#circuitbird

21) youtube video that is entertaining / relaxing: my kid’s answer to this would be to search for “rainbow cake video.” here’s one that she’s seen twice this week. gotta admit, something pretty calming about watching people decorate cakes. i love the iconic judy/barbra duet, and the time bernadette peters was on sesame street. (that song almost always makes me cry.) one of the most relaxing things ever to me are videos of long train rides or NHK’s “somewhere street” (POV of walking through a city talking to people). ahhh now i want to watch somewhere street!

we need much more Bernard/Stubbs buddy comedy before the end of the season. those two loveable oafs are the highlight of S3

Here’s what’s extra gross, I’ve noticed: if you’re chronically ill and employed full time, they applaud you. So they’re more than willing to acknowledge the hardship if you are Suffering in the Name of Capitalism. If you aren’t, that’s when the true nature of your illness gets called into question. Ironic, really. You’re more willing to believe the extent of my pain if I’m gainfully employed DESPITE it all?

The Ant Man movies were surprisingly delightful.

Holy shit. Holy shit I’m so excited and terrified lol

WHAT. WHAT. WHAT

https://collider.com/myst-tv-show-writer-ashley-edward-miller/

Thank you! :D

1. your favourite playlist (made by yourself or someone else)

I have somewhere in my possession a great collection of burned CDs from college, trying to bridge the three-hour drive from C-U back to Chicago. My favorite among these was labeled “the beach is burning as the sun goes down”, which I once partially reconstructed on 8tracks, but sadly that’s also gone now. A lot of Smashing Pumpkins circa 2000 (I remember distinctly that it started with Vanity), misc bands from the 2010s Chicago scene, NIN predictably. Per the title, it was meant to start playing as the sun set, with full dark hitting by the time Vision Vision came up. There’s a Blues Brothers clip somewhere in there as well (”It’s 106 miles to Chicago…”)

5. 5 tv shows that cheer you up

I’m not a huge TV person - I think my brain is wired a little wrong for most things that play on a screen for >15min, unless I’m watching someone cook. In substitute, the Youtube channels that make my day are:

Liziqi

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t

Bon Appétit (obv)

Maangchi (also obv)

15. the last tv episode that made you laugh out loud

I watched the pilot of Vampires on Netflix over dinner with my roommate the other week, which was wonderfully bad. I cracked up most at the part where everybody insisted on pouring blood from enormous plastic jugs into their fancy punch dispensers, and only then into fancy little glasses.

29. a favourite easy recipe: 5 ingredients or less, or takes less than 30 min to make