The BumbleRabbit Archives

Good morning, Erin. Love is a many-splendored thing.  It can also bite you in the patoot, as I am all too aware. And such is the case with Aema . I’m sure you have no interest in this show, just as I had no interest in this show—save for one important detail: So-e is in it. And I can’t not support my girl.  So, did my love bloom into an unexpected poppy of delight, or did affection once again slip a dagger between my ribs as I walked to get a late-night snack? Or maybe it was just pretty okay—who can say—let’s find out, as we continue our used-to-be-on-a-dating-show bloc! 1. Dear God, was this a slog. And I didn’t even watch the whole thing. (I couldn’t. It was that much of a mess.) There were only six episodes— six , Erin, six —and it took me WEEKS to get through them. And, again, I didn’t even watch all of it! 1A. I mean, genuinely, I could not watch for more than 15 minutes at a time, which is probably how long any one episode could hold its coherence before pivoting to an ...

Good morning, Erin—and… …HAPPY HALF-BIRTHDAY! October is my favorite month, and, as ever, it’s a wonderful little start to the best time of year (not just October but the whole run-up to the end of the year, as I’ve discussed before) that we get to celebrate the halving of you. Well, of your current year of life. And by “we” I mean possibly mostly me, since, even if you read this on your half-birthday, and even if that could be counted as you celebrating along with me, I’ve no guarantee you don’t just speed past this part to the bulk of the letter, which is rarely a (direct) celebration of you. But, still, it makes me happy to have it as a fixed point in the year, even if it is only etched into my mental calendar.  So, what are we discussing today? And why does it belong here? Well, my dear seonbae , we are (as you can see) jumping into the Netflix-released movie, Love Untangled —and we’re doing it because it stars…well, “stars,” I think, is maybe a generous way to describe it…but...