Watermelons, Drain Cleaner, Beth Ditto

Yellow watermelons right now. The color alone is worth it. Staying up way too late for a Grey’s Anatomy rerun I’ve already seen, which I refuse to justify. Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno. Binging things in general, as a philosophy. Knowing when to say nothing. Herb quark, which is one of those foods that just tastes right at certain hours. Cleaning up—not as a chore, as a reset. Arte when everything else is noise. Drain cleaner, because sometimes the most satisfying things are the most mundane. Walking a few extra stops instead of getting on the subway. Letting iCarly teach me things about the internet, sincerely, without irony.

Not this week: Beth Ditto, for reasons I can’t fully articulate and don’t need to. The MGMT Kids video, which I wanted to love and found cold. Sleep disorders as a permanent condition. Following fashion trends just because they appeared. Summer that keeps refusing to arrive. The financial crisis as ambient background noise that never resolves. Bitter people who’ve turned their disappointment into an identity. The food industry, entire. North Korea. Worrying about everything at once. Anything that isn’t Berlin.