Today, I took in:
I Am Not Your Negro — as powerful as I’d heard it would be, not that anything James Baldwin ever said or wrote was less than incisive, witty, difficult, and true (if you’re looking for something to watch on MLK Day, I recommend this movie)
a playlist I made of wintry songs
I made:
beautiful music with my community choir
a little more progress on learning Spanish on Duolingo
Today, I took in:
James Fallows’ “Have They No Sense of Decency?” in The Atlantic
Mark Oppenheimer’s “How to Turn a Red State Purple (Democrats Not Required)” in Politico
an embarrassing number of Castle episodes while I worked on some admin tasks
I made:
a short blog post for tomorrow
a little more work on Spanish with Duolingo
Today, I took in:
my favorite comedy night in London, Quantum Leopard
I made:
very slow progress on learning Spanish with Duolingo
Today, I took in:
The first three essays in Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America, edited by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding
I made:
One tweet that Mallory Ortberg liked, which is something I’ll dine out on for years
Today, I took in:
2 episodes of Castle
William Faulkner’s “That Will Be Fine” in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
“I Started the Media Men List” by Moira Donegan
I made:
a return to studying Spanish on Duolingo
Today, I took in:
Dave Chappelle’s special Equanimity (over an hour of hilarity, and a truly terrible section on his defense of his bad jokes about transgender folks)
a couple episodes of Person of Interest
I made:
a Where in the World Wednesday post for today
Today, I took in:
Matthew Gertz’s article in Politico about how closely Trump’s tweets mirror Fox & Friends on TV
Vashti Bunyan’s album Just Another Diamond Day
Today, I took in:
the rest of the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Cracked Looking-Glass” in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
I made:
perhaps a bit of a stretch, but I bought and assembled some file drawers, and organized a large corner of my room into a usable office space — this was most of my day, really
music with my community choir
Today, I took in:
“Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
new episodes of my current favorite TV shows: The Good Place and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
oh geez, four episodes of Person of Interest (they’ve really got me with their surface-level engagement with issues of privacy, security, and civil liberties)
I made:
small progress with 15 minutes of Spanish practice on Duolingo
Today, I took in:
the end of The Dark is Rising
three episodes of Castle
I made:
a couple lovely hours of music with my friend — he on guitar and me on vocals; we did a pretty kickass “Zombie” and “Wish You Were Here” and a not-bad “Spooky,” among others
small progress with five minutes of Spanish practice on Duolingo
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