Sleeping all day is okay

[sovay]

I dreamed last night that some writers I knew were involved in a TV reboot of the much-loved film of an equally beloved book of queer Afro-Caribbean mermaids. Like so much of the art I dream about, I deeply resent it not existing when I wake. The dark-skinned merman with kelp locs was gorgeous.

My daily routine is not terribly affected by the general work-for-home edict, but spatch is home from the Somerville for the next week, if the theater remains open that long. The Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Brattle, and the Harvard Film Archive are already closed into or through April. I am also glad we got the bulk of our apocalypse shopping over with last month. Yesterday at Star Market the checkout lines were full aisles deep—I bailed and bought my couple of sundries from the surprisingly un-slammed CVS across the parking lot—and I have gathered from social media that the supermarkets today were even worse. I was heartened by this tweet. Panic-buying should always involve panic-buying for others.

1. This is a nice editorial from Tablet Magazine: "What Communal Responsibility Looks Like." "Every Jew knows the principle of pikuach nefesh, which allows for almost any commandment to be overridden to save a life. Nothing is greater than human life. If we act now, together, we can save lives."

2. From running into a pre-Code musical on TCM with Sally O'Neil in it, I had occasion to discover that Girl of the Port (1930) now exists on DVD. I wouldn't have thought there was that much demand for it. I suppose it's a good sign, in terms of the increasing availability of pre-Code movies. I would have warned the audience about the radioactively superfluous racism if I'd been writing that copy, though.

3. I have just been informed that André Breton's sandwich board does not count as an early example of shitposting, but I still like it.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Just because it doesn't yet exist doesn't mean it won't--maybe your dreams are just somewhat time-entangled.

I love that tweet--very encouraging indeed; thanks for sharing. I have to say, people have been very good natured in all the supermarkets I've been in, the past few days.

[sovay]

Just because it doesn't yet exist doesn't mean it won't--maybe your dreams are just somewhat time-entangled.

I like this thought and shall hope it proves true. I should probably tell Craig L. Gidney that my subconscious thinks he would be a wonderful writer for a queer Black mermaid show, because my conscious does, too.

I love that tweet--very encouraging indeed; thanks for sharing.

I got it from spatch.

I have to say, people have been very good natured in all the supermarkets I've been in, the past few days.

That's nice! Nobody was violent at the Star Market; all checkout lanes were open. There were just many, many, many people and nothing moving quickly.

[asakiyume]

I don't know Craig Gidney's work, but if you think he'd write some good Caribbean queer mermaids, then may inspiration find him!

[moon_custafer]

Nalo Hopkinson writes that kind of thing too. And some of her designs on Spoonflower are mermaid-themed too: https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/14806-mermaid-town-by-nalo_hopkinson

[asakiyume]

Ooh, pretty!

[sovay]

And some of her designs on Spoonflower are mermaid-themed too

I'm familiar with Hopkinson's fiction, but I hadn't seen her textiles! Thanks.

[gwynnega]

That tweet is delightful. Today at Trader Joe's they were almost out of mini-pizzas. A guy walking past them fondled one of the boxes, then left it there. Fortunately that wasn't the box of mini-pizzas I had my eye on. Everyone there seemed grim and determined. I wish the guy from the tweet had been there.

[sovay]

Everyone there seemed grim and determined. I wish the guy from the tweet had been there.

I'm so sorry. I hope people are either kinder or weirder or both the next time you have to visit a store.

[rushthatspeaks]

Whoever told you that about André Breton's sandwich board is objectively wrong. Just saying.

[sovay]

Whoever told you that about André Breton's sandwich board is objectively wrong. Just saying.

I feel much better about my grasp of Dada. Thank you.

[thisbluespirit]

Like so much of the art I dream about, I deeply resent it not existing when I wake.

So much of it really should do!

[sovay]

So much of it really should do!

I need a film studio!

[cmcmck]

Have you noticed the wonderful thing of Italians in Siena (a hugely favourite place of ours) in lockdown singing to each other from apartments?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-51886547/coronavirus-italians-sing-from-their-windows-to-boost-morale

[davidgillon]

There's one from Sicily as well https://twitter.com/NicholsUprising/status/1238545438476730369

[cmcmck]

:o)

[sovay]

Have you noticed the wonderful thing of Italians in Siena (a hugely favourite place of ours) in lockdown singing to each other from apartments?

Yes! I had. I am glad that people still sing together. In the dark times.

[vass]

Like so much of the art I dream about, I deeply resent it not existing when I wake.

And now that you've posted it, so do I.

[sovay]

And now that you've posted it, so do I.

My id needs funding.

[kenjari]

Rivers Solomon's The Deep seems pretty close to the book in your dream.

[sovay]

Rivers Solomon's The Deep seems pretty close to the book in your dream.

I have seen it around, but haven't read it. I'll check it out!

[selidor]

Ooh, I wonder if you've come across Afua Richardson's mermaids? I saw some of her mermaid art at Worldcon and was enchanted.

[sovay]

Ooh, I wonder if you've come across Afua Richardson's mermaids?

Oh! No! I haven't seen her work! That's beautiful. Thank you!