Condensed Thoughts

 I learned this morning that the church is tearing out the pioneer era murals of the Salt Lake and Manti Temples and getting rid of the live endowment. Words can't adequately express how heartbroken and angry I am. It hurts that the church clings to homophobia, racism and misogyny in the name of "tradition" while throwing the most beautiful and unique parts of our heritage in the garbage for the sake of "familiarity" I know when compared to how vicious the church can be for those who aren't a straight white man living in suburban utah this is really small and I know there are so many worse things happening in the world today but this hurt me in a way I was not expecting. I think it is emblematic of how the church seems to want nothing more than to alienate and reject anyone who does not fit into a very narrow definition of what it is to be a Latter-Day Saint. Anyway my friend Camilla said all this better than me anyway so you should just read her post here

These are the books I read in 2020 and my one sentence summary/reviews of them, except my faves which I will gush about at greater length. asterisk indicates that it was a fave, tilde indicates it was a reread.

I have one youtube video that has over 500,000 views (I don’t recommend this) and occasionally I go through the comments to make sure there’s nothing too bad or crazy there. For context it's me playing a song from the dnd podcast "The Adventure Zone" on a carillon (bell tower) from when I was on my study abroad in Jerusalem. Initially only people who knew the podcast seemed to be encountering it but at this point the algorithm seems to be recommending it to lots more people. Here is the summation of the comments (from most to least common): -75% "do megalovania" where half the time they can't even spell megalovania right (I hate this comment btw bc 1. I don't have access to a carillon anymore so I can't but even more 2. how would you even pLAY megalovania on something like a carillon where you have to be slow. There were also a few comments telling me to play other songs but I'll lump them in here) -you guys looks like the brother and sister in...

Weeheee there's been a LOT that happened this week. RIP Amerikkka. Anyway. Here's stuff I've been obsessed this week. This freaking Tiktok (can't figure out how to embed a tiktok guess I'm the boomer after all) Holiday by Lil Nas X (I usually listen to the clean version bc I gotta let my mormon freak flag fly) What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020. - Grub Street I'd never even heard of bucatini before this article but I guess if the shortage can be over I'll have to try it sometime. Also this article is borderline unhinged and I am here for that energy I'm working on a post about all the books I read last year but it's kind of slow going. I imagine I'll eventually give up and just post what I've written so far idk.