Happy Friday! Today is National Chopstick Day (I’m not great with chopsticks, but I can use them) and National Bubble Gum Day (I was a Way Out Watermelon Bubblicious girl).
Holy hell, what a week. Everything’s difficult and the world is on fire and I know I constantly say this but: my nattering on here does not mean I’m unaware of the terrible. My mental health is SHREDDED but luckily the past six years have taught me a lot about continuing to do a good job at work while everything seems to crumble.
The snow from two weeks ago hasn’t melted yet. It’s been so frigid that Murphy can walk atop the snow without falling through. And it’s snowing again. Huzzah.
But at least I’m not sick anymore. That’s good.
Here is the Friday 5 – this week’s theme is The Body Electric.
- What caused you recently to wrinkle your nose?
I live in the vicinity of a coffee roastery. It’s been around for decades and when it’s in operation it gives the neighborhood a lovely toasty-breakfasty aroma. The other day I think they burnt their beans. - What caused your brain recently to explode?
The rapid decent of the NJ Devils this hockey season. I think we potentially need a new GM, absolutely need a new coach, and need to offload both Hughes brothers (separately) so that we can invest in a team that can create stars rather than hoping your stars can create a team.
“But Jack MIGHT be great! A generational talent, even!”
Perhaps, but 1) he’s fragile, and 2) he was great for two years and then every other team studied his game tapes. I don’t want the team to mired down by a sunk cost fallacy.
Maybe I’m wrong. After all, this restaurant has now been open for over 20 years. (One thing about me, I do not dirty-delete my mistakes.) I’ve been there once since my last update in 2017. It was still pretty meh. Sorry, Ted. - What caused you recently to roll your eyes?
The existence of a counter-program to the Super bowl halftime show featuring American citizen Bad Bunny. Y’know I hope next year the halftime show is Win Bootson1, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Lainey Wilson with special guest Uncle Kracker so the ratings will tank and the conservative country music fans will shut up already. - What inspired you recently to shake a tailfeather?
Watching Sabrina Carpenter and Kermit duet Islands in the Stream on the new episode Muppet Show Tuesday night. The show was perfect! It had some callbacks to the show’s illustrious past while avoiding being shackled to the cult of nostalgia. - What has recently been a thorn in your side?
The piles of snow everywhere. Walking around is difficult, the cars are frosted over every day, and the poor dog spins out in the yard when he tries to chase squirrels.
I’m going to attempt to do all of my weekend chores tomorrow so I can loaf on Sunday. Do I have a post for Monday yet? No, no I don’t. I’ll figure something out.
And in honor of National Bubblegum Day, enjoy an ad!
- Win Bootson is a character from my own imagination. His name is Winchester Bootson and he is an adequate singer and guitar player in a small town. Every Tuesday night he opens at the Bar Down By The Fork (bar name? location? why not both?) and he releases his songs on Youtube. His sister is Remington (Remi) Bootson and his brother is Smith Wesson Bootson. Sometimes I am tempted to get AI to write some songs and create a whole online existence for this fake guy. ↩︎
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