My Week(s) in Media: February 26

Everything I read, listened to, and watched

Feb 26, 2023

Hi, friends,

I hope you’ve all been well.

Life over here has been somewhat tough the last couple of weeks, hence the radio silence. I think we’re pulling out of it now—long story short, Lemon had a terrible reaction to a thyroid medication and it was awful. Awful to the point of her feeling so bad that she did the Classic Cat thing of disappearing into the furthest reaches of the house to be miserable alone, which meant that Josh had to worm his way into the serial killer crawlspace in the eaves in order to pull her out so that we could bring her back to the vet. It was one of those situations where we really didn’t know if she was going to be alive when we found her.

Oof. Pets. I don’t know how our hearts take it.

It’s been about a week since our vet switched up her meds, and it seems like she’s pretty much back to normal. Or, well… Lemon-normal.

Suffice to say, I haven’t had the heart or brain space to do much reading or movie-watching, and I’ve been almost entirely self-soothing with Minecraft. We all have different ways of calming ourselves, and apparently digging endless stairs down into the digital ground is mine.

The following is a list of the media I *did* ingest.

Reading

The Plague Court Murders, by John Dickson Carr

Harriet Spies, by Elana K. Arnold

The Alarm of the Black Cat, by Dolores Hitchens

Growing Pangs, written by Kathryn Ormsbee and illustrated by Molly Brooks

Movie posters: *Dial M for Murder*; *Prince of Darkness*; *Vibes*

Watching

Dial M for Murder
Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

Prince of Darkness
John Carpenter, 1987

Vibes
Ken Kwapis, 1988

Television: Poker Face, Abbott Elementary, MST3K (ep. 414, Tormented), Fringe (current crochet show), Cunk on Earth, Year of the Rabbit, Doctor Who (Spearhead from Space, 1970—70s Doctor Who is another one of my go-tos for self-soothing)

Podcast logos: *Dungeons & Daddies*; *The Lonely Palette*; *This Had Oscar Buzz*; *Screen Drafts*

Listening

Short Stories & Audiobooks

Conkers, by Mike Lee (Nocturnal Transmissions, ep. 143)
The Adventure of the Hunter’s Lodge, by Agatha Christie (Classic Tales Podcast, ep. 814)
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery, by Agatha Christie (Classic Tales Podcast, ep. 815)

Well, that is a lot of podcasts—I guess I did a decent amount of walking to self-sooth as well? I know I logged over twenty miles last week just listening to Dungeons and Daddies ALONE. Here’s hoping for clearer skies in the week to come.

Talk soon,
Leila