👋 Hello Lil Swipes & welcome to the Friday Lil Treasures Thread! We have some new faces, and I wanted to briefly say hello and give a short explanation as to what you’ll find here in this corner of the interwebs.
My main newsletter is The Swipe Up. It comes out roughly once a month and includes an essay, an audio version, and lots of good stuff. Every Friday, however, we harness the collective power of The Lil Swipes and together create the Lil Treasures Thread. We empty our virtual pockets and share what we’ve carried around. I give a few of my favorite things from the week, and then everyone joins in the comments section. I’m actually pretty proud of this thread: the world is generally a dumpster fire, but if you pay attention, there are so many beautiful, hilarious things. I’m proud to be associated with the treasure hunters.
So without further ado, here are my faves from this week:
🤘 I’m hoping to bring this Hugh Jackman-meets-a-Wolverine-fan energy into all of my interactions from now on. This is so pure it made me cry, so that’s your indication of how my week’s been.
🤓 I thought this was a wise and healthy reframing:
🧠 I cannot find whoever originally shared this with me in DMs (please raise your hand if it was you), but I am fascinated by this article on how some people have internal monologues and…some do not? Which are you? I definitely have full-blown conversations with myself, but mostly they are narrations of how I’ve dropped something like the entire box of sunflower seeds at a church party this week.
🤸🏾♂️ Continuing our love of seeing people love Jerry from Cheer (I hope he’s taking care of himself and surrounding himself with good, kind people who will not take advantage of him we must protect Jerry!), here’s a supercut of all the celebrities who lost their ding dang minds meeting him on the Oscars red carpet:
🇺🇸 And finally, back in 2017 when I became a one-woman traveling Hamilton production by singing all the parts in my car, I was so obsessed with all things Ham and LMM, I created this spreadsheet. It chronicled all my favorite articles, videos, tweets, and snippets of the Hamilton experience. It has TABS, we go deep, don’t miss it. When Jen Hatmaker posted yesterday about her new obsession, several people asked if they could get their mitts on it. And yes, the answer is absolutely yes. It’s like a special edition Lil Treasures Thread, but only for Hamilton stans. It’s my best work - enjoy!
I feel like this is the perfect tweet to read to counteract the tooth-aching sweetness of Valentine’s Day. My equilibrium is restored. The replies are delightful.
What do I look forward to on a Friday more than 5pm, you ask? Why it’s the Lil Treasures thread, friends. It brings me the most joy and I’m so grateful for it.
I’m weepy today for no/every reason. Ben Platt/Lin singing Story of Tonight/You Will Be Found mashup tends to help me release all the feels. This thread is, as always, a treasure.
Guys, why does everything feel particularly tender right now? 😢 Nothing to offer today, except to say I live for Lil Swipes updates. It is like the reward for surviving a dumpster fire of a week. You are all a delight and Erin is our queen.
I can’t remember a time I didn’t have an inner monologue. I tee up many a conversation with my husband by saying “so I’m not sure if I already told you this or just thought it...”
Also cried at Hugh Jackman video so I’m just emotionally on your level this week.
As if I couldn’t love Greta Gerwig more after Little Women, I find her completely relatable and badass as I am also breastfeeding/pumping for my baby. Thank you, Greta and other unidentified woman, for helping educate our beloved Jerry on what pumping means 😂😂
Love the content here. Bought your Lent study and looking forward to going through it with my husband!
I spent part of my 40th birthday at a coffeeshop that is in a plant nursery, and now I want all coffee shops to be in greenhouses. "CAFFEINE & CHLOROPHYLL" is their tagline and I am a believer.
My husband and I finished up the final season of Elementary, and it was <chef's kiss>. Lucy Liu might be my favorite Watson, and Jonny Lee Miller gives Benedict Cumberbund ;) a run for his money as Sherlock (IMO).
That Hamilton goodness spreadsheet though!!!! 😱 bookmarking for future reference!
