Well, that happened…
Last week, I wrote about needing to find ways to more deeply connect to my body. To feel and deal better with frustration and anxiety. Well, I started somewhere. Breathed a little heavy. I looked for workouts on YouTube and started living the Nike+ Training app life. I took the stairs at work. Mostly down only, but, still, that is, again, a start. I’ve been doing the wander, too. I’ve been thinking about new routes in the hood and I’m working on wander playlists. Glad I started somewhere. I just need to keep going. Is it weird to want to do a push up?
Wait, it was there all along?
I resisted some serious pull last week. Glossier launched blushes. Wayne Goss released an updated makeup brush set. Sephora was even tempting folks with La Mer deluxe samples. I didn’t buy any of it. Not saying something GossyGlossi won’t come my way in the future, just not near. I think my discipline was rewarded. I randomly used the Tom Ford Cream and Powder Eye Color in Golden Peach from last year’s Soleil Summer Collection that was just sitting in the shadow drawer. Ummm… Hello, Pretty. So, so sorry you’ve been ignored. That won’t happen again. It’s still available and there are new shadow shades for 2017 that I won’t be getting, because Naked Bronze and Golden Peach are already owned and everything. https://www.beautylish.com/s/tom-ford-beauty-cream-and-powder-eye-color-golden-peach
Logan.
So damn good. A tear might have even fallen. Is it wrong to want to climb the bad guys to kick their friends in the face? If you’re a Marvel fan or long for a superhero film worthy of all the exclamation points, go see Logan while it’s on the biggest of screens. See buffed Hugh Jackman in a tee as a Wolverine for the last time. If you want a film full of action and a well-told story, but can’t make it to the theater, definitely get it on demand. If catching it on cable is more your speed, it will be worth every minute spent.
This Really Is Us
I don’t understand how you guys do it. How can you sit down and watch this every week? I want to call the show emotionally manipulative trash, but This Is Us is just great TV. It’s messy and life-y, all love and loss. Complicated and so normal. Well-written and acted. And I can’t handle it. I have to watch in mini binges. It’s easier to cry 2 out of 4 hours, than to know every single week, I could have my heart broken. I caught up to the Memphis episode last weekend and was a mess. Well, except for when I said Paper Boi five times after seeing Brian Tyree Henry. I don’t know why I thought I had recovered enough to watch this week’s episode in real-ish time, breaking from my emotionally-supportive pattern. Seriously, they had those beautiful little girls put their tiny hands in my chest and rip my heart to shreds. Even, the mailman had me fucked up. Ugh.
For the record and later discussion: Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth is the new Claire Huxtable.
All the cool kids are in Austin.
SXSW started. The music kicks off later in the week. NPR has a preview mix. Spotify has a SXSW Latino playlist of bands that will be at the festival. And The Fader will be streaming live from The Fader Fort.
This weekend, I might be:
+ washing my hair.
+ doing an african dance workout.
+ wandering.
What are you up to?