Bitesize #42
A Carrie comeback and posting objectively bad posts
It’s Sunday and I’ve been lying on my sofa for the past 72 hours with a cold. It’s really bumming me out as you might imagine, partly because I was just recently sick and so I should get at least a 3 month free pass, partly because this weekend is the first time the temperatures have actually made it to double digits in a really long time. But bitterness isn’t charming and so I’m trying to just deal with it.
How are you? Are you good at being sick or do you want to crawl out of your skin like me?
And Just Like That season 3 is coming out on the 29th of May and therefore I’ve been rewatching the first two seasons. I just can’t watch the first episode of season 1, because I don’t like to torture myself like that. The scene when Miranda comes over and hugs Carrie in episode 2? Tears. The card from Samantha? Tears. The tears from Charlotte that turn into Carrie shouting in the hallways? Tears tears tears. So yeah, I definitely can’t do Carie finding him on the bathroom floor. No way José.
I know there’s a lot of controversy around AJLT and how fans of Sex and the City kind of hate it? Well I don’t. I think Carrie is just as caring, chaotic and charming as ever. I love most of the outfits and the ones I don’t love are still really authentic to the character. I love the dialogue. I love the different relationships and how they have actual ups and downs. The one thing I don’t love? Miranda’s “sexual awakening” as a lesbian. I have so much to say on this topic but I don’t want to p*ss on someone else’s parade, so I won’t. It just feels completely inauthentic to me.
The other show I’ve been watching is Good American Family - did you see it? I am so incredibly fascinated by cases like these, where you truly just want to know what the f *actually* went down. And how crazy is it that the movie Orphan came out basically at the same time this was all happening? I remember seeing that movie and then a few years later hearing about this story and being so completely confused about whether the movie was about her or not.
Spoiler alert!!! But the series makes it seem like there is absolutely no doubt that she was actually a child when all of this was going down. And if the evidence they provide in the show is correct then well, yeah, it’s pretty obvious. But still, what actually went down?
I don’t know if you have these cookies in other countries (are these what you call sugar cookies?), but I need to share these with you all. Just take flour, sugar, a little baking powder, butter and salt and vanilla if you’re fancy. Mix it all and then form round balls that you then pat down flat on a baking sheet. Make a little cup in the middle that you fill with jam (I chose lingonberry, but raspberry is the original). Put in the oven for about 9 minutes and voila. Delicious cookies that you can also freeze and eat later.
My sister has asked me to stay with them for the summer and honestly it would be a dream. But I’m not sure, just because I just moved into my new apartment, I have all my friends here, I’ve been leaning in to the idea of a Single Summer in the City and… idk. Am I making excuses?
Can you see me do a season of Single Summer in the Danish Countryside?
Last night I started reading The Vegetarian by Han Kang and what can I say, I already love it. I appreciate the tempo of the book which is slow but rhythmic, making it a very easy and pleasurable read. I also am drawn to the frankness of the different statements being made. Like on the very first page where the narrator describes how ordinary his wife is. Brilliant.
But no spoilers please!!
Yesterday I posted something that I was really not proud of. It was a bad post. It didn’t have a point of view. It didn’t have a flow to it. It made me cringe all day today, to be honest. But then again, I don’t actually want to be afraid to post those bad posts. They have to be okay too, don’t you think? Or we at least have to let them exist.
Starting Single Diaries was done on a whim. And when I did it I felt great. Like I was beginning a new chapter of my writing, and opening the possibility of creating a new community. Now I don’t know. I’m also in my luteal phase so maybe that’s the only explanation needed. We’ll see.
Point is, mistakes and bad posts are bound to happen over here. Sorry not sorry.
My dad is currently travelling and since my mum doesn’t have a license (yet) I got to borrow their car. Which is equal parts thrilling and terrifying. At first I didn’t even really want it, as it feels like a bigger commitment than watching someone’s kid. My dad really loves his car and I don’t have a personal parking spot. But then I thought, I am 30 years old goddamit. I can take care of a car, I can find parking, I can do all the things that other people do every day. It’s so silly, I know. But really I needed to peptalk myself into taking ownership of that huge car for 10 days and once I did I felt supercool. Look at me! I AM a grownup and no one can tell me otherwise.
Okay my pain killers are losing their edge and the fever is coming back so this is where I leave you. Thank you for reading as always and let me know what you’re watching/reading.
Ta-ta x
Julia, I really adore the feeling of chatting with a friend that your posts give me. I somehow(?) missed your post from yesterday so, naturally, I went to read it. While I totally understand feeling like something is a miss, but I appreciate your writing in it's raw and natural form. I haven't watched AJLT and the mixed reviews always give me pausing because I don't want the taste of SATC ruined for me.
I also really love AJLT even though I know deep in my heart that it's technically not great? I just love being with these gals in NYC.