• the catchy "By 2 AM" by Killola
• the twists and turns in Parasite, the odd comedic moments and So-dam Park's performance
• the new season of Sex Education and its inclusivity as well as some pretty great music choices and the absolutely wonderful dirty talk in the kitchen between Mr. Hendricks and Ms. Sands
• the intense discussions and wonderful world created in King's Dilemma

• reliving Patrick and David's relationship in the wonderful Schitt's Creek
• this version of San Francisco from "The last black man in San Francisco"
• learning about the exclamation point in the Netflix show "explained" and the (re)discovery of the interrobang
• the fascinating cinematography of 1917

• Watching the wonderful Ana de Armas struggle with the truth in Knives Out. And looking at her lips. 
• Stellan Skarsgård walking up to the stage at the Golden Globes after winning the award for best supporting actor in a limited series to the tragic theme of Chernobyl, probably some of the least celebratory music ever.

• multiple adults running around, worrying and talking about their pies' "soggy bottoms" for at least ten minutes on episode 4 of season 4 of the wonderful The Great British Bake Off (I'll credit these ten minutes with giving me the idea for this blog because I really want to remember them in a year)
• the fascinating world created in Scythe by Neal Shusterman that has kept me thinking about humanity and death for the past week in best way
• the sensual and emotional singing of LP in Lost On You that I have been listening to on repeat for the last 24 hours

I'm not sure what this blog is going to be. For now I'm using it as a pop culture diary where I will post multiple pop culture related things each week that made me happy. This is inspired by the absolutely wonderful podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour and their weekly list of things making them happy that week. Every year, at the end of the year I try to note for myself what were things that made the year worth while and I realized that I would like to be able to revisit these things, which is why I'm starting this list. And I think that it could also be good for my mental health to take the time each week to think about what made me happy.
I tend to be a little late to the party on some things, so there is a solid possibilty that a lot of the things that I mention will be a couple years old, but if you are anything like me you'll also enjoy thinking about things that you loved a couple years ago.
On this blog I'll mainly feature movies, music, tv shows, books, podcasts and board games, although it's pretty likely that I'll be ignoring the pop culture-part and will include delicious food as well, because let's face it - food is what makes me happy so often.