Weird one today, in that interstitial week before Christmas, especially when it falls on a Monday. Felt unrooted, drifting. One of those days.
What I read
Re-read/re-watched the Joshua Weissman recipe video for Beef Wellington before hitting the store. I made this last year to considerable delight from the family, so gonna take another whack at it this year. Takes a few days of prep, but well worth the effort, and wasn’t, in the end, all that difficult.
What I watched
Caught up on the SNL Weekend Update between Che and Jost. The pre-Christmas joke-off is always delightful, but this year they feel like they’re really investing. A guest star for reaction shots was a masterstroke by Michael Che. Worth catching, if only to laugh groan with your whole body.
What I listened to
Mostly grocery store Christmas muzak, as I wandered around collecting bits for Monday’s dinner. I did queue up the new episode of Script Notes, the podcast by John August and Craig Mazin, with their guest Christopher Nolan and do a deeper dive on the Oppenheimer screenplay. Will probably have finished it by the time this posts (barring unexpected events).
Projects In Progress
Not a ton of progress on anything so far today. Going to take the post-dinner period and try to lock back in and move things forward. And if not? Well, then that’s how it went. Trying to also learn some self-forgiveness here, which I’m not historically very good at. Some days are just gonna be like that.