2. Things Currently on My Mind

Dec 09, 2020

Hello again! Or welcome, if you're new. I am evidently hopeless at sending these at regular intervals, so it looks like they'll be arriving in your inbox when you're least expecting it.

I just turned 25 which has me thinking about the last quarter century and the next one (omg I will be 50 then, if I’m counting correctly), or on a less daunting scale, where I was a year ago versus now. Dwelling on change and growth and celebrating during a pandemic—we adapt to crazy circumstances so quickly and suddenly they feel normal.

Still, of the "Quarantine Birthday," my uncle wisely said to me: "Only one per customer." As lovely as my day was, I would not like another, thank you.

The Buffet

Today's menu is inspired by the flavors of late Fall/early Winter and the desperate need for a mid-day pick me up. This is what I'm snacking on when the sun sets at 4.

Refreshing, a fantastical envisioning of a better world

While I know next to nothing about chess, I truly wept through the last episode of The Queen's Gambit. Maybe it's because I see parts of myself in Beth Harmon, or maybe I'm just in the feels of the Autumn to Winter transition. Regardless, many people resonated with the show, and if you, like me, are wondering why we were so captivated by a show about chess, this article proposes an interesting theory: we all glommed onto it because it portrays something that never existed: a world without sexism.

‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year

Belly-laughing, belly-warming advice we all need

Slate is digging through the archives of their advice column and pulling out some true gems. If you have time to read only a couple, the second and third are golden and made me laugh quite hard. Think about your nudes and your tats before the world sees them (says the person who impulsively gave herself a (tasteful) stick and poke two days ago). Dear Prudence thisaway

Whimsical, inspring, relatable (I hope)

A few weeks ago The New Yorker featured a cartoonist, Jason Adam Katzenstein, whose inspiration for his cartoons comes from his own intrusive thoughts. It’s a charming video, very worth the 8 minutes of your time. H is interview, along with the drawings of another artist and an email exchange with my mom, spurred me to create a few of my own cartoons. Please enjoy these Inanimate Answers to Existential Questions.