Thursday, Thursday, Thursday. Here you are again, and with you comes October, and the annual transition from summer to fall, from daylight to darkness…sigh…time marches on…sigh…
Anyhow…here’s a summary of some of the thoughts jumping my synapses of late:
I’ll give October this, it—coupled with the ongoing pandemic work from home situation—formally opens up Comfy-wearing season. There I was on Sunday, out back, in my Comfy, drinking coffee, and watching Sunday Today With Willie Geist (only Willie was off). Heaven.
Speaking of STWWG, the Sunday Sit Down was with Diane Lane. She sure does look fantastic for her age. She’s aging gracefully and naturally…so she’s either embracing the process and is being rewarded by the Fates or she has a very very good doctor. Like amazing.
Speaking of the Today show, kind of, in hindsight I think part of why I had to work on my “mind over matter” skills is because if I didn’t, Al Roker would ruin every single morning. I can’t even…
Sticking with the Today show theme, why the heck is Brooklyn Beckham showing America how to cook breakfast sandwiches on it?
Special shoutout to my hairdresser Jessika for saying that I have a young personality which contributes to why I “only” look 45.
Speaking of my age, I feel like I’m too young to say “I got the cutest pair of pajamas for $7 the other day at Costco.” But OMG, didn’t I just get the cutest pair of pajamas for $7 the other day at Costco‽ For real. 🤷♀️
I recently fell asleep on the couch and woke up to this guy talking about going to vote or some such thing and the records/s system showing he was dead. Waking up to this commercial made me think I had died..and gone to hell.
Speaking of falling asleep on the couch, is there anything worse than when you do and then use every fiber of your being to will yourself to move, practically falling asleep on the way upstairs, only to land in bed and be as wide awake as if you’d just been given an ice bath?
Happy to report I have crossed “use a dough hook” off my “I’ve Never…” list. And the pizza, well, chef’s kiss…if I do say so myself.
A teacher was interviewed on TV and stated “I am 1000% prepared to lose my career over (not getting) the vaccine.” Shouldn’t she lose her job for thinking that 1000% is a thing?
Not that I need another reason to love my mom, but when I talked to her at 7:30 on Tuesday morning she reported that she had her Red Sox quarter zip out and ready to wear…for the 8pm game that she was probably only gonna be awake for three innings of. 😂😂😂
Speaking of that game, how awesome/emotional was it when they drove Rem-dawg out on the golf cart and he tossed the first pitch to Eck? *chills*
Still speaking of that game, great win vs the Yankees. But let’s talk about when they beat the Nats to set that game up…they got on-field t-shirts, put on ski goggles, and went nutty with the champagne spraying. To celebrate the fact that they had at least one more game left. It seemed excessive to me, like an ugly reflection of the trophy generation. Celebrate when you win, not when you win the chance to play one more game.
But since they’re still in it, someone is very excited to be going to Fenway for Sunday’s game. Someone has a very special and thoughtful someone who procured tickets…and I couldn’t be happier, or luckier.
How is it that Mayim Bialik doesn’t know how to pronounce Galway? She said Gal-way…I thought that literally everyone in the world knew it was Gaul-way. And can they not edit the correct pronunciation in? It’s 2021 after all. (And how about Matt Amodio? )
As I’ve stated before, using emojis to express the seemingly inexpressible is handy…but TBH I’m tiring of using emojis as proxies for feelings that I absolutely can’t quite articulate with actual words. I think the real issue is that I’m angry and frustrated over the fact that I continue to experience the kinds of things for which there are no words. I know. That’s life. I don’t always have to like it though.
Still can’t get my head around the Boston Marathon being in October (next week). The Marathon is supposed to scream “Spring” not “Fall.”
OK so Facebook goes down and when it comes back online, the “People You May Know” algorithm seemingly has been possessed by demons. What else would explain this? I’ve never even been to Iowa.
If it can in fact be fact checked, why would anyone bother to lie about it? The world is full of so many alternate realities…bring on the accountability.
Life is not a zero-sum game. There’s room for more people to win, for more empathy, for more compassion, for more generosity. And there always will be.
Here’s a fantastic Dutch word I learned this week, which I think we might need to coopt for wider use in English: “sterkte.” It means, essentially, “strength to you” but in a way that also means “I see you/feel for you/am here for you.” What a great word. Imagine someone looking you in the eye and giving you a compassionate and empathetic “sterkte” in a time of need. Right?
Sincerest thanks to you for being here with me. I wish you a very Happy Friday Eve and hope that you and all my homies have a good day. Sterkte.
YES to #13! I thought that same thing!