but there were a few pretty great things. read on, should you choose
may 1: threw out all my socks with holes; still have a lot of socks
may
2: got emails from two people who are apparently my second cousins, who
didn’t know who i was but were pleasantly surprised to read a washington post story that talked about their great grandfather, gigi,
who was also mine
may 3: the guy at covid testing complimented my technique
may
4: my war against the non-word “okay” was restarted through no fault of
my own. i will probably lose again, but i made the case better this
time, i think. it’ll be OK
may 5: independent reports of people having pierogi for dinner
may 6: wore three shades of purple
may 7: my kalimotxo proportions were perfect. if only i had been paying attention
may 8: blanch dressing
may 9: pulitzers!
may
10: successfully managed to not overexplain something, thereby not
releasing unnecessary information. this is a personal turning point
may
11: unexpected good news that i’m not prepared to share. but it's
pretty cool and i feel like this list is a lie if i don’t at least vaguely allude to it
may
12: last month i talked about how great a tv character beth dutton is
and i’m sticking by that but i forgot what a close second ruth langmore
is
may 13: sometimes my watch tells me i reached my standing goal while i’m sitting so i’m pretty sure i can believe everything it tells me
may 14: billy joel 30: random woman next to me at restaurant before show: “you’re going to billy joel, right?”
may 15: i ordered crispy duck and waiter asked me if i wanted duck sauce with it. the utter obviousness was so profound
may
16: working from home after being away for weekend, didn’t know what i
was going to have for lunch. then i found leftover stuffed cabbages
hiding in fridge
may
17: after no live book release events in over 2 years, went to 2 in one
night. and they were great. congrats robert, tolu and kwame!
may 18: coffee, conversation, collaborating
may 19: white rice, hold the lawn clippings
may
20: supposed to hit 90, so decided to wear shorts to work. since i
recently saw someone in the office wearing a white linen sports jacket, i
determined there are clearly no rules
may 21: strawberries at farmers market means strawberry-nutella crepes!
may 22: leftover strawberries means more strawberry-nutella crepes!
may
23: it freaks the literalist in me out a little when someone says
someone is beautiful “inside and out.” how do they know? anyway, made me
laugh today. close enough
may 24: watched season finale of three shows in one night and sometimes that passes as an accomplishment
may
25: “not bad for someone your age” and also “that is your body
rejecting exercise.” neither of these things are things the trainer
said, but that i heard nonetheless
may 26: so many sauce options at new fried chicken lunch joint
may
27: i didn’t really pay much attention to music from the time i
graduated college until i got an ipod — so, like, the ’90s — but if i
had properly digested “personal jesus” back then, it probably would have
been my actual religion
may 28: at farmers market, i confused my egg farmer by buying steak from her
may 29: this is the first season top chef has been interesting in yeeeeeeeeeeaaaars
may
30: remains to be seen how my new intermittent fasting app and my new
ice cream maker will co-exist but i think we have to give it a shotmay 31: lisa cherkasky said i should use tom sietsema’s watergate cake from the photo shoot in this spot and that seems right
