Five by Five Meme

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks to magnetic_pole for this invigorating meme:

5 Things You’ll Find in My Bag:

• iPad
• inhaler
• earplugs
• meds
• lip balm

5 Things You’ll Find in My Room:

• MyGuy
• Bella
• Many shoes
• Even more hats
• Water bottle

5 of My Favorite Things:

• Tea
• Divine Dark Chocolate
• Electricity
• Greek yogurt
• You, my electric friend

5 Things I’m Currently Into

• Killing Eve (creepy series on BBC America with Sandra Oh)
• Transparent 2 short story collection
• Blueberries (frozen, little sorbet treats)
• Keen sandals
• Enjoying summer

5 Things On My To-Do List:

• Bead more
• Standardize on one iOS ereader program
• Start weeding out my print books
• Give away Sherlock book
• Revise my “Quiet Web Reading” post and submit to AT Mac.

Comments

[moem]

Keen sandals: represent! There's even a closed heel style that I can wear with my orthotics. During summer, I live in my Keens.

[jesse_the_k]

I got the Whisper, whose back strap neatly wraps around my bulbous heels.

I finally understand why people rave about these. I'd purchased another brand's attempt (with a closed heel) but it required buckling. The ability to slip the Keen on and then snug it up is delicious.

[moem]

Mine are Newport H2. I think they're officially meant for kids. That makes them cheaper. This is the model and colour I have:

[jesse_the_k]

RED SHOES FOR THE WIN! (Makes it easier to find your feet, too.)

[moem]

Also great for dancing the blues, to the tune they're playing on the radio... or so I hear.

[isis]

Tell me about Killing Eve, please. I love Sandra Oh.

My bag contains wallet, phone, lip balm, spare lip balm, and emergency back-up lip balm.

[jesse_the_k]

Are you as lickety-lipped as Martin Freeman? From my brief ABQ experience, the combo of dry and high and sun makes for very crunchy lips all too quickly. Are all three the same brand, or do you have particular choices for different times of day?

Killing Eve is creepy as fuck.
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It's your basic crime drama, except the principals are all adult women.

The baddy is a serial-killer/assasin-for-hire who's truly psychopathic. She kills to get money to go shopping. Jodie Comer infuses her portrayal of Villanelle with menace: she dons various masks to interact with people but her fundamental relationship is between herself and pleasure.

Her handler Konstantin is played by Kim Bodnia, last seen as the memorably shabby Danish detective Martin paired with autistic Swedish detective Saga Nóren in "The Bridge" -- aka "Bron || Broen." (And if you haven't seen The Bridge, go do that, as well.)

Sandra Oh is Eve Polastri, an underutilized, smart, MI5 analyst who's bored with her desk job, and has a hunch that the assassin is female. Her dour male boss puts up with her; her crumpled Polish husband plays the supportive wife role these sorts of entertainments generally offer. No explanation so far for why an American is working for MI5. Oh is, as always, stellar. You can see her mind working, her intelligence spilling out too fast for her to articulate.

I've only watched two eps and I'm totally hooked. It's currently running on BBC America; if you have cable you can sign in and watch at the site. We bought the season from Amazon, and we are not sorry.

I have a low tolerance for gore, and this show manages to do the Hitchcock trick of suggesting the worst possible things without showing them.

[rydra_wong]

I can't wait to see Killing Eve -- it's currently infuriatingly unavailable in the UK, because it's BBC property but won't be airing until later in the year.

I love Sandra Oh so much and Fiona Shaw so much, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is a very good writer, I really want to see female versions of this trope-y dynamic, and aaaaalllll the internet buzz I've seen from people who've seen it seems really promising.

[jesse_the_k]

Yes, Fiona Shaw is marvelous. She communicates volumes with her mouth closed.

Waaaat re: availability! Your licence fees at work you should get first dibs!

[rydra_wong]

Complexities of the relationship between BBC America and Main BBC! We will get, but not until later (airing date unknown).

Wikipedia says not in fact my licence fees at work with BBC America per se, although there's doubtless some intricate co-funding arrangement to mean the BBC here get the right to show it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America

[seascribble]

god why don't I carry a purse so I can put earplugs in it!!!

[jesse_the_k]

Waist pack? Amulet bag? Pockets?

[emceeaich]

"Killing Eve"? That explains all these screenshots of Sandra Oh I didn't recognize.

In my bag: a makeup bag full of stickers, a notebook, a makeup bag full of cables and power supplies, protein bars, a makeup bag full of makeup

[jesse_the_k]

Yep. It's quite a show. Watched another one, and shit got bloody, but not to the extended love the CSI shows do.

Are your makeup bags different colors and sizes? Why don't you keep your protein bars in them?

[satsuma]

This is a fun meme! May have to make a post for it myself :)

Which kinds of tea do you drink? I’ve mostly been drinking greens lately, jasmine for everyday & a nicer pi lo chun for weekends

I used to wear keens, had to switch to chaco’s for the extra arch support (my ankles pronate) but they’re also comfortable & sturdy (though no closed toe)

[jesse_the_k]

I have one low-caffeine and then three or more no-caffeine per day, and I dedicate an entire drawer in my kitchen to tea.

This AM some sample "Chao Qing" green -- won't buy anymore, it has a metallic taste. My #1 caffeine used to be Russian Caravan (lapsang souchang & keemun & oolong) with cow milk. My go-to low-caf is Iron Goddess Oolong. This AM my no-caf was peppermint with lemon peel. Hmm, it's time for another cup!

My "JK's Zingy Mix" is 10 parts each pepper- and spearmint, 1 part dried ginger, and 2 parts Frontier Coop's luscious licorice blend. It's lovely both hot and cold.

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I have three pairs of Chacos that I adore -- slip-on grey wool oxfords, pink canvas mary janes, and a low hiking-shoe lace-up.

I so wish Chaco made a closed-toe, because I need them to open doors when I'm in my wheelchair.