Last night I dreamed I was close friends with Dan Levy. He was like a modern Laurie-from-Little-Women: being all lovey and goofy; stealing my phone and making funny little voice recordings for me to hear later; lying on the couch with his legs over my lap bothering me while I was trying to work; etc. It was such a pleasant dream! Which I then ruined by confessing a little crush (whomst among us does not have a little crush on Dan Levy), to which he was like ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uh. It seems like IN OUR DREAMS we should not get embarrassingly rejected.
Maybe you are already doing this, but if you have a wall calendar or day-planner currently hanging around being almost empty, I suggest using it for potential future Covid-19 contact-tracing. You’d think that with literally two outings in my life (grocery shopping and taking Edward for his Remicade infusions) I’d be able to remember when I went, but I find I forget almost immediately. We’re also writing down whenever Paul has to go in to the office, and any other times we go anywhere or have any contact with other people that we might easily forget, like when Paul when to the hardware store to get a replacement part for a leaking sink. The information may never be needed, but if it WERE needed I would be so grateful to have it already collected. (If you don’t have a wall calendar, a notebook or scratch pad would work fine. It’s just nice to have a use for my poor calendar.)
I am going to recommend a product I feel silly recommending, because it is sold at a TREMENDOUS mark-up when you get a piercing, and it is just salt-water! But after submitting to the pressure to pay $6 for a tiny (an ounce or maybe an ounce and a half) can of it when I got my cartilage piercing, I tried substituting the saline sold for people who have contact lenses, and I tried mixing salt and water myself, and I can say that at least for my own ears, nothing works remotely as well. I can’t explain it, I won’t even TRY to explain it, I don’t even totally believe it could be true—but I will keep spending $12 per four-ounce can of this stuff for as long as I have my piercings. I use it whenever my piercings start feeling itchy and warm and like they might be working up to an infection, and I also use it just periodically to clean the piercings and prevent them from even STARTING to get itchy and warm.
It’s called H2Ocean, and I used to buy it on Amazon, but I’m reducing how much I buy from them, which led me to discover I could buy it directly from the maker. The shipping for one canister was pretty high, but they have free shipping over $25, and they also had a deal where if you bought three canisters they were only $10 each, so since I KNOW I like this stuff I bought three canisters, saved $6, and got free shipping too, which was nice. They also have tattoo-care products, so you might be able to get to free shipping without having to buy multiple cans. Or here’s the Amazon link, where it’s the same price for the can but free prime shipping, because if this were my first can I know I wouldn’t want to pay the shipping or buy three cans of it.
A note: I have found that if I use a canister for a few days (like to fight off some swelling/irritation) and then go a long time without using it again, something breaks and it won’t work anymore. The first time, I assumed it was a fluke—but the second time I’d spent TWELVE DOLLARS for SALT-WATER and then COULDN’T USE IT, I started making sure I was using it at least once a week or so to keep it working. The most recent can I had, I used it at least once a week, and nothing broke, and I was able to use it until it was empty.
Who among us indeed! Dan Levy is so personable. I haven’t finished Schitt’s Creek yet, I am in that delightful phase of knowing it’s good throughout and enjoying it slowly, one episode every two or three days. Every time I click on the Netflix link, I love it when the thumbnail is of Dan Levy in his white-rimmed sunglasses, loud black-and-white sweater, and black skirt, looking completely fabulous.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkO8Q-4aBBigFYJ86T3ZkhQ
I have lots of dreams with unrequited love! The link has nothing to do with the post except it’s about baby name trends in the 80s via Newhart (the one set in Vermont). Funny what’s laughed at (Clara, Betty). How times change :)
Oh, also…body shaming as a normal comedy trope in the 80s. Some things have gotten better.
We have loved watching Dan Levy on the first two seasons of the Great Canadian Baking Show, super fun but definitely not Great British Baking caliber, sorry Canadian bakers! The third season was hosted by two of the Baroness von Sketch ladies (you’ll definitely need to look them up if you haven’t watched that show before!!). I remember Dan Levy back from Canadian MTV days (short-lived) and a truly terrible TV movie with Mischa Barton! Thrilled to see how well and how hard he works and the widespread love for Schitt’s Creek!
I haven’t seen Schitt’s Creek, but since we’re talking Levys… I’ve always been convinced that Eugene Levy should have been cast as Leonard’s dad in Big Bang Theory.
Swistle, try this for the can not working: after you use it, run a bit of hot water on the nozzle. It should work the next time you use it. If it doesn’t work, then run your water very hot and hold the spray part under the hot water and try spraying it (while under the running water) after a few seconds. That might fix it for you!
Schitt’s Creek has become my pandemic show. I am watching it every night and as soon as I finished it, i started again from the beginning. Dan Levy’s presence is like a cozy blanket for me to hide under.
is the ear care solution scented like lemon-y-ish…something? i remember getting my ears pierced at claire’s in the very late 80’s and the stuff they sent home with you had a good citrus-y/lemony smell and i would love to find out what that was and if it’s still sold?
No, just sort of salt-water scented.