Bad Bunny will save us all

Everyone was telling me to watch the Super Bowl half time show and I was getting thoroughly irritated by it.

Viral moments are usually disappointing but they only take up a minute or two of my time. This performance was 13 mins. The promise of Gaga got me over the line and last night I finally watched it.

It was utterly delightful and gave me a beautiful boost of hope and light on an otherwise below average evening.

Homework for this week is to take Bad Bunny from someone you’ve never heard of to someone you’re obsessed with.

My friend who forced me to watch it sent me a link to a truly fugly bag on the weekend, so we could laugh at it. I’ve been served about ten ads for this hideous bag so she’s fully redeemed herself by shifting my algorithm to Bad Bunny content.

Reading

Theo of Golden for book club. It’s lovely. Very earnest though and I struggle with that. Sarcasm and humour are my armour so when a book is so open and raw I get really uncomfortable. But that’s a me problem. Normal people who aren’t scared shitless of emotional discomfort will love this.

Watching

Continuing on our Paul Thomas Anderson bender we watched Boogie Nights which is still brill. Also watched an odd but interesting movie called Dream Scenario with Nicolas Cage. I’m loving his artistic trajectory, he’s leaning into true weirdness in this stage of his career and I’m here for it.

Listening

I don’t know what’s wrong with me but not taking recommendations from other people is my beige flag. I reckon twenty people over the years have recommend the Every Outfit podcast to me and I dismissed it for years. I’m now a paid subscriber.

So when I got this comment last week I went against my instincts and listened to Sentimental Garbage immediately and holy moly was I thusly rewarded. The last few episodes are a mini-series on Friends. It’s so charming and I literally LOL.

Thank you to the people who push me towards content they know I’ll love, even though I’m a dick about it. You are the bravest soldiers.

Buying

I swore I wasn’t going to do ballet flats again (I prefer a chunkier shoe) but the square toe ones may just get me over the line. I like these buff ones.

I also bought some tights from Rockwear and they’re brilliant. Another thing several people have recommended over the years and I’ve been sleeping on. I suck.

Wearing

I wear active wear most of the time because I’m on my walking pad through out the day. I only really get dressed properly if I’m going somewhere, which I rarely do. Outfit was worn for donating plasma. Elk pants, Witchery top, Cleopatra’s Bling necklace and Radical Yes shoes.

Doing

Netball is back and our comp starts next week. I have a work trip at the end of Feb.

We went away for the weekend in the caravan and it was average. Kids weren’t in great moods so it was a bit of a slog. Always like to be honest when things like that suck, so when you see influencers posting videos of idyllic family getaways you know that it was probably a bit pants.

We were dragging the kids back to the caravan park from the pub and we must have looked destroyed because this woman said ‘It’s nearly bedtime!’ so those were vibes we were giving off. Visibly done with parenting.

Have a good week yeah?

See you round the traps next week.

Carly

xxx