My early Monday morning was a frustrating big bang of clusterfucks. Involving sprained or broken pinky toes (mine), a missed school bus (my son’s), a subsequent missed personal trainer appointments(mine), spilled coffee, cat puke and more. But I turned things around. By going for an angry stompy walk to Whole Foods for a small bag of healthy groceries helped. The walk home was a much mellower one. Doesn’t hurt that it was fifty degrees warmer yesterday than it was the previous Monday, when schools were closed statewide. Other items have improved my mood as well. See below.
Five good things:
- Award shows are not my thing. I avoid the live-tweeting chatter about them and wait until the next day, when the cream rises to the top. Like the Tina Fey / Amy Poehler opening monologue from last night’s Golden Globes. So good. The George Clooney Gravity joke really nails it.
- Our household is nerding out about the Simpsons tribute to our favorite animator, Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki.
- April seems so far away! But when we return from our Spring break trip it will be time for the Game of Thrones Season 4 premiere. Until then, we have this goosebump-inducing trailer with music by Chelsea Wolfe.
- In the bittersweet department, there’s a documentary about Jay Reatard called Better Than Something.
- Interesting news about attempts to make wearable devices that people actually want to wear. But Fitbit’s partnership with Tory Burch might not work for me. That jewelry all looks so blingy. I prefer simple, streamlined, understated jewelry. So I’ll likely be sticking with my standard black Fitbit band.
Somehow I often end up in Duluth in the winter, though it’s much easier to get around in in the summer, obviously. Winter up North does hold a stark sort of beauty. As does the music of my all-time favorite band, Low. And they’ve just announced they will attempt to play their entire 10-album catalog in random order over the next seven Thursday nights at Fitger’s Brewhouse.
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