Ladybug Dispatch #1

I think there are maybe two or three things that this blog will be doing. Oversharing my life that will ideally elevate into a quasi-homily, self-help something. Or this, which is sharing just all the interesting thing I find on the internet. I can't help myself for either mode

For all these crumbs or in my case, my ladybugs (current parlance is pebbling -- the way we send each other memes etc,) they're a constant flood on my threads. But sometimes, there's just too much good internet that I have to share na talaga for realz.

Okay, in no order, for realz.

Please watch Amy Poehler on Las Culturistas. It's very life-affirming (hahaha as a crone before her time) and I swear all that she said about Miss Piggy and the Muppets? I felt every single word. Then her "I don't think so, Honey" segment --- felt it all.

The last thing I read and did it almost in one go because I just had to was Bob, the Drag Queen's Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert. I also got the audiobook because they read it and perform two songs that is part of the aforementioned concert. Harriet Tubman is not a completely new figure to pop culture obviously with the movie where Cynthia Errivo plays her, and we do get pieces of history about slavery that we as third world neocolonials might not have necessarily learned in our American-system of education -- but this is of course about more than just a historical figure.

If you've heard Bob talk in their podcast with Monet or just in interviews, that's the voice you'll hear in this book. My favorite thing is the way that she didn't need to explain why or how historical figures like Harriet Tubman are back in modern times. They spend maybe three sentences max, and moves on. LOVE IT.

(I think it's worth noting that in my search for more materials or something, I got distracted and forgot that I was actually writing a blog entry.)

The last series that I binged was The Pitt on Max, I'm sure you've all seen it. And have heard all the great things. My whoah moment was at the beginning when a mother's cry echoes in the ER and we all see people in their beds react to that one big cry.

I'm still comfort watching all of the Intrepid Heroes seasons on Dimension20. But I really enjoyed the current side quest of WWE wrestlers, the Party Animals playing a D&D game that does involve wrestling, like cheering. I do remember watching wrestling as a kid with my brothers. You can also start with the Drag Queens season too, if you're curious. (And want to be my friend by mentioning one of my obsessions.)

The streaming service that hosts Dimension20 also has a game show whose season premiere is what I am trying my best to stuff down people's throats. (is this hyperfixation perhaps, sorry family.) But hey, it's on the New York Times, Papa!

Also still watching without fail: The Bald and The Beautiful, Trixie's weekly videos, I Like to Watch and all the clips of Conan Needs a Friend. I think I should also do just a list of podcasts too.

But my shows in the way that we talk about like the shows that sinusubaybayan mo talaga are TikTok channels. This aren't a list of influencers (though I do have a couple of Disney adult influencers that I watch daily because it's escape for real,) most of them are one-person shows.

1. The Greedy Peasant and their Saint Snap System : my Catholic Schoolgirl self is just overjoyed with the iconic fashion choices.

2. ShawnaTheMom: It's one of my favorite soap operas.

3. Julian Sewell and his 80s TV shows : Plot, music, wigs, and even an appearance from Kylie Minogue (yes. KYLIE MINOGUE!)

4. Punkeydoodles' incredible goth animated stories with sooo many puns.

Looking at all the videos that I have saved/liked on my TikTok profile is telling me that I have so many more lists to share. But I think this dispatch is done.