“Somebody who thinks Trump is doing a good job, there’s no conversation to have with that person. I know they say you should reach across the aisle and all that crap, but to me it feels like putting your hand into a fan.”
—Michael Shannon
Right now
I’m the ‘when you drop your keys right before unlocking the door to your house after a stressful day’ guy except I’ve been like this for about seven fucking months.
Got back from what was supposed to be a quick trip to the store and due to a shitty boomer who requested that practically an entire pig be sliced paper thin (after which he was extremely rude to the employee and neither said thank you nor acknowledged her whatsoever when she told him to have a nice day) thus delaying me in the deli, and, someone recognizing me and wanting to have a nice long CHAT, I was on the precipice of a breakdown.
I forgot the yellow onion. I did not realize this until I got all the way home and cracked a beer.
And Audrey, thank you so much for the replacement onion. Who knew a simple yellow onion could make a girl so happy? 😅🧅🔪
There’s a scene
in My Blue Heaven (1990) where Joan Cusack’s character has just had to deal with her shitty ex-husband during the holidays when he comes to pick up the kids, and after she starts drinking she gasps and says, “He made me drink! I’m drinking, in solitary!” Then she gets drunk and starts cleaning the house and talking to herself and says, “Now I’m cleaning! I’m cleaning in solitary!”
Boy I have felt like that a lot throughout all this.
Also if you have never seen My Blue Heaven (which is kind of the sequel to Goodfellas (1990)) you really need to check it out.
I’m doing my best
to stay strong and keep my chin up but today in the store I almost had a nervous breakdown.
“I’m so fucking sick of wearing this goddamn mask.”
Don’t worry – I’m not gonna stop wearing it. But I’m so fucking sick of it.
I wonder how we’re all going to handle our Trump supporting friends and family after they show us who they really are. Again. For a second time. After four years of all this.
Like, if Biden doesn’t win, the fun thing will be all the hot takes written by pontificating blowhards about how “Biden wasn’t inspiring enough,” instead of, “tens of millions of Americans are fascist monsters.”
So did we finally get his taxes?
Can’t wait to see long it takes for this to become a non-issue.
*puts finger to ear*
Wait … what’s that? Oh it already is?
Hahaha of course it is.
—emily duchaine
Flommist Emily Duchaine lives in the Pacific Northwest. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and listen to the Talking Heads. She pretends to be a professional businesswoman most days. Copyright © 2020 Emily Duchaine.
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