Blog: A Little Bit of Everything Pt. 2
Usually, when I jump back into writing after not doing so for a couple of weeks, I can’t get my jumbled mind to pinpoint one specific thing to write about. So this is how it’s going to go: I’m going to tell you about all the gems I’ve been watching and reading. I’ve absorbed a lot. But between birthdays, vacation, work, and vein procedures, these past weeks have been a whirlwind of lunacy. Not to worry though. I’m going to share with you all the good stuff I’ve come across within the lunacy and I’ll do my best not to ramble on for so long.
First thing I want to talk about is Schitt’s Creek. My boyfriend and I started the last season just this past weekend because we couldn’t wait until it was released on Netflix to binge. This show is unreal. Even within its sixth season, it’s still as hilarious as the first and I haven’t lost interest in the storyline once. As much as I loved The Good Place, there was a point in the third season that I was a tad bored of it and the ending of the first season of Upload wasn’t my favorite. You want these short, quirky comedies to keep your interest all the way through and have justifiable character development so when they miss that mark, it bums me out. Schitt’s Creek though has quickly become one of my favorite sitcoms and if you don’t like it then I don’t like you. Just kidding. I just don’t know what to tell you then.
I watched this movie on Hulu called Palm Springs that was actually pretty darn good! It’s a unique spin on your typical Groundhog Day plot and stars Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hot Rod) and Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother, Fargo). Instead of one person re-living the same day over and over, the main character Nyles (Samberg) accidentally causes Sarah (Milioti) to face the same fate when she enters this same, spooky cave one night at a wedding in Palm Springs. And surprise! There’s a THIRD person who’s caught in this never-ending loop with them too. We’ve seen this storyline in so many movies over the years (Happy Death Day, Before I Fall, Source Code) but I’ve never quite seen it done like this. It’s entertaining, witty and the ending isn’t so cut and dried so it’s up to your interpretation. I usually hate these kinds of endings but I’m slowly learning to accept them.
I watched the Paris Hilton documentary This Is Paris last night, and I would just like to know how in thee hell is this Provo Canyon School still open?? It was so sad and disgusting hearing the abuse she and her classmates went through and how much it has affected them after they left that hell. I’ve never kept up with Paris Hilton much but I love a good documentary about a celebrity because we never truly know them. We just see what the media wants us to see and there’s rules and publicists and control over their image. I’m sure it’s a nightmare. I’m also currently in the middle of watching Heathers for the first time and I have One Tree Hill and Friday Night Lights still playing whenever I want a feel-good show on. When I recently started re-watching Friday Night Lights a couple of months ago, I only turned it on while I was doing an at-home workout but eventually, I started watching it diligently from my bed. You know how some people turn on their favorite shows as background noise? Yeah, not me.
So yes, my writing does revolve around what I’m watching but I’d like to dabble into sharing what books I’m reading too. Since COVID happened, I’ve had a lot more time to read and listen to audiobooks. I just read The Guest List by Lucy Foley and Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand. The Guest List is a murder mystery, whodunit novel that takes place on a creepy island in Ireland during a high-profile wedding. You don’t know who’s been murdered or who did it until the end so it’s fun guessing the victim and killer all the way through because there are so many possibilities. It’s a New York Times Bestseller and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick so I promise you, it’s a fantastic read. I became a fan of Hilderbrand after reading 28 Summers this past summer so I decided to dive into one of her other twenty-something novels, Summer of ’69. If you hadn’t guessed already, her novels are awesome summer reads and make you so desperately want to visit the island of Nantucket. This NYT Bestseller is a captivating historical novel about the Levin/Foley family members who each face their own hardships in the midst of a tumultuous summer for not only themselves, but the world.
It was hard for me to pick just one thing to elaborate on so here you have it — a little bit of everything. Go read a book, watch your favorite show and check out Palm Springs on Hulu. Until next time!
