You Need a Hug. You Can't Have a Hug. Watch This Dumb Show Instead.
I think I speak for all of us when I say, *SCREAMS INTO THE VOID FOR AN ENTIRE MINUTE AND A HALF*
Unfortunately it doesn’t look like the time for screaming is going to end any time soon, and if there’s one thing I don’t want to get right now, it’s a sore throat. May I suggest instead a productive activity to pass the time, like taking up knitting, or diving into that foot-tall To Read pile that’s been collecting dust since you made that New Year’s resolution to read more, or…. I don’t know, binge-watching a show about the adventures of a giant felt bear?
Rilakkuma and Kaoru is a Netflix show based on Rilakkuma, a giant teddy bear with a huge head whose entire life revolves around eating pancakes and sleeping - a true social distancing king. He lives with Kaoru, a twenty-something office worker whose other roomates include a smaller felt bear and a lil yellow bird. I’m not sure who the intended audience is, because most of the show centers around Kaoru’s inability to get promoted or keep from going broke when she gets a crush on her Amazon delivery guy. I must then assume that the intended audience is me, a millennial in her late twenties who can’t stop covering her cellphone with pastel animal stickers.
It takes approximately 2 hours to binge the whole thing, and I plan on rewatching at least once a week because apparently it’s the only thing keeping me from staring out the window for 45 minutes a day. I know it’s not exactly the most heroic activity to indulge in during a pandemic. It’s hardly sewing face masks for the NHS or stocking grocery shelves. But since I lack sewing materials and health insurance, it’s the closest thing to medicine I’ve got.
Be well,