Let's enjoy the weekend

Good morning everyone. As Monday looms ever larger on the horizon, I thought it'd be nice to send you some healing, positive sentiments. But first, a little business.

A year-ish ago, I introduced a premium level to this newsletter, offering an extra post each week for those who gave me $5 a month. A few of you intrepid souls said, yes Carla, I will pay you for content! The bulk of you politely declined. I fault neither group for their decision.

After a good solid testing period, I've decided to ditch the premium. It was a negligible amount that only brought me guilt when I didn't have the time to produce. I'm eternally grateful to those of you who believed in me with your wallet. The rest of you please promise to buy my movie book when it comes out.

Now here are some things to bring you enjoyment this weekend. Next week is going to suck, so let's gird ourselves for it.

New season of Severance! And here's a good recap of the first.

"He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath."
Kyle Maclachlan on David Lynch, in the best eulogy I've ever read. And if you haven't yet, you should definitely watch Mulholland Drive.

"Nixon embraced the environment in the manner of an older man buying his first Beatles album. Not to play the tracks, but as an up-to-date signal to leave on the coffee table for guests."
From The Parrot and the Igloo

"It's a fucking bar cart! And it costs $1,400! What are we, on a fucking Emirates flight? Do I get a lock of hair from Truman Capote's cadaver for free with this when I buy it?"
Did you miss the 2024 Hater's Guide to the Williams Sonoma Catalog? I definitely did. Perfect reading before the oligarchy starts.

Last but very not least, Woody Guthrie's New Year's resolutions from 1943:
"Work more and better.
Read lots of good books.
Keep hoping machine running.
Help win war – beat fascism.
Wake up and fight."

That's how FrameLab opens its excellent list of advice for surviving an authoritarian regime. Print it out and hang it on your wall. We'll get through this together, my friends.

xoxo,
Carla