Galentines Day is always a fave in my heart - went full on waffles and stupid little gifts with my ladies prayer group last night, and it was deeelightful!
and Erin! your guest spot on The Medium Talk pod was great! I am all about a lot of this breaking down of TLW and purity culture that's happening these days!
also for those following the podcast friend crush saga - there may have been bets placed on if the Boy would acknowledge V-day or if we'd straight up ignore each other? yall. he found out (somehow?) and sent me a text in freakin' binary code at 12:01 am in order to try to ruin everyone's bet placements. we're having a non-vday dinner tonight. every day is an adventure yall.
As soon as this email popped into my inbox on Friday, I was like "ohhhhh I wonder if the Boy will do anything for Valentine's Day!" I've said it before and I'll say it every week: I love these Boy updates. They are in and of themselves a lil treasure of my week.
I just live for this Friday thread! Thank you Erin! I don't have anything to share, except my love and appreciation for you and the light you spread in this world!
Erin, I missed this thread last Friday! Glad it's back! Also that Hamilton spreadsheet is... intense. And I an definitely sending it to my Hamilfriends immediately.
I am obsessed with Lauv's album ~how i'm feeling~ <-- and yes that is exactly how the album is titled. This album has the perfect amount of "bubble gum" pop that is perfect for jamming out in your car, but also can get you in your feelings. The song "i'm so tired" is on repeat in my head every morning when I get to work and have to transform from "introverted enneagram 9 who doesn't really like people" to "hello, I work in sales and really have to make it sound like I'm smiling through the phone right now even though I feel like death"
On the same note of being tired, everyone needs to invest in a coffee machine that allows you to program it to go off at the time you wake up. Such a game changer. Sometimes if the coffee doesn't get made the night before, I have to settle for coffee at my office. We use to have K-cups only and it was the worst. However, the office is trying to be more eco-friendly and just switched over to a company called Steeped Coffee. It's way more eco-friendly because they're in tea bags instead of plastic pods and y'all THIS COFFEE IS SO GOOD and easy peasy to make!! Nothing will beat my beloved drip coffee that I can program to wake up to, but this Steep coffee is a close second. I stan eco-friendly alternatives that don't compromise quality!!!
Adam Grant’s mind is my favorite thing. I have him on repeat from Armchair Expert with Dax Shephard. Also, I’m going to suck it up and watch Parasite tomorrow.
GAH! I want to watch Cheer so bad but...we just moved to a farm (we now live IN Hamilton!) and we can't get internet service!?!? HOW WILL I SURVIVE?????
Also, I’m a little surprised PS I Still Love You didn’t make this list! 😂 my birthday was yesterday and I spent the first day of my 36th year watching both movies and questioning how ok it is that I love Peter Kavinsky so much 🤣
I AM WEEPING. This feels like the beginning of a boy-fish Pixar movie where they adventure together and they grow old and it's like the first 10 minutes of UP again.
Inner monologue is very real and I, like the writer of the article, do not understand how people think without one. It makes me wonder about those interactions with others when I have a hard time communicating. Maybe they are the ones that don’t think like I do, literally have a different thought steam. And do those people, without an inner voice, dream silently? Or, are the ones that think in abstract the more creative people of the world? Or....I don’t know. But I’m so very confused by it.
My husband has been asking me these questions since I saw the article and realized everyone around me apparently has an inner monologue. I don't dream silently, but I don't have an inner dialogue in my dreams, it's like watching a movie with sound. When I think through something, I either visualize it or I categorize it... kind of like a browser/browser tabs. I think the thought and the information is filed away. I recall conversations by visualizing them.
I just did the deepest of dives into Cheer and I’m ruined forever. My productivity, that is. I’ll beg, borrow and steal to binge the entire season today. 😂
Omg Erin just so you know this is the highlight of my week full circulating flu In the house. I haven’t gotten dressed in a week. You make me smile internet friend.
Oh Erin you are a delight! I’m a little concerned that you might be on watch list by LMM’s security team (if he has one) after reading your spreadsheet! That’s incredible and will keep us all busy until October 2021.
My high this week was watching To All the Boys I Loved-PS I love you. Adorbs! And finding my Aunt Jenny’s sugar cookie recipe. The jury is out still on how I did. I have one more kid to try them and give their opinion but I think I did pretty good.
