Highlight Reel – Nov 10-16, 2024

Sounds like several of you enjoyed last week’s update, so I will definitely try to keep it going. But as predicted, the “Weekly Spotlight” title didn’t last long. I didn’t love it, and it kept niggling at me. I really did like the Highlight Reel title that I briefly used for monthly updates (didn’t even make it a year for those), and I finally just decided that it really is the best title/descriptor for the purpose here, so it’s been recycled and given a new graphic. Special thanks to AJ for being my sounding board! I do think I’m going to split out the nails into their own weekly post, though. Not that there were any new nails this week, but that’s a completely separate issue! If there’s something else you’d like to hear about during these little recaps, let me know.

Quote of the Week

from *Black-ish*, Season 5 Episode 18, “Andre Johnson: Good Person”

New Movie of the Week

Episode of the Week

*High Potential* – Season 1, Episode 7 – “One of Us”

Re-Watch of the Week

Song of the Week

One Direction – “What Makes You Beautiful”

Hey, this is a judgment-free music zone! It’s fun and it’s catchy, and it makes me smile (in spite of the loss of a group member last month), just as any good Song of the Week should do. Good lord, they were just babies! I hadn’t ever seen the video until now. (Despite being from the MTV generation, I don’t watch many music videos these days.) This was 13 years ago, though I didn’t really hear any of their music until fairly recently, despite a friend’s daughter being completely *obsessed* with Harry Styles at the height of their popularity. She’s the only reason I knew who he was when he started trying to break into acting.

Other “Songs of the Day” this week (no, there isn’t necessarily one every day!)

“Honey, I’m Good” by Home Free (a cappella cover of the Andy Grammer song)
“La Isla Bonita“, by Madonna
“Touch the Sky“, from Disney’s Brave, by Julie Fowlis

Headlines, Highlights, and Lowlights

Saw two new movies at the theater this week: Here (review) and an advance screening of Red One (review)
One thing about doing these weekly reviews is that it is forcing me to get my movie reviews up in a timely fashion if I want to link them here, which I do! Not a bad side effect, I must say, given how many of my summer movies never got reviewed or even mentioned. Yes, I have a list. I’ll work on it.
Still clicking through Black-ish. I think we have about 40 episodes left. Probably looking at either Schitt’s Creek or The Good Place as our next binge watch, but I’m open to suggestions!
Walked 10,000 steps on Wednesday, Nov 13
Have been enjoying my RingConn Generation 2 (no affiliation); will give a full review probably next week sometime. Did have to charge it this week after 8 days; it took about an hour.
Still doing well on water intake; got at least 56 oz (7 glasses, 1.6 L) per day
I’m able to wear my beloved Georgia Tech windbreaker again, which is thrilling after it being too small for several years now.
Finally bought new bras and underwear! Replacing an entire wardrobe is expensive. I’m still wearing quite a bit of stuff that is simply too big, but I hardly ever see anyone besides Steve, so I can generally deal with it. The underthings were getting sad, though. And while I wouldn’t mind thrifting some better fitting clothes, finding petite plus-size thrifted clothing is exceedingly difficult (I have been – and will continue to be – in plus sizes for the foreseeable future). I am doing some “shopping in my closet” and bringing some of my old clothes back into play, but I’m oddly in between sizes at the moment. I think there’s a seasonal mismatch; most of the clothes that fit me at my current size are summer clothes, and it’s starting to get chilly here.