its dialogue. A simple shot of a man sitting on a porch with his eyes closed, the sun on his face, can be more powerful than an overwritten monologue."

~ Brian Tallerico

"Land movie review & film summary (2021)" | Roger Ebert

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/land-movie-review-2021

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Water...numbers

"Indigenous feminism flows through the fight for water rights on the Rio Grande (Water Back)" — High Country News – Know the West

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.1/indigenous-affairs-water-indigenous-feminism-flows-through-the-fight-for-water-rights-on-the-rio-grande

"Feminism is inextricably tied to economic inequality – but Democrats don’t see it"| The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/15/feminism-inextricably-tied-economic-inequality-democrats-pelosi-stocks

'"Out with man haters', cry Korean anti-feminists"

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2248639/out-with-man-haters-cry-korean-anti-feminists

"Opinion: Feminism is mainstream, and there are numbers to prove it" - The Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-feminism-is-mainstream-and-there-are-numbers-to-prove-it/