Co-sign what Erin said. I HAVE FEELINGS. I would say more, but I will patiently wait until we have permission to be a spoiler zone. In the meantime, I will keep trying to pretend this movie didn't happen.
Erin, somehow it feels like at the end of every week you always seem to encapsulate how I am feeling about the events that have transpired over the past 7 days. And I love you deeply for it. In the words of my best friend "it's been a long life".
I think I just bombed a test, and it's not even 9am yet 🙃
But this weekend I am watching a sweet pupper by the name of Eleanor! I've been riding this high since Wednesday morning.
A semi late discovery, but Taylor Leonhardt's "River House" album has been so soothing for my soul, especially after a hard week of me breaking my toe and one of my best friends moving away.
I also saw Little Women on Monday and it is truly a treasure of a film. I'm reading the book as well and it is also excellent.
See it’s a little part where it goes bonkers at the end it scares me. I actually watched don’t F with cats thinking it was actually about fluffy cats on the Internet. It’s not in case anybody wondered. And I like true crime but I was not prepared for that.
I gotta tell ya Parasite was less jump-inducing than I was expecting. It was SO good! Do see it, when you can pause etc 😍
And any week thar Jordan Fisher shows up on my screen being charming and playing piano 😍 Galentine’s day was a hit here, and I’ll be riding that energy into the weekend
Were you as disappointed as I am that we got a Chekov's "if a man writes you a love song, that means he's really got it bad" line from Stormy, and then JORDAN FISHER did not sing a note in this movie? I obviously haven't thought a lot about it, but maybe you have.
woooooo I need to catch up on this show.... I'm a Megan Follows/Jonathan Crombie stan forEVER, but lets be real, I'll take Anne and Gilbert in any form I can get!
I’m just SO hesitant to watch because of my visceral connection to Megan Follows. Part of me wants to. The other part needs to keep that love PURE. #internalmonologue
CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT SEQUEL!!!!!! Erin, YOU MUST. YOU HAVE TO. It's just enough fluff/heart/drama to detox your brain from the current dumpster-fire that is our world.
My favorite musical addition to my life this week: https://youtu.be/wE46huUs20E
I feel like this is the perfect tweet to read to counteract the tooth-aching sweetness of Valentine’s Day. My equilibrium is restored. The replies are delightful.
https://twitter.com/alisharai/status/1228482514567610368?s=21
Whole man disposal service?! Lollllll
Ugh, Erin, thanks for putting all of this together so I can ugly cry and feel all my feelings from this week 💗😆
What do I look forward to on a Friday more than 5pm, you ask? Why it’s the Lil Treasures thread, friends. It brings me the most joy and I’m so grateful for it.
I’m weepy today for no/every reason. Ben Platt/Lin singing Story of Tonight/You Will Be Found mashup tends to help me release all the feels. This thread is, as always, a treasure.
Missed this last week! Glad you're back- thanks for all the work you did with the kiddos last week!
Greta Gerwig losing it when seeing Jerry made my day (week, year, whatever) and I haven't even seen Cheer yet!
May I introduce round boys https://instagram.com/round.boys?igshid=r0yosk2ka4dg. You’re welcome
Guys, why does everything feel particularly tender right now? 😢 Nothing to offer today, except to say I live for Lil Swipes updates. It is like the reward for surviving a dumpster fire of a week. You are all a delight and Erin is our queen.
I can’t remember a time I didn’t have an inner monologue. I tee up many a conversation with my husband by saying “so I’m not sure if I already told you this or just thought it...”
Also cried at Hugh Jackman video so I’m just emotionally on your level this week.
As if I couldn’t love Greta Gerwig more after Little Women, I find her completely relatable and badass as I am also breastfeeding/pumping for my baby. Thank you, Greta and other unidentified woman, for helping educate our beloved Jerry on what pumping means 😂😂
Love the content here. Bought your Lent study and looking forward to going through it with my husband!
I want to know what it's like to NOT have an internal monologue.
