Good morning. Hello. How are you? #881
Doctor, health, Clown Town, clothing desires, BEARS, Monbijou china, Vital Times B-Corp
Good morning! Hello, there. Sorry I’m late. Had a doctor’s appointment. Which was a blessing. Jane is at Grammy’s, doctor’s appointment at 8:15, wasn’t gonna be able to get GMHHAY before doctor’s appointment OH WELL I get to sleep in till 7:50 boo hoo extra hour of sleep. I feel amazing. Of course, they gave me a shingles vax and they say it could make me tired so maybe this is a brief reprieve. Time will tell.
Okay! We’re gonna have an upbeat edition today let’s do this.
Before we get too far into today’s issue, question for the Fairbanksans: Who remembers Clown Town? Is there anything you can tell me that you remember about Clown Town? I think about Clown Town all the time and I can’t remember much and there isn’t much on the internet I would like a little bit more Clown Town clarity in my life.
Hit McDonald’s after the doctor since, you know, clean bill of health. And there were five people standing outside the Chatham PTA thrift. Just waiting for it to open. Were these, like… Ebay flippers??? (oh shit I forgot I gotta fulfil an ebay order brb. okay. Done. Good job, dude who bought the German-only blu ray of Wim Wenders’ Far Away So Close!) I mean, if so, that’s cool, but also… does that mean there might actually occasionally be cools hit at the Chatham PTA Thrift? Should I start standing outside before it opens? I think I need to get on that.
Look I’m having trouble believeing it too but the new Smashing Pumpkins is pretty good. Billy furthermore seems to be somewhat repentant for his past jagoffery. Consider giving it a shot my god I can’t believe I’m saying that. Everyone deserves a second (fifteenth?) chance, right?
The continuing annals of clothing Rick wants. You’ll recall that episode 1 involved a giant soft KLF sweater that my friend Liz is making. You’ll recall that episode 2 invoved a suit jacket made out of cut-ups of my old band t-shirts. This is currently not being pursued, though I am sort of considering trying to do it myself? Episode 4 was a giant, extra giant, soft black cardigan with pockets. Like absolutely huge. Maybe 5XL. I aspire one day I will find this at, like, Lane Bryant or something.
Today is episode 4 and this is what I want: I want a pullover sweater, made out of very light, soft yarn, probably cotton or some blend, and absollutely gargantuan, made out of those old grandma quilt squares, like this super-cool girl in the “Mad at Me” video by Samia. Would I look terrible in this? Yes, probably. Would it activate some deep note of childhood comfort and safety within me? Absolutely. I mean, if I am being honest it should probably be itchy since grandma’s quilt squares like this were always itchy, but we much adapt. Cozy snugs for the 21st century.
Important Chatham County news apparently we have Bears. Emma got some email or message or saw it or something that said that someone’s bee hives out, I think, between Pittsboro and Siler City were attacked by bears. I mean, first off, good job bears for being gloriously on point with the cliches. But also… bears? Cmon man I did not move to the woods to get attacked by bears. This is not okay. I swear realtors should tell you this. When I was competing with a bunch of people to buy the house next door I should have put a billboard on my property: “DID YOU KNOW CHATHAM COUNTY HAS BEARS? BEARS!” Maybe scared a potential buyer or two off.
My mom gave me this piece of china while I as home. It belonged to my paternal grandmother, her mother in law. It is about 120 years old now. It is German, it is made by a company called Rosenthal, their Monbijou line. It is hand painted, beautiful flowers. It is gold leafed, scalloped. The thing is ornamantal AF but it really is quite a masterpiece of craft.
And it’s worth thirty whole dollars on eBay. I mean, I know that “all that old stuff” the boomers had is in surplus and the kids these days don’t want to fill their houses with antiques that aren’t “mid century modern” but it is stunning to me that all this early-industrial, or even late-period large-artisinal-workshop pre-industrial is worth so little these days. I mean I don’t mind particularly, I was under no illusions this thing was worth any money, but seriously, this stuff should be worth money. It is kind of upsetting to me. Oh wait, chipper issue. Thank you mom! I will cherish this.
New issue of the Vital Times in my egg carton and huge news! Vital Farms is going B-Corp. And they put a Vital Times insert into every single egg carton talking about it. I legit think this might be the most press that B-Corps have ever gotten. I am new even more enamored with Vital Farms. Do you think there could be an egg-farm-adtech-company biz dev deal somehow? Man I stan for Vital Farms.
Now that I have settled back into my actual home after this trip I am somewhat stunned to report that even though I generally ate like crap (except for my mulitple deliciouso Thai meals), and did not close my rings a single day, and drank one night (thus more often than I do at home) I somehow managed to lose eight pounds on my Alaska trip and I swear to god nothing makes any sense anymore. I had this discussion with my doctor today and neither one of us have any idea what’s up with my weight. She says Wegovy/Ozempic is more available now than it was, and Mounjaro is even less constrained, so I won’t be, like, killing off any diabetics by going back on one of these drugs. So I’m gonna try Mounjaro this time, because a) she thinks my insurance might approve it and b) it costs half as much as Wegovy if they don’t, and c) it might not make me as sick. So, you know, wish me luck.
Final health update: tennis elbow receding but still in existence. been about four weeks. She said if it goes more than six to come back and she will steroid inject that thing. Considering how ridiculously well the pain injections into my neck have been going, sign me the fuck up. Pain injections everywhere. It’s fantastic. Cannot recommend it strongly enough.
Next time I talk to you guys I will be a year older. I feel okay about this. Mostly. So long as I don’t think about dying. I won’t lie to you I still don’t want to die and do not think it is acceptable and I am not okay with it one bit and I am very scared of it and that has not lessened as I get older I am not one of those people who is all sanguiner-than-thou about it. Oh man that was a good phrase. But I’m okay about my birthday. I feel good. I feel good.
Look I am not especially thrilled about this club mix either. I don’t really understand this trend of remixing old quiet songs into things that are straight-ahead club bangers but it is definitely a trend and I am morbidly curious about it. If you’re working at, like, a salon today or something maybe this a good mix for you. Or you need a dancey pick-me-up.
Until Monday. Thank you, come again. Enjoy your weekend.
i could potentially crochet a granny square sweater for you….i’ve made two granny square blankets now and have been crocheting up a storm. the sweater you referenced is most likely machine made. the ways it’s assembled “slices” granny squares. i’m not sure i feel confident in doing that without the whole square coming apart, BUT i do feel confident making something like this: https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjvktWmud7-AhU9-uMHHYEiAXkYABBLGgJ5bQ&ae=2&sig=AOD64_2vb260lPUz9cJae6rEwXIdHi66KA&adurl&ctype=5&ved=0CAMQzewJahcKEwiQsPKzud7-AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAw
let me know and happy early birthday 😘