Episode 130: "No second chances for the sun!"
What if your life was a movie? Would you be the star of a romantic comedy? Sci Fi thriller? Indie coming-of-age? Inspired by a Buzzfeed quiz, Christine and Danielle spend this episode of the “Currently Obsessed” podcast creating movie versions of their lives from genre and setting to plot twists and title ideas.
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Links To Give You Life:
Enjoy limited return of Waffle Crisp Cereal in the mornings—if you can find it
Support your local library and use the Libby app for ebooks and audiobooks
Celebrate librarians and all things libraries with Reese’s Book Club pick, “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean
Add “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue,” “Less,” and “Aurora Rising” to your TBR
Find out what kind of movie your life would be based on your aesthetic choices with this Buzzfeed quiz
Put Obsessed to the (Taste) Test:
“Take a luxurious break and enjoy these charming, sweet European cookies.” That’s what Amazon says, anyway! But you’ll have to listen to see what Christine and Danielle thought of LU Pim's European Biscuit Cookies (Orange) on a scale from “Obsessed” to “Stale.”
If you try this at home—biscuit cookies OR the life-as-a-movie exercise—be sure to send in your thoughts and plots to currentlyobsessedclub@gmail.com. And be on the lookout for “Wildflower” and “Down Comes the Sun,” coming soon to theaters and streaming services near you! 😉
Episode Guide: (00:00) D obsesses over Waffle Crisp Cereal (08:20) C obsesses over Libby, libraries, and “The Library Book” (18:00) C+D debate what kind of movie their lives would be, starting with this Buzzfeed quiz (26:25) C+D plan the settings of their ‘life as a movie’ ideas (29:45) C+D discuss main character quirks, plus sidekicks, love interests, and villains (44:30) C+D settle on titles, movie posters, and Rotten Tomatoes scores (50:45) C+D put LU Pim's European Biscuit Cookies to a taste test
