Feb 25

Feb 25 Weekly Roundup #61: Rihanna and towels

Reading

The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt. Seriously, this book is so long. My twenty minute PATH ride is not enough time to read.

Things I’m Not Old Enough for Even Though I’m Definitely Old Enough to Be a Parent, The New Yorker. This cracked me up and was so relatable. When will I actually be able to taste “notes” in wine??

13 Reasons We Type in Lowercase, The Cut. I’ve noticed I prefer this when posting Instagram Stories and I’ve started to do it in Slack and/or Google Hangouts, but I never really thought why. On Stories, I find it more aesthetically pleasing, but I’m pretty sure I do it on chats because that’s how most of my coworkers type. I often find myself going back and lowercasing after I automatically typed a message out in the correct capped format, other times I just say, fuck it, and send it as is. I think it all depends on how comfortable I’m feeling. I like the idea of lowercases feeling more intimate though. I think that’s why I like it in my Stories, I want people to feel they can reach out to me and ask questions or interact in some way. I laughed at the last reason included in this piece. 👴🏻

Financial Windfalls: 15 Stories of the Money That Changed Everything, Topic. “I cannot understand how a single person can have a million dollars in this world and feel like they need it all for themselves.”

Jerry Westrom Threw Away a Napkin Last Month. It Was Used to Charge Him in a 1993 Murder, The New York Times. Alright, everyone, keep sending that DNA in. We’re solving crimes here, people!

When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online, The Atlantic. This is not why I won’t be posting a million photos of my children when I have them (actual reasons: pedophiles, it’s annoying, who gives an actual shit about your baby?), but it’s definitely another deterrent. I don’t want my kids plastered all over the internet before they’re even conscious of said internet or are able to have any say in what’s out in the world about them.

Everyone on Twitter Is Sharing Their ‘Rihanna Horoscope’—Here’s How to Find Yours, PureWow. Sooo I think the popularity of the “Rihanna horoscope” is messing with the image results now, but I didn’t have an overall majority on one photo. So I pulled the two most popular outfits from my search for my birthday. The first is so over-the-top, sexy and saucy angel baby and I love it. It definitely speaks to the side of me that sometimes just want to go all out. The second is, well, ME. Cozy all day every day in skinny jean or leggings, a comfy top and no heels. So…yeah. I feel like this worked out pretty well for me.

GNI Cooks: Throw-It-Together Meals, Girls’ Night In. A hodgepodge of recipes that I will definitely be throwing together.

Why everyone is talking about towels, Curbed. Um…we have two of each (but no bath sheets, oops, or washcloths…lol) in our household. While I’m well aware that’s not nearly enough, we definitely don’t need fifty! Where would you store the remaining towels??

'Russian Doll' Is Necessary TV for Our Isolationist Times, Vice. “Russian Doll shows the value of being good to others, and how that helps us to be good to ourselves.” Yes.

‘Channel Clutter’ Is a Real Thing, and It Could Be Ruining Your Netflix Experience, PureWow. I absolutely feel this. Sometimes my boyfriend and I have so many options of shows we’ve started or should start that we just avoid it altogether and begin a completely new show. It doesn’t really make sense, but I guess it’s kind of like if you were tubing down the river and you were headed toward a waterfall, instead of joining up with your friend’s tube, you just…jumped off the waterfall alone? I don’t know! It’s just a way of avoiding it all.

Watch the first full trailer for Jordan Peele’s surreal Twilight Zone reboot, The Verge. Despite mentioning channel clutter right before this…I cannot wait for this! My dad got me into the original when I was younger and, while he loves his black and white films/shows, maybe I can do the same for him with this reboot.

Jussie Smollett paid brothers $3,500 to stage attack, police say, CBS. If this is true, it’s despicable. His greed could harm the credibility of hate crime victims in the future. And now you have the fucking Cheeto-in-Chief jumping on this to complain about racism about MAGA supporters. Way to go, Smollett. Good fucking job.

Anxiety Is Becoming Visible In Pop Culture—Finally, Nylon. It’s true, this is such a common disorder, yet, pop culture only shows its more dramatic companions, like depression, bipolar disorder or sociopathy. Just like we need more inclusion in the people we see, we need more inclusion in the issues that are portrayed.

This koala is sexier than you, New York Post. Yes. Yes, he is.

diet prada allege kim kardashian is in league with fashion nova, i-D. Ummm, yes. Definitely. They don’t have seamstresses sewing their fingers bloody overnight and models doing 3 a.m. photoshoots to try and beat the game. Kylie’s birthday dress, now the Mugler dress. Yes, 1,000x yes.

Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Have Reportedly Broken Up Because He Cheated With Jordyn Woods, Cosmopolitan. The split is confirmed and now she has unfollowed them both on Insta, DRAMAAAAA!! But really, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was leaked by Kris Jenner to either, one, get people buzzing about the family before KUWTK’s season premiere or, two, try and take publicity away from the purported Fashion Nova partnership.

Jordyn Woods and Kylie Jenner Reportedly No Longer Live Together Following Tristan Thompson Cheating Rumors, Teen Vogue. HUNNY. You’re going to ruin that life you had as Kylie’s bestie for THAT dude?? God help you.

And the Most Popular Color of New York Fashion Week Is…, PureWow. A color I will likely never wear.

‘Russian Doll’ and the Dark Connection With ’Emily of New Moon’ That Helps Explain It, IndieWire. This reads kind of like a high school book report, but was interesting in parts. Excessive spoilers alert though!

Estranged Wife Of Accused East Area Rapist Filed For Divorce, CBS. Now she can be subpoenaed and cannot claim martial privileges. Enjoy prison, Joseph DeAngelo.

19 Pictures That Prove Dogs Are Perfect Weirdos, BuzzFeed. I. LOVE. DOGS. Give me a rooftop so I can scream this!

Listening

Monstruo, Incongruity True Crime. My coworker recommended this because we both love true crime and are big MFM fans, but, listeners beware, this shit is very gruesome. If you can’t deal with gore, you’re probably going to have to skip. I can and I had trouble listening to this at times, particularly because they attempt to recreate some of the noises…

Watching

Kitbull, Pixar SparkShorts. This made me tear up. The entire first 75% is hard to watch, especially knowing this really happens and people really treat these creatures like weapons for their own amusement. One of our beloved dogs was a pitbull mix and he was the sweetest, most loving boy you could ever imagine. #adoptdontshop

The Umbrella Academy, Netflix. I mean, I love Ellen Page, but Klaus…ya gotta love comic relief Klaus! I wasn’t sure how they would end this and still have an opening for another season, but that’s why I’m not a tv writer. I can’t wait for season two! I have a guess where it’s going to go and if I’m right, I’m so pumped to find out more backstory and wtf happened to Ben?!

Russian Doll, Netflix. I binged this entire show last Monday. I love that Natasha Lyonne (of Orange is the New Black fame) co-created the show with Amy Poehler though! Plus, she also serves as a writer and director, which is freaking awesome, annnnd it’s an all-women writer’s room! Lyonne’s is incredible. Electric, unlikeable and badass, with incredible hair no less—I want to be friends with her. (Side note: I’ve never seen Happy Death Day, but it seems these two are very familiar. Very morbid Groundhog Day. )