Sunday, January 3, 2021

positivity journal 2020:12

year 2 of this list closes heavy on weird dairy references and a perhaps surprising amount of pork products


dec 1: went on a weird online shopping binge for my vacation. not sorry
dec 2: clerk at wawa called me sweetheart, which was nice, but it struck me that she seemed far too young to be calling random people sweetheart, then i wondered if it’s just that at some point i got too old
dec 3: delivered a whole lechon belly and omg my car smells good
dec 4: watched the live action “mulan” and it was great but could’ve used a wisecracking mini dragon played by eddie murphy
dec 5: got a new knife (see dec. 1) and it’s amazing. h/t quintin middleton

 
dec 6: finally got kitchen mostly clean from thanksgiving
dec 7: first day back from vacation is when i learn how smoothly things go without me and it’s liberating
dec 8: today is the first day i got an inquiry as to whether i expect to have leftovers of christmas dinner
dec 9: "i don't know why I go walking at night / but now i'm tired and i don't want to walk anymore / i hope it doesn't take the rest of my life / until i find what it is that i've been looking for"
dec 10: heard that najah sat on my hip at some predawn hour waiting for ... something. this makes me happy and sad, actually


 

dec 11: feed the good wolf
dec 12: went to whole foods and they had everything i needed
dec 14: i’m not all that into beef anymore (if i ever was), but jeremy gave me a chunk of brisket he made and it’s kinda great
dec 15: christmas card included 40-year-old photos i’d been missing. h/t linda fruecht

dec 16: when i text jay wang and look at the top of the screen and it says “jw” i always think i accidentally texted myself
dec 17: watched the losing my religion episode of song exploder and mentally made a list of about 100 songs that i’d love to see that thoughtful of a deep dive into the creation of
dec 18: made cookies
dec 19: i went to a new butcher shop and we hit it off well and the butcher gave me his cell number and that seems normal
dec 20: swapped cookies

dec 21: whenever i say the words creme fraiche, out loud or in my head, it's in the south park guy's voice
dec 22: mcrib
dec 23: i al
ways forget how much better homemade pasta is until i make pasta again
dec 24: 9 am text: “we got too many truffles. want some?”
dec 25: found a way to feed friends again

dec 26: i apparently thought allison brie and brie larson were the same person. turns out they are not. and that i like brie more than i thought i did
dec 27: was in wawa and trying to figure out what song was playing. thought it might be a matchbox 20 song i didn’t know. realized it was actually john legend. but the very next song was real world, which is a matchbox 20 song i totally know, and i think i just heard it before it started playing
dec 28: leftover porchetta sliders
dec 29: i ate a whole pint of ice cream because i didn't feel like getting up to put it back in the freezer
dec 30: rib wich

dec 31: this is my 731st post in this series. wow