Five Things: Issue 247
I can’t believe I haven’t talked about Prison Break yet
Howdy,
I truly, in my heart of hearts, thought that I had a draft just waiting for me to send about how thrilled I am that Prison Break is back on Netflix. But I guess not. And it doesn’t look like I talked about it last month. So here we go.
Composting is going ok. I need more brown things to throw in. But it’s leaf season, so I’ll get there.
Hope today is beautiful for you!
Number One: Prison Break
Long time friends know I almost skipped my last round of college finals because I was in my apartment bedroom watching Prison Break, or on the silent floor of Moody watching Prison Break. Season one is such a fabulous bout of television. It goes down hill from there. Chris and I are watching together now, I forgot how intense it is!
It would honestly be a really good winter evening time if you want to have something in the bank for later.
The haircuts!! Fun.
Number Two: Ralph Nader’s Pen Question
I really enjoyed this WireCutter piece about Ralph Nader’s favorite pens (which are honestly a lame pen to have as your favorite in my opinion, not to get political).
Number Three: Eating Oysters in months that end in “R”
I don’t know, six years ago, I went on a date with some guy from Hinge. He was from a coastal state, don’t remember which one, couldn’t tell you his name, but I do know I wore my blue and white striped Old Navy Dress and platform sandals that made me taller than him. Never saw him again. But he told me that the time of year to eat Oysters are the months that end in “r”… September, October, November, December.
And every time the weather gets a little crispier, and I am at an Oyster Bar, I’m like, it is time. To eat these things in July would be foolishness, but now that it’s September in Kansas City, Oysters it is.
All that to say, hope that guy found love that lasts, because Chris and I had the time of our lives at Earl’s Premier last weekend. Oysters. Crab cakes. Lobster rolls. Vanilla ice cream topped with olive oil and sea salt.
Number Four: Black Out Curtain Liners
I have been on the great curtain hunt for our bedroom for the last four months. We got black out curtains as a wedding gift, but they were the wrong shade of beige and made the room feel unfinished. I bought and returned maybe four sets of hopeful curtains. I wanted curtains that made the room darker but didn’t look heavy, or like trash bags. Finally, I bought some room darkening curtains from IKEA thinking, “it’s not like we’re sleeping during the day, we’ll be fine.” But the neighbor has a driveway light that is jussstttt bright enough.
Enter: these curtain liners. Super easy to hang behind the IKEA curtains. We got the black out effect without the black out look. I slept in later than I’ve slept in my whole adult life on Saturday.
Number Five: Now is a great time to get into Survivor
Season 47 starts on Wednesday. Here’s the deal if you haven’t watched since the Bush administration: you have to get through the first three episodes where everyone has too much personality. You need the background though, so you can’t skip.
Survivor is like Anglican Church: week to week, it’s mostly the same in a predictable way that feels safe, but there’s enough unknown that you keep coming back for more.
Bonus: Garmin watch bands
Emily, here is the “church” band, and here is the Velcro one.