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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Image Source: Senor Velasco After last week's excursion, I decided to do something a little more mundane this past Sunday: watching TV. I don't exactly have access to cable television, so I decided to rewatch an old favorite of mine, Battlestar Galactica (the new series, not the one from the 1970s). Imagine my surprise when I found out that Netflix didn't have Battlestar Galactica anymore. Or Doctor Who. Or The Addams Family. Dang it. Eventually I settled on BoJack Horseman. It's a Netflix original, and my favorite TV show, and I figured I was due for a rewatch. So that's what I did all Sunday. I suppose I should explain what BoJack Horseman is. Basically, it's an animated show that exists in an alternate Hollywood where humans and anthropomorphic animals coexist (no explanation is given for this). The story follows the life of BoJack Horseman, a washed-up sitcom actor desperately clamoring for the glory days. It starts out seeming like any other subp

I can't stand it!

Source: Kirsti I. I was faced with a bit of a predicament this past Sunday: I had to go to Best Buy for some packaging materials. It's a solid 50 minute walk away. How would I do one thing for the entire day? And then it dawned on me: what if I just went through my day like I otherwise would, except I never sat down? So, I spent the entire day standing. My morning was mostly usual: I woke up, did some laundry, and cleaned up my room. All stuff I usually do on my feet anyway. I got a sub for lunch, and ate it in my room as I checked the day's news. It was kind of strange eating standing up, having to move the sub so far from the plate to my face, but other than that, it was pretty much like any other Sunday. Then, in the afternoon, I walked to Best Buy. Now, if you're ever going to walk somewhere 50 minutes away, the one thing you should do beforehand is check the weather. It had already started snowing when I left my dorm. I took Allen Street out to North Ather