Consumption 5
This is a monthly series, published near the end of the month summarizing what I found, ate, watched, googled, and felt this month. New categories added from time to time.
Books Added to My TBR (e.g., books I just learned about that I’m excited to read… maybe)
- My Husband’s Wife (Alice Feeney)
- Vera, or Faith (Gary Shteyngart)
- Moderation (Elaine Castillo)
- Bring the House Down (Charlotte Runcie)
- The Goldens (Lauren Wilson)
- The Ending Writes Itself (Evelyn Clarke)
- The Compound (Aisling Rawle)
- The Game Is Murder (Hazell Ward)
- The Greatest Possible Good (Ben Brooks)
Notable Meals (new recipes, old favorites, and restaurant items we ate this month)
- Miso-sesame noodles (tweaking this recipe to make it less slaw and more noodle-y)
- Stanley Tucci’s marinara sauce (tweaking to use passata instead of whole tomatoes)
- Jamie Oliver’s tomato risotto
- Recreating Burger Fiancé’s vegan chicken sandwich, to the best of my ability. If you are ever in Montreal, this is our favourite restaurant
Television, Movies, and Music (watching and listening)
- Our experience with Australian Traitors lasted two episodes. We were really upset by the stuff with Chloe, and we decided to stop watching and switch to the U.S. Traitors. We don’t love it as much as the UK Traitors, but it’s a close second. We watched Seasons 1, so far.
- We started Department Q. I read the first two books and loved them but worried that seeing it on the screen would be too scary. The episodes are intense, but it’s well-done.
Added To My Ongoing Mix Tape
- “Cult of Personality” (Living Colour)
- “December, 1963” (The Four Seasons)
- “New Slang” (The Shins)
Tabs I Left Open (things I Googled and left up on the screen)
- The best time to book train tickets.
- Come See Me In the Good Light Wikipedia page.
- Trying to figure out what the KONO signs (with a violin) mean. We see them on telephone polls all the time.
- A recipe for Philly tomato pie, which I read about in an article.
Micro-Joys
- Josh has been joking for more than 20 years that I have an unusual love of primates. Joke was on him when Wordle made “loris” the answer on July 18, and I got it in three guesses.
- Our waitress at a restaurant told us it would help them a lot if we left a review. Happy to help out, especially because she went above and beyond, allowing us to sit outside for our meal. After I left a review, I wrote one for every place we enjoy in the area. The exercise reminded me that we know a lot of awesome places.
- Drew Petersen was the solo pianist at a Gershwin performance, and he was invited back on stage for an encore and shyly dedicated the performance of Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” to his boyfriend who was in the audience. And you know how old the crowd was when you collectively heard 1,800+ people touch their chest and let out an “aaaaaaw” in the face of young love. It was awesome to celebrate happiness.
Mood
- Feeling a little melancholy with the end of summer.
What about you? Let me know what you’re eating, seeing, listening to, googling, feeling this month.
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The Australian Traitors is INFURIATING! But I feel like you do need to watch the 2nd season, because watching how dumb and easily manipulated people can be is informative. And then the end is…good for a sardonic laugh. It’s like…I can’t believe this is happening, but if people are really like this, it certainly explains a lot about the world.
We had a foster dog for a month, who is now my sister’s dog. He is so sweet and cuddly, but I think competition with my other boys was interfering with house training. Apparently, he used to escape from his previous owner(s?), who then tied him to a fence and put a tag on his collar with:
His name
I’m a runner
Good luck
His breed
I think he just needed someone who wouldn’t just toss him in the yard and forget about him. He rarely tried to bolt out the door when I was taking him for several walks every day. My sister will love him forever, spoil him rotten, and we will still get to go and cuddle him whenever we want. It will be crazy when we all meet at my other sister’s house though. She also has 2 dogs.
Aside from that, we’re getting ready for college. I don’t know how to effectively convey to my child that she will be sharing a room that is slightly smaller than the bedroom she now occupies all by herself, so she needs less stuff. But I’m only 2.5 hours away, so taking things home with me won’t be a problem. Not sure when she’s moving in – she just found out yesterday that she has to pay if she wants to move in early. I told her that was on her.
That’s what occupies my time these days. Reading is still a struggle. I’m in a food is just fuel mood. That, and selling baseball cards. Wait! I did manage a step forward in a project that’s been on the back burner for probably 10 years. I may finally record all of those 8mm family movies – my daughter bought me a tripod for my birthday, so I have all the equipment. Now I just need to find the will…
AAARGH I wrote a big old comment and somehow swiped the touchpad and it DISAPPEARED! Grr. Well it will force me to be brief(er)!
I am looking forward to our trip to Maine, because there’s a restaurant called Shannon’s Unshelled that has gluten free EVERYTHING — I can have a clam strip basket! Not the healthiest, but dedicated fryers are so rare it’s a treat I look forward to. Thanks for reminding me to do reviews! I like to do them on the Find Me Gluten Free app, it is so helpful to read others’ reviews and find new safe spots to eat.
I am also melancholy about the end of summer (which still has PLENTY OF TIME in it, so I keep saying), albeit for different reasons than you. 😉
I picked up Faith, or Vera recently, can’t wait to read it, it looks so good!
TV Shows — I keep being told I need to watch Dept Q. But, I’ve been binging Yellowjackets, which is not new but has a new home on Netflix, and wow is it good. Disturbing and creepy, but with an amazing cast. Can’t wait to start Season 2 (finished Season 1 in a couple weeks, which qualifies as binging to me, haha). Also watching although slower “Too Much” on Netflix, because a friend told me “the main character reminds me SO MUCH of you, like her mannerisms and quirkiness … but you’re not as much of a hot mess as she is, just so you know.” Ummm thanks?
I have 19 very boring tabs open. One is Raddle, which I tried and will probably play again today!
OH MY HOLY JEEZUM. I need to turn the touchpad off. It moved all my stuff around and now it makes no sense. Here it is in order (feel free to delete the one above, argh):
AAARGH I wrote a big old comment and somehow swiped the touchpad and it DISAPPEARED! Grr. Well it will force me to be brief(er)!
picked up Faith, or Vera recently, can’t wait to read it, it looks so good!
TV Shows — I keep being told I need to watch Dept Q. But, I’ve been binging Yellowjackets, which is not new but has a new home on Netflix, and wow is it good. Disturbing and creepy, but with an amazing cast. Can’t wait to start Season 2 (finished Season 1 in a couple weeks, which qualifies as binging to me, haha). Also watching although slower “Too Much” on Netflix, because a friend told me “the main character reminds me SO MUCH of you, like her mannerisms and quirkiness … but you’re not as much of a hot mess as she is, just so you know.” Ummm thanks?
I have 19 very boring tabs open. One is Raddle, which I tried and will probably play again today!
I am looking forward to our trip to Maine, because there’s a restaurant called Shannon’s Unshelled that has gluten free EVERYTHING — I can have a clam strip basket! Not the healthiest, but dedicated fryers are so rare it’s a treat I look forward to. Thanks for reminding me to do reviews! I like to do them on the Find Me Gluten Free app, it is so helpful to read others’ reviews and find new safe spots to eat.
I am also melancholy about the end of summer (which still has PLENTY OF TIME in it, so I keep saying), albeit for different reasons than you. 😉