I’m back with more normal life reviews. A lot of you have sent me suggestions for movies, TV shows, and other things to include in here. I am getting to them, I promise! Leave a comment if you have any ideas, or if the following reviews provoke thoughts or feelings. xoxo, Maddy
Duvet Covers
I grew up in a house of Pizza Hut and Oreos, so I didn’t learn about duvet culture until college. A duvet cover is basically a big fabric pocket that goes over a duvet, which is an expensive down blanket that allows air and good vibes to circulate around your sleeping body. It’s cloudlike and contributes to something I call “bed texture.” I spend a lot of time wrangling with duvet covers because my girlfriend loves a clean, nicely made bed. She has a lot more standards than me and has never been to Cheesecake Factory.
If I still lived alone, I probably wouldn’t bother with duvet covers. It’s a lot of work and the duvet cover has a tendency to eat other laundry in the washing machine—I’m always finding wet clothes wadded in one corner. It’s difficult to get the cover back onto the duvet. You have to really wrestle with it. You must be determined and ready to sweat. I give duvet covers 3/10 stars.
The Northman
This is a real meatball of a movie. Why is he naked in the final scene? I watched it twice, even though a dog dies. I give The Northman 5/10 stars.
Reformation
I have had a $300 Reformation dress in my shopping cart for months. I can’t let it go, but I also can’t pay that much for a dress. I used to believe that new clothes could fix my entire life. Then I went through a years-long phase where I wore sweatpants everyday and refused to buy anything new. My swimsuit was just black underwear. I’m still kind of in this phase, but I try to find an in-between—new stuff is not going to make me happy, but well-fitting pants are a basic necessity.
Anyways, I have it on good authority that Reformation clothes are unpredictable. I already have dresses!! I give adding an item to your shopping cart and agonizing about it for several weeks 2/10 stars.
Whole Foods (Beacon Street location in Somerville, MA)
I buy a lot of protein shakes and bananas at this Whole Foods. I know Amazon is evil, but I don’t have a car right now and that makes it difficult to say no to a conveniently located grocery store. It doesn’t help that it’s on my walk home from the gym and exercise makes me feel feral and susceptible to the hot bar (my go-to is 3 chicken fingers on a medley of different salads).
This particular Whole Foods is close to Harvard University, so it’s full of people with dead eyes and palpable anxiety. Not so many families or kids, though one time I walked in and there was a different toddler having a meltdown at each register. There is a bubbler and 2 public restrooms. Everyone who works here seems great. I give the Beacon Street Whole Foods 3/10 stars.
Those are all the opinions I care to share for now. Did this provoke any thoughts or feelings? Am I wrong about duvet covers? Leave a comment and let me know.
I actually loved The Northman, but my biggest criticism is there wasn’t any actual full frontal nudity!!! Like they were fully fighting on a volcano with their dicks out and they still never went there. Maybe a weird criticism coming from a lesbian like myself, but I digress.
When I entered my 30s I left duvet covers behind. I refuse to deal with them ever again! Instead, I got a lovely thin and classy quilt from Parachute which is perfect with a top sheet underneath it. The weighted blanket gets taken out at night and put on top so we can sleep in our bed womb. My fiancee says I've converted her after her years of duvet-ing through life. Join us in quiltland when you are ready <3