🐀 Rat's Nest Week 24

keep caviar away from my 10 piece McNuggets

Author

Kate James
September 11, 2024

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Hi! At the time of writing, i’m running on 5 hours of sleep because I stayed up until 2 am last night watching TikToks of Nate the Hoof Guy and cave diving/spelunking videos. Do I trim horse hooves or cave dive? No. Will I ever? Also no. Especially to cave diving- the main thing i've learned from watching these videos is that the best part about cave diving is the fact that you don't have to do it. Hard pass.

If you’d like to confess why you are also running on 5 hours of sleep plz reply to this email so I feel less irresponsible.

Enjoy!!!!

  • Hair extension city- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Is Utah okay? I started watching the show thinking it was a documentary, and even though the first 20 minutes were super cringey, I couldn’t look away. I won’t spoil anything but one of the main characters (because these can’t be real people, right?) is the main mom from the mormon momtok that ended up being a swinger and announcing her divorce via dance. As you can guess, that caused a lot of drama in the Mormon circle. What makes the show unique is that they’re all united by a religion but have very different levels of adherence to it. Counting down the days until season 2.

  • Cheers- Reminder that Anthropologie* is the Mecca of unique glassware

  • Gift fairy- Holiday season is rapidly approaching and I am trying to be humble here- but I am a great gift-giver. Being thoughtful runs through my veins. If you have a pain in the ass person that’s difficult to buy for you can air your problems out here and i’ll do my best to help you find them something fun 😈

🎾 because i literally failed tennis 101, that’s why

(still not going to play pickleball- i will face my demons and continue to attempt to learn tennis)

🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 disposals + air conditioning, baby

Stadium food has always been a rip off- my personal rock bottom was paying $27 for nachos comprised of dry pork and stale Santitas, but I was one 20 ounce IPA in and needed a savior. The US Open is giving Nacho-gate a run for its money. Last week a TikTok of a $100 boxed set of chicken nuggets went viral-ish. How many were in there? SIX. Six chicken nuggets for $100. Yes, they came with caviar, but 6 chicken nuggets is a mere SNACK at best. Without the caviar they’re $26. What a steal. I feel like key context here is that I 1) refuse to even try caviar and 2) am generally a fairly hungry girl. If you ever see me smuggling Uncrustables into a public venue, look the other way. Am I unreasonable with garbage taste or are you guys as bothered as I am by this?

Actual footage of me searching for food after aforementioned IPA

Signing off watching Nate the Hoof Guy again,

Kate

** Disclaimer- this post contains a few affiliate links (indicated with *), which means if you purchase through the link i may earn a smol commission. The only links in here will only ever be things I have (a) tried and love or (b) are on my wishlist. You can also google the items and not use the links. xoxo :)

P.S. If you enjoyed this, send it to a friend that needs a break. If you didn’t, send it to Whitney from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.

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