Saturday, August 24, 2024

Six on Saturday

1) Yesterday on our local NPR station's "Michigan Minute" they talked about The Who's drummer Keith Moon celebrating his 21st birthday in Flint, MI with a wild cake party, driving his car into the pool at the Holiday Inn, and getting arrested. Later yesterday, I read about the same incident in the novel I was reading (Chevy in the Hole! Recommended!). On the anniversary of when it first happened on August 23, 1967!

2) Nu came home from school with homework and... a terrible facial rash. There were lots of photos on family chat and we ended up going to Urgent Care who deemed it contact dermatitis, which is a nothingburger of a diagnosis. It could be due to sunscreen, new detergent, or something in the air. Nu got a steroid shot and a prednisone taper to help. 

3) Today, I was blissfully soaking in the hot tub when I got chills all over--one floor up, on the other side of the window glass, I could see a very delicate shape slithering around, flickering out its tongue and waving its tail. A snake. Nu laughed at me when I told my "scary story." "So a snake lives outside where it's supposed to live" was their reasonable summary of the situation. I had to laugh too. The family has now dubbed the snake Mx. Slithers. 

4) I'm totally wowed by the 90-second video StephLove's son Noah worked on for the DNC--it was the walk-on video for Kamala Harris! He also worked on this piece about abortion

5) Also, hello--Kamala's HQ is all about the "Brat" rebranding, but I've been my own version of "Brat" since 2006!  My "Brat" comes from a nickname my schoolmates gave me based on my other first name and the "Poco" part is both the usual abbreviation of "Po(st)co(lonial)" and "un Poco."

6) Pic: My blurry picture of our black-eyed Susans--I was afraid Mx. Slithers would jump out at me, I guess.

10 comments:

Mom of Children said...

Mr. Slithers! I don't have a problem with snakes and I never hurt any animals, but I must observe the snakes from a distance. We had a BAT back in the day when we were in a condo, and T caught it with a towel. Whew, that was exciting lol

Gillian said...

Nice.

Nicole said...

Poco is post colonial? I had no idea! Well, you learn something new every day. I think I just put together the brat part, but not sure. Very mysterious, my friend!
I love when things like #1 happen - I was just listening to a podcast where they briefly mentioned a book that I had just picked up from the library!

Nance said...

Poor Nu! It could very well have been a disinfectant the school uses on the desks and other surfaces to prevent covid. My son Sam gets facial rashes still to this day from things. He had really bad contact dermatitis as a baby/toddler.

Ugh SNAKES! That's a huge phobia of mine. I'd have burst into tears (and probably made someone call an exterminator). I get that it's just out there living its life, but I CANNOT HAVE THAT.

Kudos to Noah, son of StephLove! That Harris promo is so energizing and well-edited. It's terrific.

maya said...

Daria--Same--I wouldn't hurt it, and I know that most aren't harmful... but I thought I would pee myself in fear. We've had bats twice too--not quite as scary, but not fun either.

maya said...

Thanks!

maya said...

OMG, Nicole--am I the original mystery wrapped up in an enigma? LOL I LOVE those types of coincidences!! I'm so glad it happened to you!

maya said...

Nance--thanks for the heads up about school disinfectant! Do let me know if Sam has a protocol that you'd recommend.

And I'm terrified that the snake will have babies--can you imagine? I love this diva side of you ("I'd have burst into tears (and probably made someone call an exterminator)")

Yes! I absolutely LOVED Noah's promo. As I wrote to Steph--"I know, I know, I said I wasn't a fan of the DNC, but it's like that Nikita Gill poem snippet: “Everything is on fire, but everyone I love is doing beautiful things/and trying to make life worth living,/and I know I don’t have to believe in everything./but I believe in that.”

StephLove said...

I hope Nu's rash clears up and doesn't recur. I'd be spooked to be sharing a soak with a snake, too, even though I wish them no ill.

Thanks for the shout out for Noah. Working at this company has been a great experience for him.

maya said...

Steph--I DID NOT share a soak with a snake! Actually, when you talked about your creek tradition (and when Catherine Newman talks about swimming in the pond in her novel) I wondered about snakes there...

right to party

I spent weeks prepping, and everything went really well (I think!)!!  There was a photo booth, a henna artist, a craft table, a cards table ...