Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred tabs.
Things I've read and ignored recently.
At any given time, I have something like one hundred thirty-six tabs open on Safari on my phone. I know that other people might have more open tabs than I do. I also know that too many tabs stresses me out. I like to have a neat, single-digit number of tabs open. If I have a half-dozen tabs open, I’m on top of it. These are all things I’m reading, I think. I’ll come back to this. I didn’t just open that tab about a ‘best lower back stretches’ only to forget about it, now did I? There’s action to be taken and baby, I’m taking it.
For no reason other than being awake without anything to say or do, here are some links from my tabs.
Reddit thread on ‘aesthetic and cute office chair.’ I need to cave in and buy a very supportive, probably ugly chair. I have a cute one that I can’t sit in for more than an hour. “You’d better not get some unsightly ergonomic desk chair,” I said to my husband when he wanted to buy a practical chair. Karma took me to the other side of the summit. I work from my couch but I don’t want to look like someone who works from their couch. Here’s the one I want but won’t buy. Because $735.
A cheat sheet on poker hand rankings for texas hold ‘em from the last time I lost a game of poker. I actually came in third (out of four, lol) but I fucked up so royally that it sure felt like losing.
Article about the best under-desk treadmills/walking pads/whatever. For the one week that I used TikTok/slowly lobotomized myself, this was all anyone posted about. Do you have one of these? Do you use it? Are you forever changed? Lmk.
A haunted train ride, dinner theatre sort of thing in New Hope, where noted almond mom Yolanda Hadid famously lives. Spooky. Side note: I once almost worked on a campaign for the almond board (lol) and was told on a call, with the utmost sincerity and reverence, that almonds are “the most elegant nut.” I think about that every day.
Crash-tested crates for dogs because Shannon Beador’s DUI with her dog in the car sent me down a dark spiral of ‘are dogs ever safe in the car?’ that lead me to a place of $1000 crates.
Q&A with a pivotal Survivor contestant. I’ve been speed running through seasons of Survivor lately. I have nothing else to say on this matter.
A new D.S. & DURGA scent that I want to try. I’ll probably order the sample on LuckyScent. Their ‘Pistachio’ perfume didn’t really work for me and smelled like crayons when I wore it, but I’m a sucker for vanilla. I also really want to try Hilde Soliani’s Orgasmo. (From the description: “that elusive bittersweet quality is at the heart of almond's appeal,” clearly she is on team ‘most elegant nut.’) I love her unexpected fragrances and their fun names: Buonissimo, Una Tira L'Altra, Fraaagola Saalaaata, Sweet Parmesan Violet. Paremsan! Violet!!! I’ve been in search of a good profile or interview with her, but I haven’t been able to find one. She seems like a genius.
Lastly, Lorelai Gilmore’s things she can’t live without. I read all of these on The Strategist even when I don’t care about the person featured at all. I’m just nosey.
Lastly lastly, a Daily Mail headline that caught my eye: Influencer Karina Irby publicly humiliated after CRUEL pedicurist discovers her incurable skin condition. Those conservative British freaks really know how to play the hits.
Tabs forever