Me: I’m going to take a 20 minute nap (sets alarm)
Narrator: She took a 90 minute nap. She did not hear the alarm.
I have 3 one -month gift subscriptions to Jami Attenberg’s Craft Talk to give away. Let me know if you want one.
I just don’t feel like writing a year-in-review post, y’all. So I might not.
🍿 Watched Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
My kid’s first time seeing both. Home Alone is, of course, a classic. Home Alone 2 isn’t a revelation but is super fun.
🕎🖖🏻 I would like to thank s-h-a-s-e on Tumblr for this Hanukkah gift of Sarek, Amanda, and Spock celebrating.
In the words of Adam Sandler:
You don’t need Deck the Halls or Jingle Bells Rock ‘cuz you can spin the dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock—both Jewish!
Book Character, Age 25: Seeing her has me feeling seventeen again.
Me, Age 42: Please. You’re only 25. You’re barely not 17.
2006 Me, Age 25: (shaking her fist at 2023 Me) Stop being so ageist.
🍿📺🎄 Watched The Christmas Train.
Based on a David Baldacci novel & bringing a bit of star power with Dermot Mulroney, Joan Cusack, and Danny Glover. A journalist runs into an old flame on The Christmas Train. Cute stuff. Almost too high-quality actually, for the vibes I’m looking for.
Happy Hanukkah from this honorary M.O.T., whose 41% Jewishness is all on her dad’s side. 🕎
Today’s stay poor slowly scheme: open a romance-only bookstore. 📚
I was using Bing to play with ChatGPT-4 and I asked it who I am. It returned what is perhaps the most truthful answer.
