Mar 4

Mar 4 Weekly Roundup #62: Cohen and chubby rat

Last week was ROUGH. We had layoffs at my company and I lost my work wife and my manager so last week was tear-filled, but below are a few things that brightened it.

Reading

Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi. This was my team’s pick for our February book club and it is beautiful. Heart-wrenching and tragic and so, so beautiful. Highly recommend.

Sex Education, Wonderland. It’s my vagina!

The 19 Craziest Things We Learned About President Trump From Michael Cohen’s Testimony, Cosmopolitan. “Donald Trump is a man who ran for office to make his brand great, not to make our country great.”

Making a Murderer’s Steven Avery Wins Appeal, Could Have Second Trial, Newsweek. Test those bones!

Chubby Rat Gets Stuck in a Manhole and Also My Heart, The Cut. This is me after eating a large meal of enchiladas and margs…but also, “ ‘Even animals that are hated by many deserve respect.’ [says animal rescuer Michael Sehr]” YES.

Cadbury is hiring people to taste chocolate like Dairy Milk and Oreo for $14 an hour, Insider. Well. Since my company just laid off a bunch of wonderful, talented people, I know what I’m doing this weekend.

Your Birthday Color Can Bring Harmony Into Your Home, Refinery29. Ummm, SHOCKER, my color is lilac! 💜

Nike’s incredible new ‘Just Do It’ campaign gives women the spotlight, SBNation. I actually teared up while watching this. “Incredible,” indeed!

Pink Is Fall 2019’s Most Unexpected Color Trend — & We're Very Here For It, Zoe Report. It was also the color at the Oscars.

Everything You Need to Know If You’re a Pisces, PureWow. As I mentioned before, I’m a cusp baby, so I had to read about my other side. Here’s the part that sucks the most: “Their capacity for empathy is so large, they absorb the feelings and priorities of others like a sponge.” And here’s the line that rang most true: “While they can be introverted and slow to warm up to large groups of people, they love staying up all night talking to their mates.“ Where my Pisces friends at??

This Pilot Got Burned By His Mom In The Most Hilarious Way, BuzzFeed. My mom would ABSOLUTELY do this to my brother (only reason she wouldn’t do it to me is because I hate an unmade bed as well 🙃)!

Every Type of Makeup Brush, Finally Explained, PureWow. If you’re like me and confused as to why we need sixteen different brushes.

Listening

Undrunk, Fletcher. I luurrrrve Fletcher and this is the first song of hers I’ve heard consistently on the radio so I had to call this one out. Give it a listen if you haven’t heard it already and give this Jersey girl some love!