The Internet Personified: And we'll never be royal

I've had a very stressful week work-wise, and I can't rant over here about it just yet because the stresses are ongoing, so just, like, send good vibes, okay? That's also why I don't have many updates for you this week; what have I done? I have obsessed. I've also started doing some freelance journalism after a long break, so spent a lot of time reading, which was nice, but not exactly exciting.

(If you've also had a rough week, here, let's enjoy these baby animal gifs together. Enable images to see!)

This week in snacks: Hosted book club this week and Nayantara brought over a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. YES THOSE BEANS. She had just been to Harry Potter World or whatever it's called, and brought back a bunch of sweets. Anyway, the next day K and I lay in bed watching Order of The Phoenix and eating the beans, which claim to have vomit, ear wax and bogie flavours, but the worst I got was toothpaste, I think and also coconut which does not translate well into a jelly bean format. (For those of you wondering why I am yammering on about some random beans I have only one thing to say to you: READ HARRY POTTER.)

This week in good news: MACK HAS BEEN ADOPTED! Yay! Mack is our foster kitty and has been with us for about three weeks now, along with Hobgoblin. They've both changed since we got them, now they have plenty to eat and a safe space to live in so they're always jumping on each other, playing tag everywhere (we used to call it "Catch'm catch") and they've grown in that startling way babies do, much heavier and longer than they were just two seconds ago. Anyway, so my friend Janice (the author Janice Pariat) messaged asking for him and I arranged a meet-cute and once she is back from her holiday, she will bear him away. Hobgoblin is also spoken for and can't leave for a fortnight, so right now instead of being fosters, we're basically running a cat boarding service till everyone is ready to take them home.


This week in TV: I have a LOT to say about Netflix's Anne of Green Gables called Anne with an E so scroll down to avoid spoilers.

**** SPOILERS START****

1) The only way to watch the show is to pretend that it's only "inspired by" the Anne we know and love. Apart from their names, the characters have nothing in common, except Josie Pye is still a little bitch.

2) The biggest indication of this is when Anne tells all the other girls about sex, since she's been exposed to so much as an orphan and then everyone is shocked and no one can play with her anymore.

3) God, she's always CRYING. Like, drop of a hat weeping.

4) Gilbert's dad dies and then he's also an orphan and orphan bonding happens.

5) The only bit where I was like huh okay cool, was when she gets her period, because if you think of it, she should have gotten her period right after she got to Green Gables, and Marilla would have been the one to deal.

Anyway, it's pretty good TV, but it's NOT ANNE, so bear that in mind if you watch.


*****SPOILERS END*****

This week in stuff I wrote: On The Handmaid's Tale and how it's a story of India today.

Monday reading list: The e-waste workers of Delhi, a photo essay. ** On France's new First Lady who has the dubious distinction of being way older than her husband. ** I'm autistic, not a robot: comic. ** What everyone's watching on Netflix around the world, India's choice is Friends which is not even ON Netflix, so I'm not sure where this study is from. ** The most Instagrammed places around the world. (I've been to some!) ** You couldn't have missed this, but just in case: the shocking story of OML's Vijay Nair and his cyber stalker. **


That's all she wrote! Here's to a much better week ahead.
xx
m