Mono Caps

warning: flashing and blood around 2:05

Song: Dear Wormwood by The Oh Hellos

anyway this movie is everything to me I listened to the movie playlist a ridiculous amount of times making this and I will continue to do so

I'm at the SweetGreen

oldest commercial building in Boston! built in 1718, and once the offices of a famous publisher who worked with the likes of Hawthorne, Alcott, and Emerson

BEFORE THAT, IT WAS THE HOME OF ANNE HUTCHINSON, WHO WAS EXILED FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOR HERESY DECADES BEFORE THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

It also was never the home of Anne Hutchinson. It's on the site of her home, but that house burned down in 1711. The current structure was built on the same lot in 1718 and it was an apothecary shop until 1828, when it was first made a bookstore

Then in 1832 it became a publisher's office/bookstore combination, which it remained until 1997, when it became a Boston Globe memorabilia store.

Then a discount jewelry store rented it from 2005 until 2009

Then it became a showroom for crafts made by students of the North Bennet St. school, a well-known trade school here in Boston

And it became a chipotle in 2017

so no, it was not a bookstore for 200 years. On top of that, it was threatened with demolition in 1960 to build a parking garage. That's when the building was purchased by an organization called historic Boston Inc. and preserved formally. Though it would remain a bookstore until the 1990s, the preservation model was always what we call "adaptive reuse," where building stays in circulation for retail or office space or what have you while still being consciously preserved

I find this to be a really useful model especially for demographics who might find preservation a hard sell, like people in the business world. Plus, there's a very true fact that not every historical building in a city full of historical buildings can be set aside as a museum – I even really like the fact that, for many Bostonians nowadays, old buildings are NOT just something you go and visit and then leave behind. They're part of the fabric of our lives, consistently, and I think that makes them a lot more real to us

1) Set off your smoke alarm or play the sound on your phone (if your home has no smoke alarms, pease get some!)

2) stand BY THE FRONT DOOR to hand out treats

Do this a couple times and then keep it up NO EXCEPTIONS. Accidentally set the alarm off cooking? Treats by the door. Smoke alarm sound on TV? Treats by the door. Changing your smoke alarm batteries twice a year like you’re supposed to? Give them a test run and your pets get treats by the door.

Most dogs and cats will clue in VERY quickly that hearing that specific sound means go to the front door and wait for treats.

If there’s an emergency and even if you leave by another way, you will still know the most likely place your pet(s) is and can direct first responders to help.

timeloop

whodunit

musical

beach trip

random genre change (especially if it's to a noir detective thing)

one where they get randomly meta and fourth wall breaky but then never acknowledge it again

Shout out to

Bincentenary man who cannot admit to having friends and is emotionally constipated about it

You may be wondering how I got into this situation. That's good. Keep wondering. If you pay close attention to the rest of this movie and employ your critical thinking skills, you may find that the answer unfolds as it goes along. Sometimes it's good not to know yet, and to wonder. Sometimes that's the entire point.

Today it’s mostly famous for what it looks like on the inside.

It has an equestrian staircase though it’s so smooth it’s really just a gentle slope more than a staircase. It was build like that so our lazy bum king could ride his horse all the way to the top (king not in photo)

And naturally people have also driven cars up the tower

And held a bike race

For a while it was just sort of abandoned by the authorities and became a sloping marketplace

But today it has been restored and become a tourist spot as well as a popular destination for school trips. And yes, you can still watch the cosmos at the top.