Picnic Journal is BACK ft. How has the world not ended yet?
Picnic Journal #21
Hi. Hello. I’m back, *insert excuse for internet absence here*. And what a world to come back to!
Oh, how I have missed these newsletters! Did you miss them too or is it just me? How are you going? To the 3 people who read my newsletters, I hope you’re doing well!
The world seems extra apocalyptic these days. Fires, floods, wars, abortion bans, assassinations, the weird economy, Instagram is making their app experience a living nightmare, covid is still insisting on keeping the pandemic alive, and just all the other stuff I block out by living in my own world and being a selfish millennial.
I was hit by the weird economy recently because my company failed to pay us for 3 months, paid us out of the blue a few weeks ago and then declared insolvency. So it has been a weird year but it just means that better things are coming and what is meant to be will be. It is much easier to type those words now that the dust has settled, proving once and for all that time really is a wound cleaner. Forget about using Windex on your wounds, just stick out a tough time for 3 months and see the healing process do its thing.
I decided to type up a quick roundup of things that I have been watching/reading/eating/thinking about since I last posted… for the sake of time and slowly easing you back into my internet bubble. Some of the things in these lists have been in this draft newsletter since April but are still relevant to the person I am today. Enjoy. Be safe. When life gives you apocalyptic chaos, shove a marshmallow on a stick and enjoy the moment. We are frightened but we are not alone. We have iPhones and avatars are now on Instagram for some reason.
Quick round up of what has been consuming my time lately (apart from spiralling thoughts about my lack of career prospects and my overgrown Animal Crossing Island)
What I have been watching:
Criminal Minds on Disney + (Agent Hotchner, could you STOP🔥)
Money Heist Korea on Netflix (recommend)
Pachinko on Apple TV(cried the whole way through)
Loot on Apple TV (not necessary to watch but love the cast)
Uncoupled on Netflix (UM, this is EVERYTHING that ‘And Just Like That’ needed to be but couldn’t be because there was no Kim Cattrall. I seriously loved this show and watched all 8 episodes in about 5 seconds. No need to do the math, it happened, I was there)
I just watched ‘Rebel Cheer Squad’ on Netlfix today because the genre keywords were: ‘Ominous, Youth, Ensemble, Dance’ and I thought it would be rude not to watch it. I liked it. Sue me. It was cute. Kind of like Sex Education meets Bring it On (not really).
I watched Mission Impossible for the first time and realised that people used toasters as computers in the 90s.
What I’ve been listening to:
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
A loooot of Bo Burnham since he released Inside Outtakes
Hello, new Beyonce album?
Lil Nas X mostly
What I’ve been reading:
NGL I haven’t been reading a lot lately and it shows. My literacy skills are going downhill.
My guilty pleasures (aka coping mechanisms, you decide)
Animal Crossing
White chocolate raspberry bullets
Overpriced lattes as per usual
Rewatching Gossip Girl every year since 2014
Painting until my hands hurt
Using Pawpaw ointment on everything
Taking a shopping trolley to the supermarket and wheeling my groceries around like an old woman
This banana bread recipe
My Nina Cosford Sketchbook (sketchbook tour coming soon!)
Thank you for reading and see you next week! Picnic Journal is back in business!
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