{"id":3536,"date":"2022-08-28T08:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2025-04-05T15:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:48:51","slug":"a-la-super-eggplant-currently-i-am-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2022\/08\/a-la-super-eggplant-currently-i-am-10.html","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la Super Eggplant, currently I am…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Watching:<\/strong> I am in season 4 of Yellowstone<\/strong> and… I love it and hate it to equal degrees. I think Taylor Sheridan is an amazing writer…but I hate his acting on the show (thankfully he’s a minor character). It’s hard to find anyone to root for here–every character you like turns out to also be a murderer or worse. Beth Dutton is possibly the world’s worst person, but she’s so amazeballoons, it’s just awe-inspiring to watch. It’s SO violent, I’ve actually had to cover my eyes for some scenes. But the dialogue is just aces. So. Kindof a toss-up, heh. I am also eagerly anticipating Mayor<\/strong> of Kingstown<\/strong> season 2 (another Sheridan show, I watched season 1 all the way through twice this summer). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading:<\/strong> I just finished a reread of The Barren Grounds<\/strong> by David A. Robertson<\/strong><\/a> in preparation for reading the sequels which I finally bought over the summer (so so good, just touches your heart) and No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull<\/a><\/strong>, who I found out about from this <\/strong>short story collection<\/strong><\/a> (and its two sequels. So many good stories in that trilogy!!). It was a wild ride (and I should have done a character map as every new-seeming person seems to be connected to numerous previous characters in many ways) but very good. I am terrible at updating this blog (doh) but if you follow me on either Goodreads or Instagram, I do update my reading on those sites in a pretty timely manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listening to:<\/strong> All about the new Lizzo<\/strong>. I also looove the new Maggie Rogers<\/strong>. And my friend Becki turned me on to Gang of Youths<\/strong> new album, which the more I listen to it, the more I realize it’s this summer’s substitute for a new National<\/strong> album, heh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing:<\/strong> This is a repost from last September, and it’s STILL TRUE.<\/em> Lesson plans. Wasting time spelling out the 97 steps I already know how to do to teach what I need to teach. What a waste of veteran teacher time. I will admit, I think they should be required of new teachers. Lesson plans were very helpful to me the first few years, especially if I needed ideas to fill extra time (paralyzing!), or really know what I was going to teach. And if you had a mentor teacher, they gave you a base to start from. You could use them for reflection: what worked, what didn’t, Now I already know how to do all of that and it’s so stupid to have to write them out, especially when it’s become very clear that NO ONE is actually reading them.etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooking \/ Eating:<\/strong> Due to ridiculous stomach issues, especially during school, I am back to PB&J<\/strong> for lunch every single day. Yup. Current non-lunchtime food obsession is this summer sweet corn and cucumber salad<\/a><\/strong>. SO GOOD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drinking:<\/strong> Trying to decrease my soda consumption (why? I’m going to die anyway), I am obsessively drinking the orange and lime Sunkist Singles to Go<\/strong>. I pour all the packets out into a Tupperware because I only use half a packet at once. I use a tiny bit less than 1\/2 a teaspoon with 8 oz water (turns out I have NO glasses that can hold 16 oz!) and this thingie<\/a><\/strong> to mix it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sewing:<\/strong> I made two new dresses the week before school… but never got to the one I cut out months ago. Hopefully in a week or two I’ll feel less overwhelmed by the school day and be able to get back to some crafts at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quilting:<\/strong> Thinking about it, but not doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knitting:<\/strong> I’m a one-project, only-on-facetime-Saturday-nights knitter right now. I’m making a scarf from some red and orange Lobster Pot Yarns<\/a><\/strong> cashmere I bought a bajillion years ago at a yarn store in South Street Seaport (back in my NYC days). (Ooooooo look at this pretty skein<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’re YOU up to? \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watching: I am in season 4 of Yellowstone and… I love it and hate it to equal degrees. I think Taylor Sheridan is an amazing writer…but I hate his acting on the show (thankfully he’s a minor character). It’s hard … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,24,6,27,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-currently","category-food","category-listenin","category-readin","category-watchin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3542,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions\/3542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}