Thotz
Did anyone else grow up surrounded by fiscally conservative suburbanites? Because Rose and I must have grown up around separatist poets (or we were raised by a fully committed Gone Girl moment). We are quickly learning that it’s financially irresponsible to be in our mid-twenties and not have a credit card. Rush Limbaugh (Drake after they visit Ohio for a weekend) is of the ludicrous belief that credit scores are important—whatever happened to it’s what’s on the inside that counts?
Obviously, it has a tangible impact on access to housing, loans, and cars (among other things) but isn’t it kind of glam to just reject the whole thing? We’re the Bear Grylls in the wilds of the rat race.
I’ve made a point to keep my assets in cash so I’m able to have immediate access to physical currency in case the banks were to collapse. I have a probably inaccurate memory of being taught that the Great Depression happened because corrupt banks that used account holders’ money for loans and then didn’t have the money to repay those loans?? And then something with the stock market…probably. Idk. As the title says, I’m the Woolf of Wall Street. I fill my pockets with trinkets and walk next to Lake Michigan.
So, the reason the topic of Rose and I’s credit scores came up is…Rose, Drake, and I have made the decision to live together when our leases are up!
We’re on the hunt for a stunning villa with a balcony/garden/pool/salon/foyer/entertaining space that is equipped to host a Martha Stewart Midnight Brunch for Fifty. Air conditioning and in-unit laundry are also completely non-negotiable. And we can only pay about five hundred each. Utilities included
Weirdly the three of us are going to make a stunningly grounded in reality squad. The excitement is hard to quell but I only have the budget for bi-weekly therapy appointments (and Miss Landlord can see that’s the truth on my paystubs).
I feel like so many other things are important and need to be discussed but I’m absolutely at a loss when it comes to brainpower.
I was hired to be a barista/bartender for the artists’ collective that I used to host trivia at! I’m excited to join a whole new cinematic universe. Everyone there is super cool and I’m going to be required to look cute which will be huge for my character development.
Not to be vulnerable but it’s been a major consumption era for me.
I think George Civeris (skip ahead if I’ve already talked about this in a previous blog post) said on a Straightio Lab episode that artists go throw constructive and consumption eras and you need to go through both to be creative.
So I’ve been spending almost all of my time going on long meandering walks, staring at the ceiling listening to new Australian girl bands, and watching so much TV I feel part of the in-crowd with the Tweets I laugh at before without context. It’s been an incredible era to be in.
I’m trying to get better at snacking. My new craving has been Chobani cookie-dough flips. They’re so good it’s almost like I went to Yo My Goodness and soft-served a gallon of frozen ‘gurt with a mountain of Chips Ahoy. I say ‘almost’ because you can still taste the Greek. Which is like tasting the vegetables hippie moms try to “hide” in casseroles and zucchini bread.
One last thing to share with the class and then I’ll fast forward to the Readz section.
You didn’t hear it from me but casual sex is IN for the summer.
Readz
God, what did I read this week? I feel like I haven’t read anything but each week has felt like a month and I look back and I’ve read almost every day. The best part about quantifying something you like to do is that you can start to dread doing it and feel inadequate when you do!
My reading habits lately have centered around Emily Cumiskey’s favorite genre—suburban women mysteries. I can’t remember if there was an added contingency where the women also have to be mothers.
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
This is a hilarious story about a mom making it work. She’s a writer which is always the best occupation for a character to have and it seems like the world is against her (and readers, it honestly is). I had so much fun rooting for and cringing at Finlay. Her viewpoint and remarks are enough to force air to exhale out of your nostril in delight! You’ll love the female friendship and whodunnit of it all. Definitely a must-read.
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Okay, I am a super stan of Andrea Bartz. I’ve read her other two books—The Lost Night (about a hipster friend group and the murder that happened around them) and The Herd (basically a murder mystery about a girl boss WeWork a la The Wing) and absolutely adored them both. They’re such a fun deliciously dangerous distortion of what most of us would consider ideal settings—and We Were Never Here did not fail to deliver!
A major chunk of it takes place in none other than Milwaukee, Wisconsin!!!!!
I felt like a major member of the in-group when I understood the neighborhood references and small Milwaukee details. There are also so many twists and turns and humanizing aspects to everyone that I felt gaslit even after finishing the book! (In a satisfying way of course).
I never knew who to trust and I had so much fun coming up with my own theories and motivations. Please read this and get back to me about your thoughts on Emily’s boyfriend.
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
Okay, this book was sent to me by Lucy Jobe! I finally finished it after an impossibly long period of reading. To be honest this book was a physical copy so I didn’t have access to it when I was on the bus or just sitting at work so it took me a while to set aside intentional reading time.
But I am so glad I did!
This book is such a wild journey and it adds an interesting stylistic choice where the page right before a new chapter is sometimes the transcription of a police interview with a witness (that often goes unnamed and is unidentifiable until you read further or take stock of previous details).
Whisper Network is one of the first mysteries that I wasn’t able to figure out! It touches on a lot of really interesting topics surrounding sexual assault and sexual harassment among other prescient feminist issues. I would do anything to be married to Sloane’s husband.
Mediaz
Honestly, I don’t think I watched anything of major import this week or last week. I did see Encanto for the first time and I am currently listening to the drip drip hey mama’s sister song.
Memez
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