I can force myself past Costner’s accent. It’s Slater’s hair that yanks me out of immersion! I do love that movie though, I just wish they’d cast someone other than Christian Slater.
Yeah this is what I was thinking too. I worked for a mom and pop hobbyist store, and Starbucks. Obviously Starbucks was worse. But would it be worse than, say, a mall clothing store or Target or Walmart? Not sure.
Man I went to a party last week, had one glass of red wine and no other alcohol, and woke up the next morning with a killer headache. I’m 42 and not much of a drinker but this kind of reaction made me think it was specifically the red wine. I ain’t doing that again for a long while, if ever.
If the headlights symbol on your dashboard is blue and the lines coming from it are straight (not slanted), that means your high beams are on. Fucking turn them off
I recently watched some of a random episode on YouTube and it happened to be about how he and Samantha first met, literally the night before he was gonna marry someone else, and he throws it away because he’s infatuated with her after she barely speaks to him. Is this what passed for romance in the 60s? Fuck.
Okay so in our case it’s very California-specific. We managed to buy a house (hooray!) after the housing crash. Because of the way California handles property taxes, we will never move unless we decide to leave California for good. If we take a job that is not close to us, too bad, we’re factoring commute into the offer, because we can’t move. My husband seriously considered a job that would require either a 1.5 hour drive or train ride because the money was amazing but ended up taking a much lower-paying WFH job, and the commute was a huge factor.
Sometimes feeling like shit is insidious. It sneaks up on you and you may not even realize it, until you do something actually good for yourself (like getting a couple nights in a row of good rest, or committing to making healthy meals for a week or whatever) and then you realize how shitty you were feeling before. But it’s so easy to slip back into feeling shitty with bad habits! I say this from lots of experience…
I was a big fan growing up. Really liked Achtung Baby and of course Joshua Tree is a great album. I even liked Zooropa and Pop. Went to see them live in the 2000s but by then the shine was wearing off; I was getting older and being a fan of things wasn’t as important to my identity anymore. But I was curious recently, so I looked up when their partnership with Apple started… Yeah, it was exactly the time I stopped liking them as much. It was both validating and depressing to make that connection. I’d always nodded along when people talked about bands selling out, but U2 was my band and they weren’t supposed to do that! Now I feel like they’re the poster child of selling out.
I don’t love audiobooks but last year I made the switch from podcasts to audiobooks and I haven’t looked back. Podcasts are fine but I get my news online and too much of it anyway, and I wanted to prioritize reading instead. I also always make sure to have an ebook loaded on my phone, and I find myself reaching for it when I run out of Lemmy, or if I’m waiting at a doctor’s office or in line somewhere. It’s really nice to have an alternative to the internet. Highly recommended!
Btw I use Libby and Bookwyrm to track so it’s all 100% free. I purchase physical copies of the ones I really like.
I can force myself past Costner’s accent. It’s Slater’s hair that yanks me out of immersion! I do love that movie though, I just wish they’d cast someone other than Christian Slater.