someone recommended i read Malcolm Gladwell

last weekend doctor took me out of town as my birthday gift. we took a train to Weymouth, a seaside town in Dorset. there was a farm b&b where we stayed. animals right outside the window. it was super cute and relaxing. chicken, ducks, pigs, alpacas, horses...    and it happened to be warm and sunny so we enjoyed the hot tub too. good weekend. best gift ever, well thought.

positives:
-air humidifier
-i definitely have the most amazing partner in the world - or so i feel. 

negatives:
-its extra sad so many female comedians depend on sexist humour too. i dont think i lack sense of humour but it just easily goes too low.
-got another FLU. W-T-F is wrong with me? jesus.


i just heard our (distant) friends who didnt want kids, ended up having one. due to a mishap and then further mishaps - bit murky. anyway, the message from them is NEVER EVER do it. lol. im sure many other parents disagree. i think the fact they didnt want one to begin with is tough, makes it extra hard. i also read that parents these days feel a lot of pressure and feeling of insufficiency and such. i think its related to internet and social media, the expectations have risen, nothing is enough or right in everyones opinion. i think people living in a remote village are more sheltered. while im not having kids and i think it is REALLY HARD, it shouldnt be so overbearing as what i read in the news... sounds like there is a problem.

BBC wrote about this facebook group im in. they do pub meets too sometimes, i have not joined. i think its a few thousand members - mostly 20something students though. but it IS interesting (and healthy?) to read thoughts from all sides of the political spectrum.

new things i read about today:
-presidential canditate Pete Buttigieg. sounds like a smart cool guy.
-Candyman. some aussie polygamist millionaire who lives his life on instagram. to each their own so that's fine, but the image he is portraying of himself is a bit yucky.
-Alabama prisons (NYTimes). holy crap it sounds bad. supposedly a developed western country?

we watched Bohemian Rhapsody yesterday. it was good for sure, i enjoyed. reminded me of my early teens which is when i listened to Queen a lot.

listening to:
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Lady Bird (spotify)
Lola Marsh: She's A Rainbow (Spotify)