Happy 'I Love Yarn' Day!
You know what? I *DO* love yarn.
Welcome to the weekend!
Today, it seems, is “I Love Yarn” Day. I have no immediate plans to celebrate, but if I do … I will do my best to celebrate it by staying the hell away from the yarn store and doing something with the many, many balls of yarn that I can barely fit in my yarn drawer. I am sure some of you can relate!
It is also the anniversary of the end of the Salem Witch Trials, which was once something that it seemed everyone agreed was a weird and embarrassing time in our history that we would never, ever want to repeat again … right up until people started freaking out about witches again, in this, the 21st century. Whoops!
Speaking of witches, your first present today is a clip from the greatest television show of all time — “Passions.” In case you do not recall, “Passions” was an absolutely batshit soap opera on NBC, prominently featuring the antics of Tabitha, an immortal witch played by Juliet Mills (Haley Mills’s sister) and her living doll, Timmy. I don’t understand how it happened or why it was on daytime TV, I’m just glad that it did and it was. Here is a heartwarming moment involving dancing and martimmies.
Breathe in, breathe out!
And, because I love you, the the “Top That!” scene from the cinematic masterpiece Teen Witch, which — much like the theme song to “Passions” — I still inexplicably know every single word to.
And because it’s also Halloween month, I gift you a beautiful song featuring Tim Curry, who is all of our boyfriends. Nope! It’s not from Rocky Horror! Nor is it his cover of Joni Mitchell’s “All I Want,” which you should know is a thing that exists in real life and not just in my own fevered imagination. No, it is the “Halloween Song” from The Worst Witch, a movie I only vaguely remember one of my childhood friends having on VHS.
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I have often thought both that Princess Bride would have been better with Tim Currie in it and also that he would have been unable to resist overacting, a la Muppet Treasure Island.
If they were going to put him in, I think the best role for him in The Princess Bride (without changing out any other cast members) would have been as Count Rugen, or, possibly, as the old woman in the dream.
When someone is acting like an addict, it doesn't really matter what the substance is. Having needles around is unsafe for the rest of the family, regardless of what you're doing with the needles. They aren't insulin.
I'm exhausted by the news, but I'm exhausted more by this never ending cycle of shit. Fuck all those people who fed the opioid epidemic, that's where this all started. Just so we're clear, the opioid epidemic is alive and well, even though no one writes about it anymore.
It's like having a family member with on-again, off again rabies. I'm always on guard. I'm always nervous when the fucking phone rings. Not because I grew up in the age of texting, I didn't. Afraid that my own dear little sibling, is going to show up and I can't let them in the house because it isn't safe for me.
I have awful uncharitable thoughts sometimes, and then I feel bad about that. But it isn't about me. Except it is. Fuck I hate this so much.
We played a really great show last night, 3 sets. Fixing to play another rager tonight. I should be basking in my joy. But I'm crying on the couch.
I'll be fine, y'all, but this blows. Anyone who is dealing with addiction, in your life or someone close to you, I see you. Take care of yourselves. You are not alone, even if you are very tired. Don't give up. You can do it. I believe in you.