#35: people who wear contacts are braver than the marines
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hi hi hi sisters ♡ some of you are getting this into your email box a lot later than usual, and that is because I am currently on the west coast in San Francisco visiting bjørn while he is doing his internship for the summer before I start mine back in new york in june! that three hour time difference really makes SUCH a difference!!
while being in san francisco so far I have gotten a sunburn, saw lizzy mcalpine in concert, and went to an event called bay to breakers where people walk from one side of the city to the other and it becomes a giant street party; but holy cow I saw more penises during that than I probably have in my entire life haha, mainly from old men which idk if that makes it better or worse…
this cover of lizzy mcalpine singing when she loved me at one of her LA shows this past weekend is a video that comes highly recommended because her voice fits the song PERFECTLY
fun fact: I had an OBSESSION with this song as a kid when toy story 2 came out, to the point where my parents should have realized I had depression haha
movies: started this week off watching the amazing spiderman 2, and it wasn’t as good as the first one… BUT I still love andrew garfield as spiderman. he is too darling. bjørn and I then watched a couple of movies since I got to SF. first we watched sorry to bother you; its a social commentary on… a lot of things. and while I do think it was done well, in the last 30ish minutes things take a WEIRD ASS TURN and I didn’t love that, but oh well. then we watched anyone but you, neither of us saw it when it came out in theaters, but watching it from the comfort of our bed felt like the perfect way to watch it and it made us laugh a lot more than i thought it would hahah. in honor of being in SF we watched homeward bound II: lost in san francisco, I will forever love these cheesy cheesy movies, they will always make me cry
podcasts: this rec comes from my friend Kayla. this episode talks about the social norms around paying for each other (via parties, bday presents, tips, etc) and I found it to be a very interesting listen! the podcast, which is called everything i know, goes into deep dives about different topics and i’m excited to add it to my podcast consumption list
music: billie eilish came out with her new album this week called HIT ME HARD AND SOFT and wowie her vocals and the tracks are INSANE. the album is more similar to her first album WHEN WE ALL FALL DOWN, rather than her 2nd album Happier Than Ever. I listened to her first album when I was in new york city the first time, it came out while I was out there for a Model UN competition, and I will always vividly remember walking around the streets of SoHo just listening to billie eilish ♡
in my mind: I finished are you there god its me margaret and the book is just as adorable as the movie, but I think I loved it so much because I love the movie as much as I do. here’s my *official* review I wrote on goodreads
I never read this book as a kid but I saw the movie when it came out last year and positively fell in love with it. the book is just as darling. I found myself reflecting on my own childhood and growing up as a girl. I started wearing a training bra much earlier than all my friends (like in elementary school kinda). but I didn’t get my period until the summer before high school. it’s so sweet and endearing to read about margaret and her desire to grow up and mature. I never really desired to get my period at any point earlier in my life, probably because I knew it would be awful.
and I also love the dynamic of margaret figuring out religion. at age 12 (a year older than her in the book) is when I converted to mormonism. but at age 27 I find myself in margaret’s shoes again. trying to figure out religion and god and reconciling familial difference in it all. there’s one line that I loved “as long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make?” and I think that she found the answer to it all.
this book brings me to tears and makes me so excited (and petrified) to be a mother one day, but also I hope I can be a mother to a girl or two
I started reading talking at night by claire daverley but I can’t get into it right now, so i’m putting that down and reading meet me on the bridge by sarah j harris, and i’m only 3 chapters in but I am INTRIGUED, mainly because the main girl is a sleepy girl (ie. she has narcolepsy) but as a fellow sleepy girl (I dont have narcolepsy) I want to keep reading
in my stomach: even though costco got rid of their churros (idk if i’ll ever forgive them of that…) they DID bring back their chocolate soft serve, so you can now get a soft serve twist for a couple of bucks and have some of the best soft serve EVER
i took an uber this morning after making a couple of stops at some grocery stores and the driver was a very chipper person. they were chatting with me about how they ended up in SF and its because they were in the military (or army…?) and then one thing led to another and they ended up here. I was chatting and said I was in law school and they said “I wasnt school material” to which I replied “well i’m not military material” and they had a good laugh about that. but it got me thinking 1) why do I feel it necessary in me to make someone else feel better for not “accomplishing” something that I have? (but thats a MUCH BIGGER TOPIC than I want to talk about right now) and 2) there are truly some people that are more cut out for life experiences than others. and the example of that i have right now is a very very very silly one, but something that I am a firm believer in.
in the past couple of months I have succumbed to the idea that I should start using eyedrops because my eyes get quite dry and itchy and I need to stop rubbing them and irritating them more. BUT I get so stressed using eyedrops, I cannot stop blinking my eye and I can barely get the drops in there. and I have come to the belief that people that wear contacts are some of the bravest people out there. you are telling me you have to not just touch your eye(s) every day, but sometimes you have to dig around in there when a contact gets lost?! and you have to deal with not being able to see if a contact goes missing or awry? COULD. NOT. BE. ME.
I feel so blessed to have 20/20 vision for a lot of things, but the main one is because I truly am NOT cut out for dealing with eye drops and touching my eyes, so bravo to all of you with contacts, or anyone in general that can deal with eye issues in general, you my friends, are braver than the marines
tiktok: the cast of bridgerton crack me up; sabrina carpenter SLAYED on SNL; the dog hands in challenge is everything to me atm
pinterest: hehe me; mancala to weekly pill container pipeline is strong; helping each other ♡
instagram: she might just be the most gorgeous human to exist?!?; our words to others matter; I am SO intrigued by these homes; the prettiest gift wrapping patterns; a good reminder (found via my friend Jayne ♡)
i hope you have all had a wonderful week, june is around the corner and you can practically taste summer in the air! which does make me a little sad that spring seemed to have come and gone so quickly though… I have grown to love spring so much in the past couple of years and I want it to stick around longer each year!
