Toast Points for the Week of July 31st

Hi Toasties, I hope you’ve all had a fun week. I can’t believe it’s August tomorrow — this summer is FLYING BY. My dad is having surgery next week and my husband is switching jobs and my preschooler is switching schools and we are soon to have houseguests for 5-7 days and then all the back-to-school busy-ness really kicks in, so I have been floundering a bit. I’m ready for the weekend! I’m ready to at least try and relax. What are your plans? Tomorrow we’re going to see my brother-in-law, who’s visiting before his big move to Alaska, and then I have a packed weekend that definitely involves binge-watching all of Silicon Valley season 2 and possibly also involves mojitos.

We had a good week together at The Toast! I really really loved this essay by Carla Stockton about encountering ageism as well as kindred spirits and a brand-new start in her M.F.A. program.

What’s your personality type?

“I was more of an observer in the crafting of my Sit-Upon” and other Confessions of an Ambivalent Girl Scout (the comments on this post really made me want to round up all of you who had sub-optimal Scouting experiences and start our own Toast troop, because you all deserved better! I have a troop of Daisies bridging to Brownies anyway, so I am sure that I can handle this; at least you all can be counted on to reliably throw away your snack debris. I SHALL LEAD YOU, FRIENDS)

Facebook RSVP event options clearly have a ways to go.

Songs from a Bruce Springsteen Album in Which No One Exorcises Their Personal Demons or Takes the New Jersey Turnpike

Are you in an Old English poem?

Things You Will Never Read in a Book Review

“If Lupita Nyong’o were your girlfriend, you’d be able to pull off wearing a cape. You wouldn’t ever really do it, but you’d know that you could do it, and that’s what matters.”

What if we described white people food the way we describe “exotic” food?

DO NOT LOOK AT THE SKY.