Wear, Watch, Want #220: The Expensive, Sticky Hunger Edition
Wear: 3M Replacement Adhesive for PopSockets
I will evangelize PopSockets forever. They are a Godsend for anyone with mobility or dexterity issues, and you know I love a sneaky disability aid. They say you can rinse the sticky side of your PopSocket and reattach it as need be, but I have found that this doesn’t always work. At one point, I had moved my PopSocket to a new phone case, and it was constantly coming off. If I pulled on the PopSocket to open it up, it would just peel away from the case. I tried these replacement PopSocket adhesive stickers in a bout of desperation. And they are incredible. I just replaced the first PopSocket I used this adhesive with, and I was surprised at how arduous the removal was. I had to get out my Thumb Scraper and pry it off, then go back and scrape off the leftover adhesive. Applying a new sticker was simple, and now I have a new PopSocket that will be stuck on my phone until I literally wrestle it off.
Read: Tender Is the Flesh
I’ve heard/seen/read mentions of Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica for at least a year, and this week, I read it. It’s upsetting and gross and also very good. I had to take a few breaks while reading, and I would cleanse my reading palate with Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength or the audiobook of Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story, both of which are also fabulous. Look, I didn’t watch anything new this week, but I read three books, I’m not like the other girls, etc, etc.
Tender Is the Flesh is a speculative fiction book wherein all animals become toxic. Since humans can’t eat animals anymore, they start eating other humans. The fact that it’s about cannibalism isn’t the upsetting, unnerving thing about Tender Is the Flesh, at least not for me. I was more disturbed by the dehumanization of humans, both the ones that become food and the ones that eat other humans seemingly without a care in the world. There are a few scenes that I’ll never forget, and my only hope is that no one thinks they can make this into a movie.
Want: Dyson Airwrap
I’ve been going through it with my hair lately. To the point where I got a surprise check and was seriously thinking about using HALF OF IT for a Dyson Airwrap. Luckily, they’re sold out just about everywhere, so I didn’t have to opportunity to lose my mind and buy one. Just in case, I’ve been watching this on repeat:
@natashaleeee_ Daily conversation with myself ☀️ #dysonairwrap #hairtok #ootd #grwm #ITriedItIPrimedIt ♬ Ginseng Strip 2002 - Yung Lean
