the lonesome lows don't quite go away overnight

Movies:
- Saint Maud dir. Rose Glass. I won't soon forget the final sequence. There's so much here for a debut feature and it was incredible to see that grow and bloom in Love Lies Bleeding. It doesn't quite congeal here for me, but serves as an incredible artifact of a debut feature.
- Love Lies Bleeding dir. Rose Glass. A really transcendent theater experience about consuming desire. Marvelous.
- The Platform dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Didn't work for me. Quite hammer-headed with messaging, but you know that going in and keep wondering if it will be worth the allegory, and, spoiler, no, not really. 
- Lisa Frankenstein dir. Zelda Williams. Another promising debut! I'm not sure if my issue here is with Williams, Diablo Cody's script, or industry cuts, as I feel like so much is missing or misses the mark. Really wish I could have enjoyed this more, as people who do had so much fun! 

TV Seasons:
- Star Wars: Clone Wars, s6. Definitely sloggier after [redacted] leaves. Odd that as someone who loved The Courtship of Princess Leia and the witches of Dathomir so much in the books REALLY doesn't jive with the magic/mysticism of the Force episodes. We're going to plow through s7 and then switch over to X-Men in prep for X-Men '97. I never watched the original! IMAGINE!
- Call the Midwife, s3. IMO a rougher season. Struggled to connect with Jenny more than usual, and the episode at the asylum was pure horror. 

Albums:
- Lizzy McAlpine, Older. Significant growth from her debut! This album hit me in a lot of emotions, complicated by my OCD because I misheard "I want you to hate me" as "I want you to rape me" and had a big spiral in Wal-Mart. The comparison to Phoebe Bridgers is strong. I especially like the juxtaposition between McAlpine's "I wish I knew what the end is" and Bridgers' "I Know the End [screaming]." They feel like two facets of the same depression/abusive relationship rut. 
- Bad Bad Hats, Bad Bad Hats. A nice listen. Low investment. Nothing stunning. 

Recipes:
- Candied bacon, egg and cheese croissants with garlic Parmesan butter. E and F helped me cook! SO GOOD, especially the juxtaposition of the sweet bacon with the savory butter bread. 

We're over halfway through Yellowjackets season one, and I have to say, if you watched the trailers and thought "well, this might be my thing, but I'm not sure" I am here to tell you that it very much is your thing. Melanie Lynskey is absolutely magnetic, and I love many of these damaged bubble babies. My only complaint so far is that it frequently doesn't go quite hard enough. I am looking forward to that in season two, though!

Other new starts are Call the Midwife and Clone Wars. Turns out I really love traumatic birth, and there are worse things to pass the time. 

Phoebe Bridgers is touring again and against all logic and budgeting (especially with gas up) I bought a ticket to a venue 5-6 hours away. Thankfully a friend halfway between agreed to let me crash, but I'm very much still going, what are you thinking.