My Week(s) in Media: February 26

Everything I read, listened to, and watched

Hi, friends,

I hope you’ve all been well.

Life over here has been somewhat tough the last couple of weeks, hence the radio silence. I think we’re pulling out of it now—long story short, Lemon had a terrible reaction to a thyroid medication and it was awful. Awful to the point of her feeling so bad that she did the Classic Cat thing of disappearing into the furthest reaches of the house to be miserable alone, which meant that Josh had to worm his way into the serial killer crawlspace in the eaves in order to pull her out so that we could bring her back to the vet. It was one of those situations where we really didn’t know if she was going to be alive when we found her.

Oof. Pets. I don’t know how our hearts take it.

It’s been about a week since our vet switched up her meds, and it seems like she’s pretty much back to normal. Or, well… Lemon-normal.

Suffice to say, I haven’t had the heart or brain space to do much reading or movie-watching, and I’ve been almost entirely self-soothing with Minecraft. We all have different ways of calming ourselves, and apparently digging endless stairs down into the digital ground is mine.

The following is a list of the media I *did* ingest.


Book covers: The Plague Court Murders, by John Dickson Carr; Harriet Spies, by Elana K. Arnold; The Alarm of the Black Cat, by Dolores Hitchens; Growing Pangs, written by Kathryn Ormsbee and illustrated by Molly Brooks

Reading

The Plague Court Murders, by John Dickson Carr

Harriet Spies, by Elana K. Arnold

The Alarm of the Black Cat, by Dolores Hitchens

Growing Pangs, written by Kathryn Ormsbee and illustrated by Molly Brooks


Movie posters: Dial M for Murder; Prince of Darkness; Vibes

Watching

Dial M for Murder
Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

Prince of Darkness
John Carpenter, 1987

Vibes
Ken Kwapis, 1988

Television: Poker Face, Abbott Elementary, MST3K (ep. 414, Tormented), Fringe (current crochet show), Cunk on Earth, Year of the Rabbit, Doctor Who (Spearhead from Space, 1970—70s Doctor Who is another one of my go-tos for self-soothing)


Podcast logos: Dungeons & Daddies; The Lonely Palette; This Had Oscar Buzz; Screen Drafts

Listening

Audiodramas

Wolf 359
The Storage Papers

Art, Culture, and History

Pop Culture Happy Hour
ICYMI
Maintenance Phase
Podcast Playlist
The Lonely Palette
Scam Goddess

Books & Language

By the Book
A Way with Words
If Books Could Kill
Shedunnit

News

Up First

TV/Movies

Podcast Like It’s 1999
Again with This
This Had Oscar Buzz
How Did This Get Made?
Extra Hot Great
Office Ladies
Screen Drafts
I Saw What You Did
Criticism is Dead

Improvised Comedy & Actual Play D&D

Dungeons & Daddies

Short Stories & Audiobooks

Conkers, by Mike Lee (Nocturnal Transmissions, ep. 143)
The Adventure of the Hunter’s Lodge, by Agatha Christie (Classic Tales Podcast, ep. 814)
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, by Agatha Christie (Classic Tales Podcast, ep. 815)



Well, that is a lot of podcasts—I guess I did a decent amount of walking to self-sooth as well? I know I logged over twenty miles last week just listening to Dungeons and Daddies ALONE. Here’s hoping for clearer skies in the week to come.

Talk soon,
Leila