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Mid-week Random Round-Up
Nov. 12th, 2020 07:20 pmCOVID cases are going up here, who could have predicted it when Ford reopened the schools? I sent my MLA an email, saying that I know as a member of the opposition her power to encourage a return to lockdown is pretty much nil, but was there anything I can do to push Ford?
Also Turkey is going after the Armenians, and I’ve no idea who to write to about that.
As I left work today and was walking towards the bus stop, I thought I heard bagpipes in the distance. Eventually turned out to be a leaf blower, but it had a real drone-and-chanter sound going on.
On a happier note, This was a few years ago, but someone did a gallery show of lovingly-created toys and collectibles from some alternate universe in which the movies of John Waters were mainstream family entertainment. Divine fashion dolls! The Desperate Living tea set! Boxes of Double Trouble Crunch!
I was bored the other day and browsed the Old Navy website for a bit. The return of ‘90s fashions now appears definite; like, “I expect to see jewel-toned velvet slip-dresses paired with Doc Martens by next spring” definite. I’ll be disappointed if I don’t, even. I’ll even accept palazzo pants, but I draw the line at crocheted lace tunics and/or Juliet caps.
In related news, I may have given myself a haircut again and styled it into a flip. It wasn’t just the Old Navy ‘nineties vibe; I’ve been looking at a lot of short David Lynch videos and reviews of Twin Peaks: The Return, and I began craving a retro look. My opinion of Lynch himself: I don’t think he’s being pretentious, or trolling: I think he’s basically a kid with a jar, who’s eager to show you the cool bug he found. Sometimes literally.
You know those internet recipes people complain about, where you have to scroll through twenty paragraphs of anecdote to get to the actual recipe? At least when Lynch does this, he walks you through the majority of the recipe in the first half of the video, and then, once the quinoa is nicely simmering, he goes outside for a smoke break and tells you about the trip he took to Europe as an art student in the mid-1960s. Also, he’s David Lynch, so in his hands the simple act of buying a soft drink in Yugoslavia becomes a surreal, gothic adventure involving “frog-moths” and mysterious, beautiful coins and paper currency. Why was he making a cooking video in the first place? Apparently he just really likes quinoa.
ETA— I forget why I was looking up Mary Astor on Wikipedia, but she had one roller-coaster of a life: I’d hadn’t know she flew for the Civil Air Patrol, or that she wrote five novels. Also, he parents sound absolutely awful.
Also Turkey is going after the Armenians, and I’ve no idea who to write to about that.
As I left work today and was walking towards the bus stop, I thought I heard bagpipes in the distance. Eventually turned out to be a leaf blower, but it had a real drone-and-chanter sound going on.
On a happier note, This was a few years ago, but someone did a gallery show of lovingly-created toys and collectibles from some alternate universe in which the movies of John Waters were mainstream family entertainment. Divine fashion dolls! The Desperate Living tea set! Boxes of Double Trouble Crunch!
I was bored the other day and browsed the Old Navy website for a bit. The return of ‘90s fashions now appears definite; like, “I expect to see jewel-toned velvet slip-dresses paired with Doc Martens by next spring” definite. I’ll be disappointed if I don’t, even. I’ll even accept palazzo pants, but I draw the line at crocheted lace tunics and/or Juliet caps.
In related news, I may have given myself a haircut again and styled it into a flip. It wasn’t just the Old Navy ‘nineties vibe; I’ve been looking at a lot of short David Lynch videos and reviews of Twin Peaks: The Return, and I began craving a retro look. My opinion of Lynch himself: I don’t think he’s being pretentious, or trolling: I think he’s basically a kid with a jar, who’s eager to show you the cool bug he found. Sometimes literally.
You know those internet recipes people complain about, where you have to scroll through twenty paragraphs of anecdote to get to the actual recipe? At least when Lynch does this, he walks you through the majority of the recipe in the first half of the video, and then, once the quinoa is nicely simmering, he goes outside for a smoke break and tells you about the trip he took to Europe as an art student in the mid-1960s. Also, he’s David Lynch, so in his hands the simple act of buying a soft drink in Yugoslavia becomes a surreal, gothic adventure involving “frog-moths” and mysterious, beautiful coins and paper currency. Why was he making a cooking video in the first place? Apparently he just really likes quinoa.
ETA— I forget why I was looking up Mary Astor on Wikipedia, but she had one roller-coaster of a life: I’d hadn’t know she flew for the Civil Air Patrol, or that she wrote five novels. Also, he parents sound absolutely awful.