I spent part of my 40th birthday at a coffeeshop that is in a plant nursery, and now I want all coffee shops to be in greenhouses. "CAFFEINE & CHLOROPHYLL" is their tagline and I am a believer.
My husband and I finished up the final season of Elementary, and it was <chef's kiss>. Lucy Liu might be my favorite Watson, and Jonny Lee Miller gives Benedict Cumberbund ;) a run for his money as Sherlock (IMO).
This sounds like it would have a positive effect on my mental health so here I go looking for something similar here.
Me: (in the middle of the Jerry video) Bridget Jones is from freakin’ Texas?!
Yes! Sometimes she goes back real deep into that accent.
Same!
That Hamilton goodness spreadsheet though!!!! 😱 bookmarking for future reference!
Galentines Day is always a fave in my heart - went full on waffles and stupid little gifts with my ladies prayer group last night, and it was deeelightful!
and Erin! your guest spot on The Medium Talk pod was great! I am all about a lot of this breaking down of TLW and purity culture that's happening these days!
also for those following the podcast friend crush saga - there may have been bets placed on if the Boy would acknowledge V-day or if we'd straight up ignore each other? yall. he found out (somehow?) and sent me a text in freakin' binary code at 12:01 am in order to try to ruin everyone's bet placements. we're having a non-vday dinner tonight. every day is an adventure yall.
As soon as this email popped into my inbox on Friday, I was like "ohhhhh I wonder if the Boy will do anything for Valentine's Day!" I've said it before and I'll say it every week: I love these Boy updates. They are in and of themselves a lil treasure of my week.
Sarah, we are hanging on every update. Keep this goodness coming.
SARAH we are blessed by the update about you and Podcast Friend Crush™️. Enjoy your "non-vday dinner" on vday.
I just live for this Friday thread! Thank you Erin! I don't have anything to share, except my love and appreciation for you and the light you spread in this world!
❤️ this is so kind, Leah!
Erin, I missed this thread last Friday! Glad it's back! Also that Hamilton spreadsheet is... intense. And I an definitely sending it to my Hamilfriends immediately.
I made some Firecracker seasoned crackers this week and ate like 12 every day as "pre-breakfast" (#twinpregnancy) and am so sad they are all gone. Someone just recommended I make them with Cheez-its, and reader, I may never stop eating if I do that... https://www.food.com/recipe/fire-crackers-423316?fbclid=IwAR27vDy7No59StO3jET8PqpreHhktCW1HDV5vCi2ch1_5lYV6SsibylAs5U
This TikTok honoring Claire Saffitz of the Bon Appetit YouTube channel was perfect: https://www.tiktok.com/@ghosthoney/video/6760703665088056582?fbclid=IwAR0s3ZfAM_6IXUee_7dNYAWaJWWpUANJaynWcyROKvFtfXvzXLS7D555dSY
And this Influencers in the Wild post had me cry-laughing: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8J0CRRltFJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&fbclid=IwAR19wLU3CRUUCclm-kQSFKyPHaTOgBp2eyLcp56NxrXdXwRf33N4ns7D14k
God bless Influencers in the wild.
The British guard casually pushing selfie-stick lady out of the way, mood.
I am obsessed with Lauv's album ~how i'm feeling~ <-- and yes that is exactly how the album is titled. This album has the perfect amount of "bubble gum" pop that is perfect for jamming out in your car, but also can get you in your feelings. The song "i'm so tired" is on repeat in my head every morning when I get to work and have to transform from "introverted enneagram 9 who doesn't really like people" to "hello, I work in sales and really have to make it sound like I'm smiling through the phone right now even though I feel like death"
On the same note of being tired, everyone needs to invest in a coffee machine that allows you to program it to go off at the time you wake up. Such a game changer. Sometimes if the coffee doesn't get made the night before, I have to settle for coffee at my office. We use to have K-cups only and it was the worst. However, the office is trying to be more eco-friendly and just switched over to a company called Steeped Coffee. It's way more eco-friendly because they're in tea bags instead of plastic pods and y'all THIS COFFEE IS SO GOOD and easy peasy to make!! Nothing will beat my beloved drip coffee that I can program to wake up to, but this Steep coffee is a close second. I stan eco-friendly alternatives that don't compromise quality!!!
