Netflix: 22 minutes left in Jingle Jangle!
Me: 😭πŸ₯ΊπŸ’—πŸ’žπŸ’—πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜­


Jingle Jangle: has huge climactic sequence with positive resolution
Netflix time bar: shows 36 minutes and 16 seconds left
Me (understanding story structure): 😬πŸ₯ΊπŸ˜¬πŸ˜³πŸ˜¬


Today has been the kind of day where you lie down on the floor after wrapping the Christmas presents and hope someone will come pick you up.


One song into Jingle Jangle and I’m aching for more R&B musicals - originals, not juke box shows. 🍿


The results of this Spotify-evaluating AI are hilarious. Enya + The Lonely Island are peak Kimberly music. We DO stan Daniel Tiger in this house. And I WAS a self-styled hipster-with-a-baby-bjorn manic-pixie-dream-girl!


My child: “I learned a valuable lesson today.”
W: “What’s that, buddy?”
M: “I learned that the guy I thought was Iceman was Beast, and the guy I thought was Beast was Iceman.”
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Rachel Reichenbach’s Why your Instagram Engagement Kinda Sucks Right Now explains so much. I mostly use Ig to connect with friends & I’m so glad I don’t have any plans to be an influencer.


Finished reading: Dawn of X, Volume 2 πŸ“š


Finished reading: Dawn of X, Volume 1 πŸ“š


Finished reading: Powers of X # 1 - 6 πŸ“š


Finished reading: House of X # 1 - 6 πŸ“š



Elizabeth Minkel’s The Year of Loving Things Again, published in December 2017, resonates still. I myself have been reconnecting with Star Wars - mostly as a lurker. It’s been really fun.


I don’t want to spoil The Mandalorian finale much, so I’ll just say that technology used in its production seemed to be used more successfully here than in many other film projects. Also that I am a sucker for fan service so it was an effective finale for me.



I have been having this problem all week where I sit down and then I need to eat but eating would require getting back up and I just don’t want to, so then I just sit all hungry. Probably a severe ankle twist earlier in the week is not helping this vibe.


At Literary Mama, Victoria Livingstone writes about how the tasks of motherhood that “cannot be commodified or marketed” help us learn how to let go of the need to always be productive, and instead grant us space to let our creative spirit wander.


Crocheting while watching Clone Wars is very pleasant.


I’m experimenting with using Notion for weekly and daily planning. I put my most important tasks for the week at the top of my weekly planning page. Doing well with this week’s MITs, 1. Rest 2. Rest 3. Rest.


Got myself a Hanukkah present from Everyday Magic & it arrived today. Rededication body butter & sweet sufganiyot bath bomb by Crystal Bar Soap for EM. & they included this The Chariot card from the Wayhome Tarot. The Chariot is the card of my soul, so this felt extra special. 2nd photo is my new moon/solar eclipse reading for today & it’s pretty huge. Feels extra special to get the β˜€οΈ, πŸŒ•, & 🌎 in an eclipse spread.


Okay but what if a manatee had a narwhal tusk.


πŸ”– Laurie Penny’s WIRED piece about falling in love over Zoom is one of the most hopeful things I’ve read in a long time. It makes me really happy.


πŸ”– This NPR piece about keeping warm and embracing wintry outdoor adventures is exactly the kind of thing a Florida baby like me needs. I want to enjoy the outdoors in winter; I’ve just never learned how!


Just a little light reading from sister.is on the first day of my break from my dissertation.


Baby’s first latkes. (I am the baby in question, and it’s my first time making them, not eating them.) It turns out potatoes fried in oil are delicious. Who knew? Happy Hanukkah!