Weekly Digest #82
Friday is here!
What's new with you?
This Monday I came to stay at one of my earliest friend’s house and being back in São Paulo is always very meaningful to me.
At first, the massive city usually makes me feel small and overwhelmed with the sight of so many people and buildings and sceneries and possibilities. But then all those people and buildings and sceneries and possibilities inspire me to look into different sides of myself because I feel that there is just so much in this world that could be if only given a proper chance.
I think of that Ingrid Bergman quote that says happiness is good health and a bad memory and I’m thankful for both my health and my awful memory, which allow me to be here for the millionth time and still feel as if I’m starting fresh with everything there is to see.
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I know I’m late to the hype but I recently watched the first season of American Vandal, a mockumentary released on Netflix in 2017, and I got hooked so fast that I thought of sharing it with you in case you were also busy doing other things back then.
In its first season, the series uses the classic true crime tone to present an investigation about a school vandalism case that is hard to take seriously: a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven cars vandalized with phallic images. That’s right: twenty-seven dicks were spray painted onto teachers’ cars.
It is worth watching if you’ve enjoyed documentaries such as Making a Murderer or Worst Roomate Ever and would like to have a lighter topic to think about.
There is also a second season to the series, which follows a completely different high school crime, but I haven’t finished watching it yet.
You can watch both seasons on Netflix.
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Today’s recommendation is Music for mermaids to kiss to, a playlist by Mayarayhawke that goes from songs by Fiona Apple to ones by John Lennon very gracefully.
During these past few days this playlist has accompanied me in several lazy mornings, while having coffee and getting dressed slowly as the city rush slides in through the open windows.
You can listen to it here.
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‘I’m Old, Not an Idiot.’ One Man’s Protest Gets Attention of Spanish Banks
“'Because I’m a urologist, most of my patients have been older people, so I’ve always had a clear understanding of the sense of helplessness and the suffering that can come with age,' he said.
As for the banks, Mr. San Juan said that his disappointment was fueled by the fact that the institutions did not hesitate to ask for billions in taxpayers’ money to rescue them during the financial crisis a decade ago. But when Covid-19 started to spread, he said, the same banks used the pandemic as an excuse to close more branches.” - from The New York Times. Read here.
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See ya!