april recap
april ruled by the way
me screaming WHY IS THIS SO HARD. i swear to you 10 drafts have been written for the essay portion of this post. i finally decided that if i published i might get fired for talking mad shit about my terrible boss! (i have so many bosses so if you think i’m talking about you, you should probably evaluate your life!)
as the publication indicates, some things must go unfinished!
so let’s just get on with it and talk about what i’ve been up to since we spoke last.
can i just say……… i am OVERWHELMED by the volume of good tv shows coming right now. one of the things i finished lately was a tracking spreadsheet for this publication so i make sure i’m remembering to write about all the things i watch/read/do! my to read is always a ridiculous list, but my to be watched list is feeling a bit overcrowded right now too.
🥘 cooking competitions: tournament of champions s7 (hbo), top chef s23 (peacock), & next level chef s5 (hulu). collin and i love the shit out of cooking shows. this is a habit i inherited from childhood (i’ve been watching top chef since s1) and i love that this has grown into a shared pastime for us. maybe i’ll remember to tell you how i feel about the winners when all these seasons finish (since writing this TOC7 has concluded and yes i absolutely SOBBED through the ending. cannot say more without spoilys)
currently watching:
💎 big mistakes (netflix) - dan levy and rachel sennot’s new netflix show. absolutely incredible, hilarious, everything i expect from both of those incredible artists. two eps in, cannot wait to keep going
👯♀️ the testaments (hulu) - so hooked for this. don’t know if i’m buying the timeline since if they’re following the books daisy and agnes are suppose to be sisters? but that hasn’t actually been established in the show, so right now i’m just taking it with enjoyment of reentry into the handmaid’s tale world.
🏘️ jury duty (company retreat) (amazon prime) - i loved season 1 so much. collin and i watched a few episodes a while back and then got busy with other stuff. definitely want to finish, but there are so many other things on my to be watched list so we’ll see when it actually happens
to be watched asap:
🎤 hacks s5
🧨 euphoria s3
👨🏾💼 paradise s2
⁉️ dtf st. louis s1
🎓 the rooster s1
🐝⚽️ yellowjackets s3
let me know if there’s one of these i need to prioritize above the rest!
i’m sorry to say that part of the reason i’m getting behind is because i started a rewatch of the o.c. and i cannot tear myself away. i can’t believe how many of these insane plot lines i forgot! i also i never watched s4 so this isn’t entirely a rewatch as much as me preparing myself to finish my first full watch through 😂
speech post season! - short speech explanation: post season are the tournaments that students have to qualify for versus the tournaments when we bring our whole team of 80ish students. these are a higher standard and more challenging level of competition. think of it like playoffs but for loud kids in suits.
what a joy, what a gift this post season has been! 3 of my students qualified for state, and 1 of them ends their season as a state finalist! this weekend the team has our first of 3 national tournaments! (if you want to know more about speech nationals for some reason, i wrote about it here) this weekend we’re in (womp womp) shakopee, mn, then washington d.c., and virginia! i have never been to DC or arlington so i’m really looking forward to those trips, even if the majority of them will be spent in high schools and hotel rooms. i still bet i’m gonna see that bitchass white house. maybe even some idiots taking a swim in the reflection pool, who can say.
please standby for a short sales pitch: if there’s ever a good cause to donate money to, it’s helping to alleviate financial boundaries for students to go to nationals! every little bit helps, and also a nice little roundabout way to make sure the team has enough money to pay me :)
💍 the drama - i went and saw this on my birthday (opening day) and LOVE LOVE LOVED it. it was such an interesting experience to see this in the theater with a group of people who also didn’t know what the secret was. let me step back for those of you who are unfamiliar. the plot of this movie is a week before their wedding zendaya and robert pattinson are out to dinner with their friends and the movie’s villian rachel (alaina haim) convince’s everyone at the table to say the worst thing they’ve ever done. when it comes to zendaya’s confession, robert pattinson must reckon with what the revelation means to him and their relationship. this was darkly funny, so smart, interesting, clever. it had great commentary on collective morality, microagressions, and what it means when the picture you’ve painted of someone in your head doesn’t match the whole person in front of you.
🩺 the pitt s1 & s2 (hbo) - okay ya the hype was real on this one. as an avid grey’s watcher this was a totally different hospital experience (like how are none of you having sex in the on-call rooms, i thought that was most of medicine?). i have more i want to write on this but i think that is going to be a long-form post, so for now just know that i loved and i am looking forward to season 3.
🛋️ shrinking s3 (apple tv+) - our favorite idyllic rich californian therapists are SO BACK! i loved this warm hug of a season and i am so glad it’s coming back for season 4. high derek is obviously my favorite moment of the season, can we get a derek only spinoff actually?
🍞 yesteryear by caro claire burke- i simply cannot have fomo during a significant cultural moment so i caved and bought this last week (i’m sorry to my tbr, really i swear to you i am). i cannot remember the last time i tore through a book like this. i almost cancelled a nail appointment because i wanted another hour to read it. for those of you out of the loop, this is the story of a trad wife influencer who wakes up and finds herself in 1855 and must live the life she’s been selling online. this was darkly funny. i loved the mc’s interiority, her sense of humor, and the juxtaposition of her internal monologue and how she presented herself to her followers. as online influencers increasingly sell the analog lifestyle, i appreciate the commentary on what that actually looks like. definitely will be reading this one again. (also yes, we are still mad at collin for getting drunk and accidentally telling my friend who i joint bought the book with the ending.)
🌲 noah kahan’s new album - i am obsessed. this album has such a chokehold on me. i fear that if kesha doesn’t release any new music this year noah will take her top spot on my spotify wrapped by a mile. i think i could listen to the end of august 1000 times and not get sick of it. (the swell at the two minute mark?! C’MON!!!!)
babes… as always it is such a beautiful gift that you’ve chosen to spend some time inside my brain with me. though i haven’t been putting out as frequent of long form posts during this speech season, i am very much in notes creating community with some of you beautiful people every day. i love the friendships that are starting to blossom for me in this space, and i hope if you’re one of those people that you feel it too. all my love to you!!!!!
I have some tv watching to catch up on!!