I’m only on the first song, and this album already has me dancing in my seat in the middle of a coffee shop. 💃🏻
Definitely checking this album out! Thank you!
Adam Grant’s mind is my favorite thing. I have him on repeat from Armchair Expert with Dax Shephard. Also, I’m going to suck it up and watch Parasite tomorrow.
Oh I will download this!
And this is my favorite thing from this week:
https://youtu.be/IuoYI_3sAyM
Im crying this is GOLD!
The shoulder swagger. Epic.
Gah! When she threw the gloves. My heart!
I know! It is the cutest thing!
Yes! This was so cute! How did it take this long to get a viral video of something like this??
STOP. This is the cutest thing EVER.
GAH! I want to watch Cheer so bad but...we just moved to a farm (we now live IN Hamilton!) and we can't get internet service!?!? HOW WILL I SURVIVE?????
Stephanie I am worried for you. I don't honestly know how you will survive 2020 without Jerry. Do you need me to act out all his parts? I will.
YES PLEASE!!!! :)
Also, I’m a little surprised PS I Still Love You didn’t make this list! 😂 my birthday was yesterday and I spent the first day of my 36th year watching both movies and questioning how ok it is that I love Peter Kavinsky so much 🤣
I kept wanting her to end up with John Ambrose, and I realized it's because I secretly want to be with Kavinsky. Is that weird???
😂😂😂 I actually really loved John Ambrose and you just know he’s not going to peak in high school 😂
You know this is a safe space. I'm probably gonna do a watchalong on the Gram next week because I need to process all my feels.
I would be so very for that
This video (swipe to the second frame) gave me so much joy and brought very real tears to my eyes this week 💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MykyWJDx5/?igshid=woomv5xiscnc
My. Freaking. Heart.
I AM WEEPING. This feels like the beginning of a boy-fish Pixar movie where they adventure together and they grow old and it's like the first 10 minutes of UP again.
I knooooow. It’s just so pure. And his dad’s voice 😭😭😭😭
Inner monologue is very real and I, like the writer of the article, do not understand how people think without one. It makes me wonder about those interactions with others when I have a hard time communicating. Maybe they are the ones that don’t think like I do, literally have a different thought steam. And do those people, without an inner voice, dream silently? Or, are the ones that think in abstract the more creative people of the world? Or....I don’t know. But I’m so very confused by it.
Also! Most of what the interviewee shared in this video is my experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u69YSh-cFXY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR20JOJEjXGpcl7fAOVRw0bXQrXAvUNSkRxWC6x7uxwo1KzuUBxXw8tMpVY
My husband has been asking me these questions since I saw the article and realized everyone around me apparently has an inner monologue. I don't dream silently, but I don't have an inner dialogue in my dreams, it's like watching a movie with sound. When I think through something, I either visualize it or I categorize it... kind of like a browser/browser tabs. I think the thought and the information is filed away. I recall conversations by visualizing them.
Fascinating. So...your brain is like a computer. I’m so intrigued.
The video still doesn’t helpZ I still don’t understand. I just can’t even begin to wrap my mind around it.
SO MANY QUESTIONS.
I just did the deepest of dives into Cheer and I’m ruined forever. My productivity, that is. I’ll beg, borrow and steal to binge the entire season today. 😂
Goodness, I need to watch Cheer. Putting that on the list!
FAREWELL RESPONSIBILITIES
Erin, you make me smile and after all this rain around here I need that! I
Ellen just creates a new Instagram called pawsup where she shares funny animal videos... the squirrel on the pole owns me!!
I was so happy to have the sun today! And i'm defintely following that account now.
Omg Erin just so you know this is the highlight of my week full circulating flu In the house. I haven’t gotten dressed in a week. You make me smile internet friend.
So glad!
After the article came out, I realized I'm one of only a few people on my friends list who does NOT have an audible dialogue.
