This week, Ellen Forney said to me, about our getting on well in a Zoom meeting, that she thought we would, after she googled me.
Ellen Forney, the amazing author of Marbles, googled me.
Getting to have a conversation with her was one of the best things that happened to me this year.
I haven’t been good about blogging lately. Like everyone, I’m tired and torn in a bunch of different directions.
But I still want to talk to you, so I’m going to start a weekly (hopefully) best and worst list, inspired by The Bloggess’s Weekly Wrap-Up, which will likely be about the media that’s kept me sane.
The Best I’ve Watched Lately:
- The Watch
- Wanda Vision
- Resident Alien
- Ramy (especially the Ne Me Quitte Pas episode, which can be watched on its own)
- the Calvin episode of Flack, which can also be watched on its own
- Nomadland, which finally helped me visualize Wall Drug
The Best Podcast Episodes
- All of the Parts of the “DC Sniper” debunkings on You’re Wrong About–I didn’t know what this story was about at all–I don’t think any of us did.
Best New Bands/Artists I’ve Stumbled Across:
- Danielle Durack
- Tele Novella
Best Books lately:
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass
- Mira Grant’s Parasite Trilogy
- The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Best moments of the week:
- Geeking out with Ellen Forney
- Hosting the Invisible Disabilities Show for UCD
- Learning a student got the internship she wanted
- Getting my first dose of the vaccine
- Talking about mon chatte in a new stand-up routine with my students
The worst moments:
- Trying to combine a paprika lemon chicken and a garlic lemon chicken recipe–why did it turn gross?
- Learning that Paul, the best doctor I’ve ever had, is retiring.
