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I LOVED The Great Believers. It, too, is set in Chicago and I liked all the local references. I’m usually more of a nonfiction fan, particularly memoirs, but The Great Believers had me in tears. If you liked that one, you’d probably also like The Heart’s Invisible Furies. Different, but similar flavor. Not as good, IMO, but still a worthwhile read.
I listened to Spare on audiobook out of curiosity recently. I’m not into the royals, so surely not the target audience, but it was available on Libby and I was curious enough. I thought it was so boring! When he finally touches on whether the monarchy should continue, he lands on “IDK.” Like, sir. Unraveling your likely-complex thoughts on the subject would’ve been more interesting than the two short chapters dedicated to your frostbitten royal “todger.”
OMG the yelling in the first season of The Bear. I fall asleep just about every time we try to watch a show together, and The Bear is no exception. The yelling kept disturbing my couch snoozes.
@ktfran Same! We just finished season one. I’d say at least half of the appeal to me is that it’s set in Chicago and about our food/restaurant scene, haha. I totally made chicken piccata recently because of the show.
There’s some new Queer Eye to get caught up on. I always like that show.
That’s great news, Anon!
@hfantods If what you’re using works for you, no point in switching things up! I only made the change because my eyes started stinging. Supergoop came out with different shades of glow screen, so it might be the reformulation that isn’t sitting well with my eyeballs. I never had issues before. I like their everyday lotion because it’s not as heavy, greasy, or sunscreen-y as other sunscreens. The one LRP sunscreen I tried was also a derm rec and it worked great, but I didn’t like how thick it was. We used it in the Utah desert and I didn’t burn but my dry skin pilled off every time I reapplied.For books, I’ve read a lot of just okay stuff lately. The one book I’ve read recently that I liked is The Heart’s Invisible Furies. I’m currently reading I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, who authored one of my all-time faves, The Great Believers. We’ve been watching The Bear on Hulu.
What My Bones Know is on my TBR list.
From what I understand, mineral sunscreens are the way to go to prevent eye irritation if you’re sensitive. I used glow screen for literal years and never had an issue until this summer. Even Trader Joe’s has a glow screen dupe that’s well liked! This Alastin sunscreen is the only mineral one I’ve tried that doesn’t leave a white cast… but then again, it’s tinted. I’ve seen on TikTok some women mixing it with Drunk Elephant sunshine drops for a dewy/glowy finish. I’m sure there’s a dupe for the sunshine drops at the drug store I can try. Should I ever find myself in a position to try a bunch of European and Asian sunscreens, I’ll be all over that… better filters, better finishes.
I haven’t tried Typology yet! I’d been using Supergoop Glow Screen with Saie Slip Tint for maybe two years or so, but I’ve been noticing as the weather gets hotter that Supergoop runs into my eyes when I sweat, and it stings. So instead of repurchasing Glow Screen when I ran out, I most recently purchased Alastin’s tinted sunscreen, which is my dermatologist’s recommended tinted sun protection. It’s a mineral sunscreen (Supergoop is chemical), which I guess means it shouldn’t irritate my eyes and protects against blue light as well. It’s a really nice product that replaces both the sunscreen and tinted moisturizer, though doesn’t have the same glowy finish I’ve gotten used to. My one complaint is that I already know it won’t be a good color match for my pale winter skin.
I’ve brought up some messed up situations from my teens and 20s in therapy over the past couple years, where I’ll feel deeply sad about behavior from family or partners that I endured or sometimes simply accepted when I didn’t have to. And I’ll also be incredulous because 30-something Copa would NEVERRR. My therapist said she sees a lot of women in their 30s come to this point. I think the situations that impact us deeply usually take years to makes sense of. I recently listened to the book What Happened to You? on audiobook, and found it pretty interesting — it’s a not-overly-clinical book about the effects of childhood trauma on the brain, and looking at others through the lens of what happened to them vs. wtf is wrong with you.
I’m not a great sleeper, so I will sometimes rely on an edible with low but equal amounts of THC, CBD, and melatonin to help me stay asleep. I am also someone who pretty frequently remembers dreams, which are often kind of dark. I still have the occasional weird dream about an ex-boyfriend from the mid-2010s — the breakup was messy and I was not okay after. The dreams always follows a similar pattern — he’s blatantly ignoring/avoiding me in each — but aren’t identical. I can usually identify the real-life trigger, though. Like it happened a couple times this past winter after my iPhone was like, “Hey, remember way back when?” and presented me with a slideshow of photos that have to be on the Cloud cause they’ve long been deleted from any devices.
Anyway, sorry you’re having those dreams. Hopefully they don’t mess with you in your waking life. Some people really stick with us, I guess.
ETA and very off-topic: I just bought some one-size-allegedly-fits-all underwear from Nordstrom because it’s part of the Anniversary Sale and I was just too curious.
The new site looks great!
I’m glad you’re on the mend, @Anonymousse! FWIW, I don’t think you’re vain to mourn a change in your appearance. It’s your face!!
@Anon I think I was out of town when you mentioned needing surgery but I’m glad it went well! Anticipating surgery is stressful so I’m sure it’s nice to put it behind you.
Both of those books are on my list!
I’m looking forward to seeing the new website!
It’s fine that I didn’t get the job! If I’m a finalist for a job I do tend to look online later to see if I can find who got it. Sheer curiosity. Just kinda interesting to see that I was not imagining this guy having an attitude toward me. I assume he was the one doing the heavy lifting after the departures that created the vacancies I interviewed for, without the extra pay or recognition, so can’t say I blame him.
Also. When I interviewed for the job I posted about in April or so, I felt during my panel interview that one of my interviewers was kinda salty toward me in his line of questioning. I wondered if he’d thrown his hat in the ring for the job I was interviewing for and been rejected, or whether I was completely misperceiving tone. He ended up getting the job, though at a lower level than what had been posted. Makes sense to promote internally and I believe what’s meant for me won’t pass me by, but kind of feeling like they could’ve promoted the guy without making me interview with so many folks.
Very specific, but has anyone tried the brand Typology? It’s a French skincare brand, but they sell tinted face serums and lip oils that I’m curious about.
I’ve never heard that you shouldn’t wear black to a wedding! I’ve seen it many times. I’ve done it before. Especially if it means wearing something you already have in your closet vs. buying something new.
I’ve been doing Nuuly and both weddings I went to in June were formal. I wore the same rented dress twice. I loved it! It was supposed to be midi length, but on me, it was a maxi dress. I debated buying it so that I could alter the straps instead of pinning them, but decided against it. I don’t have a single wedding on the horizon after last weekend.
Semi-speaking of weddings, my company has been talking about getting us all new professional headshots. Our HQ office did it, but my office hasn’t yet. Well, maybe two weekends ago, we were at a wedding and my hair looked amazing. I used Canva AI to turn a group photo from that wedding into a professional headshot for free. It’s not perfect — I’d still like a professional one — but it’s pretty good and the technology is so cool IMO.
