"Puppet wrangler? There weren't any puppets in this movie!" – Crow T. Robot
Another rainy day, although this one I didn’t get to spend at home. All things being equal, I think my back and related discomfort might be a little worse today; certainly, I wish I was seeing my spine doctor this Friday instead of next. But, despite that, it was an okay enough day overall. Albeit a pretty unexceptional day all around.
Then again, any Monday that’s actually a Tuesday is already one up in my book.
“Where Is My Mind?” by (the) Pixies.
That’s what revenge is, at least partly: the attempt to create structure in a senseless act by giving it a story arc, and by giving yourself agency inside that arc. It’s not just “everyone I loved was horribly murdered,” it’s “When the people I loved were murdered, I became a ruthless killing machine, and devoted myself to finding justice.” The difference between News At 11 and a miniseries.