What I'm Reading This Week #14
Annnnd we're revving into Friday. source I must start with a teary goodbye to Val Kilmer. No lie, three days before he passed I got the song " How Silly Can You Get " from the movie Top Secret in my head out of nowhere. I hadn't seen a reference, heard anything about him and definitely hadn't heard that song in 20+ years. I said to the Mr "I wonder how Val is doing?" then I soon got my answer. I remember seeing Top Secret at the drive in with Mom when it came out. When Real Genius came out on HBO, it was one of the few movies my Dad and I bonded over, is in my top five movies of all time and is the Mr and I's love language after I make him king of the winter carnival. source Anyone who followed Val's career and personal life over the decades knows he got a little out of the box and didn't settle for norms which also included his approach to his throat cancer. He lived authentically himself which is something we all hope to say when o...
I have to say seeing my brother's face on my own feed a little more than a day later did the same thing to me. I hate Google's algorithm. It knows too much!
ReplyDeleteFinding out spark was closing was the last big one for me.
ReplyDeleteCovid separated us from my inlaws quite a bit and its continued. Found out on FB I have a new great niece and didn't know she was pregnant! Very sad
ReplyDeleteI would have to say the SparkPeople thing was a huge shock that threw me for a loop as well.
ReplyDeleteMr: Ugh, I didn't know he haunted your feed too! NOT cool!
ReplyDeleteAL: I agree!
Dawn: So sorry to hear that. I feel like Covid has accelerated some family breakdown situations from what I'm hearing.
Woodsy: Sure did. :-(