The ๐๐บ๐ง๐ช๐๏ธ List
Baby back bitches, a pungent salad dressing, one last gift guide, and Tosh.0
Before we dive into this weekโs list of what Iโve been reading/watching/listening to/making/shopping, I need to make sure weโre all on the same page about something very important.
This picture.
Yes, thatโs Taylor Swift and her ex-lover, Joe Alwyn. Yes, itโs an old picture. Yes, youโve probably seen it. But it didnโt strike me until recently how fucked up it is that he is sitting in what we all know to be the womanโs seat. If the table has a booth on one side and a chair on the other, itโs an unspoken rule that the booth is for the lady. We all know this, right? Itโs likeโฆ the rules of feminism.
Maybe if Iโm feeling super giving or my masculine energy is surging that night, Iโll offer it to Zac. But 9 times out of 10, itโs just understood that Iโll be taking the booth side and heโll be in the chair. The lady gets the booth for a number of reasons.
With her back fully supported, she feels supported physically and mentally.
Her date has no other choice but to look directly at her the entire meal. No wandering eye or getting distracted with other patrons coming and going.
Itโs more comfortable, and she deserves that always.
A chair is sturdy and hard, like your mans should be. Thusly why he is banned to the chair always. Joe was/is a little baby back bitch, so his booth-stealing is not at all surprising. We all know Taylor ran that relationship, which is why weโre all drooling over Killa Trav coming in, quite literally grabbing her hand, and leading the way.
I recall late November
Holdin' my breath, slowly I said
"You don't need to save me
But would you run away with me?"
Yes.
WATCHING ๐บ
We havenโt been watching much lately, TBH. With the Thanksgiving holiday, basically all I saw was football and a 20 minute infomercial for heavy ass cream that old women claim erased their crepey skin.
However, something we did watch that I think everyone else should is this new documentary about the JFK assassination. 10 years ago, a team sat down with the actual doctors who were there that day at Parkland hospital in Dallas and saw up close and personal what actually happened. Spoiler alert: If you donโt think there were two shooters and this was 100% an inside job after watching this, we have nothing in common anymore. Itโs called What the Doctors Saw and itโs on Paramount+!
LISTENING TO ๐ง
Remember Tosh.0? He just launched his own podcast and interviews his wifeโs gyno (who happens to be a gay man) in the very first episode, and itโs everything. Zac listened first and told me I needed to ASAP, so I did and I was LOLing on the plane ride to Thanksgiving. He asks literally everything youโve ever wanted to ask a gyno and itโs incredible. Listen here.
Like every other unstable red-blooded American woman, I started listening to New Heights to get to know Killa Trav a little better. I love-hate it. Some moments, Iโm laughing. Others, Iโm cringing. However, the episode with Jasonโs wife, Kylie, is incredible. SHE is incredible. For real, if you havenโt watched their documentary yet, YOU MUST. And also listen to her New Heights episode.
Lastly, I always turn to this Classic Christmas playlist this time of year. Itโs great.
MAKING ๐ช
My sister-in-lawโs mother-in-law is the sweetest, cutest woman in the world and also a very good cook. She made up this salad dressing recipe and when I tell you I could drink it, I COULD DRINK IT. I made it last night with some grilled chicken on a bed of greens and couldโve had three more bowls. I will write it up on the blog soon, but for now, here it is:
1/2 cup good olive oil
1/4 cup good balsamic vinegar
3-4 garlic cloves, minced or finely chopped
4 TBSP blue cheese crumbles (or more to taste. I used a BIG soup spoon 3x)
Thatโs it. It is pungent in the best, most delicious way. You will drool.
SHOPPING ๐๏ธ
First of all, I put together one last gift guide because I canโt help myself and it may be my favorite one of this yearโs line up. Browse it now and check some people off your list!
If you didnโt catch my Sรฉzane try-on, do yourself a favor and watch it now. I am still obsessing over the pieces I model in the video.
We have a tiny tinsel tree, and I found this tiny tree topper for it at Target and itโs just so cute. Even Zac was like โโฆ thatโs cute.โ
I also got this gorgeous little tree!
I donโt think anyone in my life is gonna get me the Skims PJs for the holidays, so I decided to be an i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t bitch and order myself a pair. Iโm so pissed that I waited because I wanted the gray, but theyโre sold out in medium, so I went with the black. ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
โWhy is she shopping for herself during the giving season?โ her readers wondered internally. โBecause sheโs a dumb bitch,โ they reminded themselves. Sorry, but this Anthro sweatshirt was too fucking cute to pass up. Itโs WILDLY oversized, FYI. I got an XS, which is unheard of with these honkers.
I also got this lovely minimalist belt and this pack of sparkly, oversized hair clips (that were 15% off because it was missing a clip!).
Tomorrow, we are getting our tree, putting up our lights, and leaning into the season and I cannot wait. Thank you for reading and subscribing, and I hope everyone has a great weekend!
โ EGM
Something I'm not going to do is defend Joe literally ever.... And this isn't the case with them bc Taylor is a slim girlie buuuuut as a woman with thick thighs and a booty sometimes I'll let Kevin have the booth seat so that I don't accidentally take out someone's glass of wine with my butt while squeezing between tables.