Eating: The new Clubby sandwich from Potbelly’s which is so fucking delicious it may have ruined me for all other sandwiches. But it’s (most likely) insanely high in calories (they don’t even list it on their nutrition page!). Thus helping me in my goal of being the fattest girl in the universe.
Making: Oh, you know. This ‘n’ that and mostly things I can’t talk about.
Reading: At home I am reading “The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood” by David Thomson that I’m pretty sure I borrowed (from Dad) last Christmas so it’s about time I read it, no? I didn’t feel like carrying it on the train this morning though so in transit I am reading “Silver Wings for Vicki” by Helen Wells, who I’m sure only one of you (hi CCB!) knows is the author of the Cherry Ames books which were very, very beloved to me in childhood, although technically they are books originally from my mother’s childhood (the first Vicki book was published in 1947 and the first Cherry Ames in 1943).
Where Cherry was a nurse, Vicki is a flight attendant. And just as with the Cherry Ames’ series, they are full of now hilarious (but so non-PC and borderline offensive) comments on how to be a good woman (to your man), or things of that nature. Here’s a “great” (that’s me, being sarcastic) description of the requirements to be a stewardess, from Vicki’s interview: “Real beauty isn’t necessary, but you have to be nice to look at: well groomed, pleasant, and not too tall or heavy. After all, a plane must carry the biggest payload possible, and the heavier the crew the less paying weight we can carry. Did you see that tall girl who came in ahead of you? She was qualified for this work in everything except that she’s five feet eight and weighs proportionately. But the airlines do recognize that American girls are growing taller, and we’re gradually raising the height and weight limits.”
So far, I don’t love Vicki the way I love(d) Cherry, but she’s growing on me. She’s so perky, how could she not! 🙂
Watching: Only two episodes left to (re)watch in my (zillioneth) rewatch of all of BStarG to get read for the season 4.5 premiere on January 16. (So close, but yet so far.) As well as the webisodes. Which are OK. But not “oh holy shit!” entrancing. Also in the midst of a (re)watch of all four of the Alien films, although my plan to marathon through them all yesterday did not materialize. (Apparently I needed a lot of those hours for sleeping.)
Listening to: Frightened Rabbit “The Midnight Organ Fight” with a little of Sufjan’s old Christmas box set thrown in. (There is a new Xmas EP out but I’m not sure I want it based on this review.)
