We watched Set It Up tonight. I’m absolutely loving this romcom revival thing happening. Crazy Rich Asians, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, now Set It Up – like the industry finally got the message that 1) romcoms can be amazing if you don’t treat women like objects/audiences like they’re stupid; 2) romcoms (like basically all movies) are way better when they’re diverse; 3) THE WORLD IS ON FIRE 24/7 AND WE NEED SOME GODDAMN PEACE AND HAPPINESS AND JOY IN OUR LIVES and if that has to come to us via Netflix and/or the nearest AMC/Regal theater, so fucking be it.
I’m 100% serious when I say to you that these three movies have significantly improved my quality of life over the last month. Because life has been a bit of a chaotic mess. We moved across the country. We haven’t been able to sell our house. I still don’t have a “real” “job”. Our apartment, though very nice, has far more boxes than any sub-900 square foot space should, and we keep ordering shit online so they KEEP MULTIPLYING. (Necessary shit! I swear! A toaster, a bathtub stopper, cat food…) So when I can sit down after a long day of unpacking and purging crap we should’ve gotten rid of before we moved, and watch two dorks fall in love despite their stupid selves, while eating ice cream or pizza or Thai or $10 popcorn with my husband, you better believe I’m gonna do it. I need to do it.
Of the three, I’d say To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is my favorite, so if you want to pick just one to watch (though you should really watch all three), go with Laura Jean.
In other news. The weather has turned from hot and sunny to cool and cloudy and I couldn’t be happier. Walking three blocks vertically (stairs upon stairs upon stairs) is a lot less grotesque when it’s 70 and not 88. And it’s nice to do phone calls when I’m on my way home doing the descent. If you want a phone date, hit me up to get on the walk-and-talk schedule.
What I’m reading:
- Roxane Gay’s Ayiti, which was her first book and the only one in her canon I haven’t yet devoured. It’s short stories, like Difficult Women, and although that is not my favorite genre of writing it is still obviously really really good.
What I’m watching:
- Well we already covered that in part, but I’ve also started binging Brooklyn 99. I had seen a few episodes awhile back but didn’t get into it, and I’m now correcting that error. Boyle is my favorite. Literally everything he says makes me laugh. It’s another pure joy I’m glad to have in my life right now.
What I’m fuming about:
- How we’ll never have meaningful gun control in this country, just more hashtags and thoughts and prayers
- Climate change in general has been on my mind lately, as Madison floods and Seattle has Mumbai-esque air quality and something about an ice shelf melting in Antarctica
- Lots more but I don’t feel like wallowing in the muck today.
Sconnie Molly 