feb 2025
i have a new winter coat. im not a puffer jacket person but couldnt find the type of parka i wanted, so i eventually gave up. i needed something warm enough for finland and the coldest days in london. my old coat served me well for like... 17 years or so. it didnt get as much use here of course - UK winter enabled me to wear other (less warm) coats at times - but it was falling apart in places.
im pretty proud of myself for fixing our building door. but also embarrassed i didnt figure it out before. for several months the building main door had been stiff. it has a mechanism to self close, neat. but now it wasnt closing anymore, instead getting "stuck" at the latch bit, so we would need to push/pull it close behind us. not practical, and the postie or delivery guys never would of course. we were seriously discussing finding a handyman or even whether a brand new door was necessary (tbf it IS old and not pretty). i just observed that the situation was getting worse and the latch itself seemed to be stiffer to go in when closing. took a bottle of WD-40 to it... and it was closing smooth again. f*cking hell. all these months of everyone in the building trying to remember to close the door and being annoyed... good reminder to really THINK about the problem before just throwing money at it. i even told my dad cos i knew he would be proud of me.
i have to say that as far as nail products go, Nail Inc.’s 45 second top coat is a great product and has made my life better. it really does the job. some products are worth the praise.
i had forgotten Sandel & Piketty’s book Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters has come out. i bought Kindle version now because it’ll be perfect travel reading to Finland and hardcovers are annoying in general.
recently i was watching a netflix docu series on this religious sect cult FLDS in the US. the fact that with documented cases of child brides, rape and pedophilia it is still running, is pretty amazing - and so repulsive. it was actually disorienting. after that i had to empty my brain with a bit of Love Is Blind.
Heilung has a concert in London in april, doctor already has a ticket and i’m considering getting one too. it’s not something i typically listen to but i kind of enjoy it. most bands im not keen on seeing live but their concert would surely be an experience overall.
Spotify is recommending me audiobooks. the first one on the list? 1984. very well timed. with the sh*t show that is Trump, things seem to be going proper crazy.