Pasta and the Afterlife

Like almost everyone else in quarantine, I relied heavily on an endless supply of Netflix programming as a means to avoid the Covid-19 pandemic. I suppose I could have taken up knitting or learned Mandarin, but such things require so much effort. It’s exhausting trying not to die. Eventually showering and wearing pants would become optional, but my dedication to murder documentaries and reality show dating disasters never wavered. Yes, the entire world outside my apartment was shutting down and the economy was on the brink of collapse, but at least Jenna and Ryan were possibly making a real connection on opposite…