😎 A Tiny Ant Saga
I killed a bug…and it ruined my whole night.
When I was younger and would see a spider on my bedroom wall, I’d smash it with a shoe before it could crawl into my mouth while I slept or worse, kill me. As time went on, I realized you don't have to kill insects ever; just catch them and take them outside. Which I do all the time and can't believe that me, Julie, had ever killed anything. I’m so ashamed. So yesterday, I’m in the kitchen making my mango salsa; mango, red onion, cilantro, lime juice and a little salt & pepper. It's so good. Addicting! I cut up my mango and then was washing the cilantro when I noticed an ant. A tiny, itty-bitty ant. Without even thinking I smooshed it with my finger. And the guilt set in. I wondered why was there an ant on the counter? It wasn't ant season yet. Then it occurred to me, the ant must have come out from the cilantro bag. This little ant, had survived all this time, ripped from its family on some farm, put on a truck, traveling for miles, brought to a Trader Joes, and then to my fridge, surviving the cold until finally seeing the sunlight shine through my kitchen windows and escaping on to my countertop, finally free! I stopped everything. Stopped making my salsa and just felt really depressed at my impulse, my action, my murder.
And this is why I try to stay away from the headlines, because if you're anything like me, sensitive to others' pain, it’s become unbearable. EVERYTHING hurts! So today let's instead lean into the absurd and silly and keep it lite and short! Sugar Free!
Useless Thoughts
MICHELLE and BARACK are getting divorced! False! Fake news! Michelle just debunked it and was like, sorry we’re not making out in front of y’all at all times, but we’re good. And what grown adults make out in public, besides Angelina Jolie and her brother or Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban? If you are, you’re just putting on a show? Not sure what the title of this show is, but I won't be streaming it!
Yippee, the Shock Market crashed again all because of TRUMP’S grand plan. Just kidding, he has no plan. His plan is not having a plan. His words have no meaning. His thoughts have no brain. His heart has no love. He’s literally the cast of The Wizard of Oz mushed up into one bigly orange ball. No brain, no heart, no courage and America doesn't feel like home anymore? If only we could wake up from this nightmare and realize it was all just a dream.
Which reminds me of a quote;
My goodness, what a fuss you're making! Well naturally, when you go around picking on things weaker than you are. Why, you're nothing but a great big coward!
— Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
Speaking of flying monkeys, The White Lotus finale, no monkeys were involved in any of the deaths. What did you guys think? Were you satisfied with the ending? I think I was. I was really sad about Chelsea and Rick, but was so relieved that the kid didn't die. If Lochlan Ratliff had died I would have been pissed. I know, I know they’re not real people and it's just a TV show, but if you’re going to make me invest weeks of my life, falling for these folks, I don't under any circumstances want to see a child die. I read some angry comments about wanting to see the Ratliff family's reaction to now being poor, or being disappointed in Gaitok for going against his own morals, but honestly that’s reality, and it happens everyday. I was satisfied and am already looking forward to Season 4! Bring it!
And Finally…
Are you watching The Studio on Apple TV+ (watch here)?
I am. I love insider shows, behind the scenes shows and this show is fun. But, but, but, but it's just okay. Each episode is very similar, the theme of every episode is the same, how are we, all awful horrible people going to get out of a situation, by making a deal with the devil (themselves) and they do. They get out of each headache by creating a temporary relief, which will ultimately create a bigger migraine in the next episode that they need to relieve. I guess the real point of the show besides being silly, is that Hollywood is horrible. EVERYONE is horrible. There is not one redeeming character. Usually shows where the cast are all bad folks, you can usually find a few that are truly good people, like say a VEEP or The Sopranos (brilliant shows by the way, so much so, that you actually care about the bad people and want them to survive? I don't know how they do it, but they do) but this cast of characters are all terrible and you don't care if they all fail. In fact that would be a clever arc, that they all do in fact fail, they all die in like a Tsunami. A Tsunaaaami Piper! But I’m going to keep on watching, cause that’s what I do. I watch! I cringe! I cover my eyes! And then I do it all over again!
Until next time!
And sorry you can't unread this!
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