I love that Jeopardy fans have created D&D characters based on the contestant Dargan. I would 1000% want him along for a quest.

The local news is SO mean. First day I have to go back to work and they show a “hiking forecast” ?!?!Do you know how many hikes I missed out on while I had the flu? 😤

I thought I was being a jerk throwing shade at NFL players I don’t even know and who have never done anything to me, but then the announcer said this Pittsburgh player looks like a frog. RUDE. FTR, all I said was, “That’s what Aaron Rodgers looks like ?!? Get it grandpa!” Also, I’m older 😆

Saw someone on another site drop Big Cypress attendance as a flex (something I’ve seen more often the last few years). I always think it’s funny. N1 was my 16th show. I was younger than most people I knew or met there. Still had to ask song names, & hoped no one would ask how many shows I’d seen. 😆

I wish there was a way to do dog family trees. Like what if your dog has an ancestor who came over on the Mayflower? Wouldn’t you want to know?

One of my favorite bands is originally from Venezuela. You should read what they have to say about everything that’s going on. Also, the future of jam is metal. Go see Zeta. They are incredible musicians and all-around amazing humans.

Marco Rubio says there are people who make an entire living by disagreeing with everything President Poopy Pants has to say. How do I get that job? Sounds easy.

So, Eddington is wild, huh?

How am I supposed to go back to work on Monday?!? My sleep schedule is FUCKED.

I’m obsessed with Cobra by Geese. About to listen to it for the third time today.

Remember a few months ago when I was trying to get rid of t-shirts? I’m still working on it. It’s so hard. The oldest shirt I currently have I bought at a tiny music venue in SLC from the band Ra Ra Riot.

Probably one of my favorite things about Stranger Things is how deliberate the costumes are - so many 80s movie easter eggs in the clothing.

My favorite NYE tradition with my friends: we all write down a resolution, serious or silly, put them in a bowl, and then pass it around. Whatever you draw, is now your resolution.

I refused to give a shit about the Met Gala. Full-tilt meltdown ensued until I had to block the person so they’d leave me alone.

@onlydans.site Ok, Dan, what live KGLW do I absolutely need? I never know where to start with them, but I’m canceling Spotify and need to build a new portable music library. Thanks for your suggestions.

The holidays make me miss my grandparents - both my mom’s parents, who were amazing, and my dad’s parents, who were complicated but could be cool.

If you miss skinny jeans being in style, don’t worry, I just put my last two pairs in a donation box, so they’ll definitely be back in by next week.

My dudes. Have y’all seen that “National News Desk” ad (Sinclair bull shit.) It’s so much nationalist propaganda. I got embarrassed watching it.

When Gremlins came out, I was little enough to think Phoebe Cates’ and Zach Galligan’s characters were teenagers. Never questioned that they had jobs at the bank and in a bar.

In better news, tomorrow I’m going to try going for a walk.

What if we kissed right after we both took hits off our flu inhalers? (I’m sorry, y’all. This is the worst.)

If there’s a silver lining to having the flu at Christmas, it’s that I get to catch up on lots of streaming w/o being stressed about work. Had never seen The Sack Lunch Bunch. Incredible. I’m obsessed with the idea of David Byrne on a children’s show. 😆

I got up to pick out a pair of leggings to change into, because I thought I’d finally motivated to shower, and somehow, not sure how long ago it was, I ended up on the couch. I don’t know if I picked out the leggings.

How many times have you watched Jeopardy and thought about one of the contestants, “Did I meet that person on Phish tour that one time?”

I had to cook breakfast - a) as an attempt to somewhat resurrect Christmas over here, and b) because I can’t take any of my meds on an empty stomach. This is probably the last time I’m gonna stand up today. (Feeling better but still death warmed over.)

My only thing with Pee Wee’s Christmas Special is that he doesn’t ask Grace Jones to follow her Christmas song with her cover of Tom Petty’s Breakdown. I mean, she was already there. Couldn’t hurt. Might have blown a bunch of 80’s babies little minds, but the show was already doing that 🤷‍♀️.

If you need to remember what it was like to celebrate Christmas when the US was a proper country, or if you’re aren’t old enough to remember what it was like, Pee Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special is available on Tubi to stream free.

Tbh: we didn’t quite catch the Stranger Things villain’s name, but we’ve decided on Vespa. We won’t be accepting other options at this time. 🛵🛵🛵

I don’t know if watching all the seasons of Stranger Things back to back before watching Season 5 made the kids’ aging more or less jarring.

I don’t understand people in the 80’s actually exercising in sweats. Seems, I dunno, sweaty 🤷‍♀️? #StrangerThings

For some reason the boyfriend doesn’t like it that I occasionally look over to his side of the couch and whisper, “It’s coming for you.” #IHaveTheFlu

I think the Tamiflu is working. Fever is down significantly, though congestion is worse. Doctor also gave me an inhaler to use every 4 hrs.

That goblet of beans.

At least we can have lasagna delivered. Delicious lasagna.

I don’t like this timeline where the Flaming Lips are breaking up and fighting via Pitchfork/ Stereogum interviews.

In more fever dream news: boyfriend left to go to REI an hour ago. I just now noticed he wasn’t here and had to play back a very blurry tape to remember all this.

Fever + Edibles + Rotation of Mad Men/ Stranger Things/ Ken Burns’s American Revolution = A vibe or something. No Christmas for me, but at least it’s weird.

Just reconsidering the plot of 1986’s Space Camp, and thinking, “Though it’s not completely outside the realm of possibility that I, as a teen, could’ve have somehow (shenanigans) ended up in outer space with a bunch of other teens, I’m so glad that didn’t happen.”

How is it that Maya Hawke, as Jo in the PBS Masterpiece production of Little Women totally has “Never Seen an iPhone face,” but as Robin in Stranger Things, doesn’t pull it off?

I officially have Type A flu. Off to get that tamiflu.

Rewatching Mad Men. I’m forever obsessed with Betty Draper. She reminds me of my paternal grandmother. The clothes, the manners, the weird party foods, and all the stuff that makes it hard to like Betty Draper, but we loved her.

Oh hi y’all. Still feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. Have managed to get in both some quality and garbage fire streaming which is about the most I have energy for. Paying attention is exhausting.

I do not have a good track record of trying to cook when sick without starting a fire. Wish me luck. Lols.

Well there’s nothing I can do now but eat chicken nuggets and mac n cheese. No other options. #YayImSick

Awesome. Woke up with a fever. This is either COVID or the Flu. Just in time for Christmas. Yay.

Kind of bummed. There was a Christmas party I was really looking forward to tonight, and about 2 hours beforehand, I started coming down with some kind of chest cold. Booooo 😭 So, obviously no party for me.

Just poured a Waterloo over two Alka-Seltzer cold and cough tabs. See you on the other side, MFs!

There are two top(ish) tier jam bands I really can’t stand - like their existence fills my heart with an unhealthy level of rage. But generally I keep my mouth shut about it. No need to yuck anyone’s yums.

A few more trolls at the NC Arboretum

I’m so tired, but it’s been a great day.