Thing a Day: 013/365 (Patreon)

It has been the most utterly laid-back of birthdays. Ringing in 36 circumnavigations of the sun by binge-watching "The Crown," which is a perfectly amazing show, and Olivia Coleman is a treasure. (Also, I guess I need to update my bios to reflect that I'm solidly on the downward slope to 40 [!]). (Insert appropriate emoji in the comments below.)

So, today, for whatever form my raging anglophilia has taken, reminded me of this (utterly unsexy) video I filmed on my phone a little while back, through the window of a jewelry store not too far away from where I live. 

The most wonderful thing about this video is... hard to define. It's a Spanish store, with the usual arrangement of globally standard jewelry. There was no context surrounding this little statuette of QE2 to imply any reason she should be there, there was no theme, no little Union Flag hanging out, not specifically British pieces of jewelry. It's obviously battery operated, which explains the little hand wag (the only mechanization this statue has), so how long will the battery last, and also, it's just the hand moving! How silly! And where does the battery go? In her butt? Please tell me it goes in her butt!!! AHH! It's like the British equivalent of those little waving-hand cat statues at Chinese restaurants!

And, best of all, at some point in the not too distant past, someone who runs the shop had to say to themselves, "Yes! That's EXACTLY what this window needs! A tiny Queen Elizabeth! Because of course it does!"

I love silly shit like this. 

Anyway, just a quick, "Helll-loooo!!!!" to all of you.