One Fun Thing

After a brief indulgence in how good Indian food is, Amanda continues the conversation about the stresses of working while in grad school, and gets a brief reprieve from the everlasting nightmare by playing with her new Apple Pencil.

Amanda is trying to mark a clearer transition between work life and home life, but it’s a challenging endeavor while working constantly and feeling forever behind.

Your hosts then transition to talking about time traveling through the pandemic by listening to podcast episodes in reverse-chronological order, and meditating on moments captured in audio and pictures of a world that didn’t know what was next.

For their fun things, both Tyler and Amanda found fun in something food-related, and to wrap it up, Amanda talks about an Animal Crossing villager she had the pleasure of meeting over the weekend.

(Recorded on Saturday, October 10, 2020)

• Lucky on Animal Crossing

After a brief indulgence in how good Indian food is, Amanda continues the conversation about the stresses of working while in grad school, and gets a brief reprieve from the everlasting nightmare by playing with her new Apple Pencil.

Amanda is trying to mark a clearer transition between work life and home life, but it’s a challenging endeavor while working constantly and feeling forever behind.

Your hosts then transition to talking about time traveling through the pandemic by listening to podcast episodes in reverse-chronological order, and meditating on moments captured in audio and pictures of a world that didn’t know what was next.

For their fun things, both Tyler and Amanda found fun in something food-related, and to wrap it up, Amanda talks about an Animal Crossing villager she had the pleasure of meeting over the weekend.

(Recorded on Saturday, October 10, 2020)

• Lucky on Animal Crossing

What a week. Your hosts process news of the Rose Garden COVID-19 cases. Tyler finds an unexpected fun thing in staying up late and enjoying the brief jovial respite from years of political and social horrors as the Twitter community celebrated a tiny moment of cosmic comeuppance.

Amanda talks about early experiences with her new iPad, and Tyler explains his thought process for using Greg Pierce's wonderful Drafts app. There's also talk of vehicles and Tyler expresses his appreciation for never needing to drive anywhere.

(Recorded on Saturday, October 3, 2020)

• 12 ft. Giant-Sized Skeleton with LifeEyes
• Home Depot’s 12-Foot-Tall Skeleton Is the Star of Halloween Memes on ApartmentTherapy
• Eric Whitacre – "October" composition
• Ilhan Omar's statement on Trump's positive COVID-19 diagnosis
• Drafts App

What a week. Your hosts process news of the Rose Garden COVID-19 cases. Tyler finds an unexpected fun thing in staying up late and enjoying the brief jovial respite from years of political and social horrors as the Twitter community celebrated a tiny moment of cosmic comeuppance.

Amanda talks about early experiences with her new iPad, and Tyler explains his thought process for using Greg Pierce's wonderful Drafts app. There's also talk of vehicles and Tyler expresses his appreciation for never needing to drive anywhere.

(Recorded on Saturday, October 3, 2020)

• 12 ft. Giant-Sized Skeleton with LifeEyes
• Home Depot’s 12-Foot-Tall Skeleton Is the Star of Halloween Memes on ApartmentTherapy
• Eric Whitacre – "October" composition
• Ilhan Omar's statement on Trump's positive COVID-19 diagnosis
• Drafts App

In the first episode of One Fun Thing, Amanda talks about the challenges of starting grad school during a pandemic. While holding down three jobs.

Amanda shares the story of "The Hello Song," Tyler talks about the third grade, and Amanda takes a break from social media.

(Recorded on Saturday, September 26, 2020)

• The Social Dilemma Trailer
• Donie O'Sullivan for CNN: "We fact-checked a fake, viral video with a Trump supporter"
• Draw A Box art lessons
• Aaron Blaise's art courses
• Tyler's drawing tablet: Wacom Intuos Medium (refurbished)

In the first episode of One Fun Thing, Amanda talks about the challenges of starting grad school during a pandemic. While holding down three jobs.

Amanda shares the story of "The Hello Song," Tyler talks about the third grade, and Amanda takes a break from social media.

(Recorded on Saturday, September 26, 2020)

• The Social Dilemma Trailer
• Donie O'Sullivan for CNN: "We fact-checked a fake, viral video with a Trump supporter"
• Draw A Box art lessons
• Aaron Blaise's art courses
• Tyler's drawing tablet: Wacom Intuos Medium (refurbished)