I think it means you have magical powers.
I shared this below, but he posted a follow up video that answers some of the questions. Most of her experiences are true for me too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u69YSh-cFXY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR20JOJEjXGpcl7fAOVRw0bXQrXAvUNSkRxWC6x7uxwo1KzuUBxXw8tMpVY
Thank you for this link! I co-sign Maggie. MIND BLOWN.
This video just blew my mind 😂
Oh Erin you are a delight! I’m a little concerned that you might be on watch list by LMM’s security team (if he has one) after reading your spreadsheet! That’s incredible and will keep us all busy until October 2021.
My high this week was watching To All the Boys I Loved-PS I love you. Adorbs! And finding my Aunt Jenny’s sugar cookie recipe. The jury is out still on how I did. I have one more kid to try them and give their opinion but I think I did pretty good.
I am definitely on a watch list but it was WORTH IT.
Um, I’m assuming this is where we come to discuss the To All The Boys sequel, right?
Co-sign what Erin said. I HAVE FEELINGS. I would say more, but I will patiently wait until we have permission to be a spoiler zone. In the meantime, I will keep trying to pretend this movie didn't happen.
JENN I JUST DON'T KNOW
I AM READY :D
I for sure have an inner monologue that sometimes becomes an outer monologue. Because who else am I going to get expert advice from?!
THIS. 👆
Erin, somehow it feels like at the end of every week you always seem to encapsulate how I am feeling about the events that have transpired over the past 7 days. And I love you deeply for it. In the words of my best friend "it's been a long life".
I think I just bombed a test, and it's not even 9am yet 🙃
But this weekend I am watching a sweet pupper by the name of Eleanor! I've been riding this high since Wednesday morning.
"It's been a long life." THIS. HEAVENS TO BETSY THIS.
A semi late discovery, but Taylor Leonhardt's "River House" album has been so soothing for my soul, especially after a hard week of me breaking my toe and one of my best friends moving away.
I also saw Little Women on Monday and it is truly a treasure of a film. I'm reading the book as well and it is also excellent.
LITTLE WOMEN!
Thank you for the Taylor Leonhardt music recommendation. It's soothing my stressful Friday morning!!!
Of course! 🥰❤️
Watch Parasite! It’s not scary-just goes a little bonkers at the end. It’s really so good.
I MIGHT give it a shot.
See it’s a little part where it goes bonkers at the end it scares me. I actually watched don’t F with cats thinking it was actually about fluffy cats on the Internet. It’s not in case anybody wondered. And I like true crime but I was not prepared for that.
As a fellow wimp and movie jumpy person,
I gotta tell ya Parasite was less jump-inducing than I was expecting. It was SO good! Do see it, when you can pause etc 😍
And any week thar Jordan Fisher shows up on my screen being charming and playing piano 😍 Galentine’s day was a hit here, and I’ll be riding that energy into the weekend
Were you as disappointed as I am that we got a Chekov's "if a man writes you a love song, that means he's really got it bad" line from Stormy, and then JORDAN FISHER did not sing a note in this movie? I obviously haven't thought a lot about it, but maybe you have.
There is a big difference (huge) between carpool drop off mom and school volunteer mom.
OKAY WELL I'm a mess.
I haven't watched season 2 yet but now I need to!
heart melted indeed! Makes me consider picking the show back up
woooooo I need to catch up on this show.... I'm a Megan Follows/Jonathan Crombie stan forEVER, but lets be real, I'll take Anne and Gilbert in any form I can get!
I’m just SO hesitant to watch because of my visceral connection to Megan Follows. Part of me wants to. The other part needs to keep that love PURE. #internalmonologue
This is the energy we bring to Lil Treasures. LOVE IT.
sending healthy birthday wishes! Nice save.
CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT SEQUEL!!!!!! Erin, YOU MUST. YOU HAVE TO. It's just enough fluff/heart/drama to detox your brain from the current dumpster-fire that is our world.
Gah I need to read the Royal We. Can I take bets on the title being The Royal Three?
Honestly, can’t wait for Royal We Sequel!!