§ The start of daylight savings time last week caught me entirely off guard. I have to say, though, I’ve really been enjoying the extra hour of sunlight in the evenings. All of the extra light, combined with temperatures in the 50s and 60s all week, was a huge boon to my mood.
§ Really the one and only downside to warm weather this early in the year is that my office becomes an inferno. On Monday, when it was 60 °F outside, my office peaked at stale, humid, 90°.
§ I guess I slept through the “blood worm moon total lunar eclipse” (what a mouthful) that occurred overnight Friday. However, on Saturday morning I was greeted with an otherworldly pink sunrise. It’s the type of thing that is almost impossible to capture with smartphone cameras with their automatic white balance adjustments.
§ I’m of two minds about Brother Brönte, so far.
The world it’s set in feels rich, fully considered, and alive. There is a certain weight and physicality to everything that I appreciate. Now, while the world of Brother Brönte feels real, it doesn’t feel realistic. It’s a surreal dystopia-by-caricature. Honestly, the best comparison I can make—and I mean this in the best way possible—is that it is like a modern-day fusion of Gabriel García Márquez with Ed, Edd n Eddy.
The big problem is that the dialog really throws me off. So far, at least, it’s all a little too ”As you know, Bob” for my taste. I’m going to give it the benefit of the doubt, for now.
§ I finally got caught up on the last three episodes of Severance.
Episode seven—“Chikhai Bardo”—was a masterpiece. Possibly some of the best television I’ve ever seen.
The eighth episode was entirely unlike anything that has come before it in the series. I would love to spend more time exploring Lumon’s effects on the wider world.
This week’s episode was fine although it mostly felt like a preamble to next week’s finale. I never knew Christopher Walken could be so frightening.
§ On Friday, Caroline and I went out to visit our favorite 120 year old greenhouse for the first time in over a year. The whole building smelled like citrus blossoms.
§ A coworker on my team has been out all week with the flu and I’ve noticed an ominous cough creep up over the past few days. Will I get sick? Will my immune system persevere? Tune in next week to find out.
