Wear, Watch, Want #206: The Clean Ballet Around the Corner Edition
Wear: Method Sport Detergent Booster
I already wrote about my favorite laundry additive for getting all the workout stink out of clothes. Those pods are still nice, BUT they have recently betrayed me, and left a bunch of gross residue on my clothes. some things were irreparably damaged, so I stopped using Tide Odor Rescue Pods for a bit. SECOND BUT, I still loved how my workout clothes were cleaned super well, but without damage (stretchy tech fabrics need special care!). On a whim I grabbed Method’s Sport Laundry Booster, and I have been loving it. It’s a powder formula that you add to the machine before putting in your clothes. It get rid of post-workout sweaty funk, but rinses clean and doesn’t leave any gross residue on my clothes.
Watch: The Big Leap
I talk about things being marketed poorly a lot. But it’s only because THINGS ARE MARKETED POORLY A LOT. The Big Leap is a prime example. Now I rarely, if ever, watch commercials, so I don’t know if ads for The Big Leap were as misleading as the cover art. But this?
This depicts a VERY different show than what The Big Leap actually is. In actuality this show is like if they made UnReal but instead of being about The Bachelor, it was So You Think You Can Dance. I would have made the poster art the one you see above, BUT it’s hanging up somewhere and you see the cast under it looking very un-inspirational and, well, like real people. Fox marketing, You’re welcome.
One weird aspect of the show that I would love to know more about is the fact that The Big Leap is based on a British reality show called Big Ballet, where a bunch of larger bodied non-dancers come together to put on a production of Swan Lake. Big Ballet is a docu-series, and The Big Leap is about the production of a fictional docu-series. But, for example, Wayne and Monica are the names of the coaches in BOTH series?? It’s just very interesting.
The Big Leap is doing a lot of things right, that it could easily mess up. There are dance sequences in “real life” outside of the filming of the show that actually feel organic. It’s one of the most impressive things about the show, another being Scott Foley’s portrayal of the heartless reality show producer. Could anyone but Scott Foley make you care about a guy who ruins people’s lives - on film - for money? I don’t think so.
Want: You’ve Got Mail Mug
There are so many talented creators on Etsy. There’s a lot of questionable shit too, don’t get me wrong, but the sheer amount of artistic creativity outweighs the bad. I think I found this mug through a Twitter thread (I’d link it but then I’d have to find it and no one has that much time), and I was immediately in love. You’ve Got Mail is one of those movies I know backward and forward, and this mug, once I own it, will fill me with so much joy every time I drink tea. Speaking of tea, you know that part where Kathleen is sick and Joe comes over and he’s making her tea and from the other room he yells, “Honey?” and for a split second you think he’s calling HER Honey? But it’s for the tea? I MEAN. (I wrote more. I could talk about You’ve Got Mail forever. But I deleted it because while I am a MailHead, I am also considerate.)
