Midweek Obsessions, Vol. 90
American Girls, suing the government for environmental damages, and holding your hand while gently reminding you I had never seen Lord of the Rings before last week.
The new-to-me word of the day is “quisquous,” via my sister Hannah. It’s an adjective meaning either “hard to deal with; dubious” or “(of people) having a character difficult to assess” — use it in a sentence today!
Also, if you’re planning to get married in Vegas this month, you could maybe do it for free with this very A24 promotion of that Zendaya/Robert Pattinson movie. I might call this PR stunt dubious, and I might call Pattinson famously quisquous.
If I were messier, I might go… just for the story.
🎤 Conor Janda and Audrey Jonas
Two of my favorite stand-ups are going to be at Zanie’s together here in Chicago next Wednesday, March 11. You literally have to be there. I am suuuuch a fan of Janda’s—and not just because he recently made a witty webseries with people I know and love—and also of Audrey, who is a close personal friend and one of the funniest Chicagoans alive. Also, I personally promised Conor I’d bring the queer lady contingent, and I did not mean only me. So please come. Don’t make a liar outta me!
🎬 I’ve made it about halfway through Peter Jackson’s LOTR
A former fun fact about me is that I had never seen the Lord of the Rings movies or read the books until last week in Portland. I have started and stopped reading The Hobbit two or three times, and I feel no need to justify or defend this. I have never lied about it, and yet many friends have managed to forget this cultural blind spot I have, presumably in an effort to continue loving me in spite of it.
