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At the start of the car chase scene in the first Bourne movie, Jason Bourne looks at a map of Paris for like one second before driving. When we go somewhere my partner looks at a map and retains how to get there. Which I refer to (much to his annoyance) as “Jason Bourne the directions”

Or they do work, but take so long that you press it, and wait, but eventually cross against the light because you can see your bus coming, and it is 3 minutes early, and you know it won’t wait, and if you miss it, it’s going to be at least 20 minutes before the next one comes. Theoretically.

September October June May August April December July March November February January

When I was a child in the 80s/90s my father told me he was an autumn and I was a winter and no one will ever be able to convince me otherwise. As I recall, my mother was at the other end of the table rolling her eyes.

I would be delighted to go into work and discover I had you for a colleague!

This is such an uncool answer, but “One Day More” from the end of Les Miserables Act One. It’s about hope and fear and love, the best and worst of us, with many voices coming together as one.

I would rather be excellent than be perceived as being excellent

The Billfold - with Mike Dang and Logan Sachon

Yay!! I am so relieved and excited for you!!

Earth Fire Wind Water Heart Captain

Slightly increase a band Sevenpence none the richer

Martha Graham by Warhol

The most convenient was the year my polling place was in the basement on my apartment building. I brought my dog with me to vote that year too!

MET gala “Fashion as Art” looks I love which engage with the theme

You look amazing! And I love the different fabrics and textures.

I had a teacher once and I would always say “les Canadiennes” and he was say “what about me”? Annoying but effective

Unrelated to the broader point: my kiddo is learning about idioms in school and this became a lesson in how even as an adult, we can learn new idioms!

This is such a useful framing

i rage against everything, not just the machine

Really depends on you define fat, but I’m gonna say: Meghan Stalter in Lena Dunham’s “Too Much” Jordan on Love is Blind Ohio was perceived by the internet as “fat” (as least by reality TV standards) Danielle McDonald in “If had legs I’d kick you” with Rose Byrne